Maths

The Foundation curriculum covers core skills that enables students to confidently manipulate numbers, understand principles of maths and symbols. Problem solving is incorporated where and when appropriate. Topics are reinforced as students progress to higher levels. For example, simplifying fractions is studied in several years at varying levels of difficulty. Click on a link below to practice online.  Read more about English.

Year Level Topics
Two Addition & subtraction
Take away
Skip counting
Telling time
Place value
Groups of 10

Shading, comparing & writing fractions
Grouping & trading
Sharing
Symbols
Multiplication & division
Decimals

Three Concrete addition & subtraction
Addition & subtraction
Extending place value
Skip counting
Time

Regrouping & borrowing
Place value & order
Fraction size & equivalents
Multiple addends
Decimal fractions

Four Regrouping & borrowing
Place value & order
Fraction size & equivalents
Multiple addends
Adding fractions
Multiplication
Rounding
Decimals
Fractions of whole numbers
Division
Adding & subtracting decimals
Money
Improper fractions & mixed numbers
Adding mixed numbers
Subtracting fractions with mixed numbers & borrowing
Measurement
Five Reducing
Further multiplication & division
Decimals to fractions
Fractions to decimals
Operations on fractions
Borrowing with fractions
Measurement
Six Reducing
Further multiplication & division
Decimals to fractions
Fractions to decimals
Adding fractions with different denominators
Subtracting fractions with different denominators
Percentages,
Measurement