Foundation Mathematics at school: what to expect
Find out about the skills your Foundation child will be developing. Learn how you can support and build on what they learn at school.
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Year level(s) | Foundation |
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Audience | Parent or carer |
Purpose | Home practice tasks, Parent guide to maths |
Format | Downloadable resources |
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Culturally responsive pedagogies, Questioning |
Keywords | maths at home, numeracy, number sense, understanding, reasoning, fluency, home learning, families |
Curriculum alignment |
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Strand and focus | Number, Geometry, Build understanding, Apply understanding |
Topics | Properties of number, Location |
AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMNA001
Establish understanding of the language and processes of counting by naming numbers in sequences, initially to and from 20, moving from any starting point
ACMNA002
Connect number names, numerals and quantities, including zero, initially up to 10 and then beyond
ACMNA003
Subitise small collections of objects
ACMMG008
Connect days of the week to familiar events and actions
ACMMG010
Describe position and movement |
National numeracy learning progression |
Quantifying numbers
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QuN1, QuN2, QuN3, QuN4
Additive strategies - AdS1 Measuring time - MeT1 Positioning and locating - PoL1 Understanding geometric properties - UGP1 |
Copyright details |
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Organisation | Commonwealth of Australia |
Copyright | © Commonwealth of Australia. Creative Commons BY 4.0. |
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