Mathematics
Learning mathematics creates opportunities for and enriches the lives of all Australians. The Australian Curriculum: Mathematics provides students with essential mathematical skills and knowledge in number and algebra, measurement and geometry, and statistics and probability. It develops the numeracy capabilities that all students need in their personal, work and civic life, and provides the fundamentals on which mathematical specialties and professional applications of mathematics are built.
Mathematics has its own value and beauty and the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics aims to instil in students an appreciation of the elegance and power of mathematical reasoning. Mathematical ideas have evolved across all cultures over thousands of years, and are constantly developing. Digital technologies are facilitating this expansion of ideas and providing access to new tools for continuing mathematical exploration and invention. The curriculum focuses on developing increasingly sophisticated and refined mathematical understanding, fluency, reasoning, and problem-solving skills. These proficiencies enable students to respond to familiar and unfamiliar situations by employing mathematical strategies to make informed decisions and solve problems efficiently.
The Australian Curriculum: Mathematics ensures that the links between the various components of mathematics, as well as the relationship between mathematics and other disciplines, are made clear. Mathematics is composed of multiple but interrelated and interdependent concepts and systems which students apply beyond the mathematics classroom. In science, for example, understanding sources of error and their impact on the confidence of conclusions is vital, as is the use of mathematical models in other disciplines. In geography, interpretation of data underpins the study of human populations and their physical environments; in history, students need to be able to imagine timelines and time frames to reconcile related events; and in English, deriving quantitative and spatial information is an important aspect of making meaning of texts.
The curriculum anticipates that schools will ensure all students benefit from access to the power of mathematical reasoning and learn to apply their mathematical understanding creatively and efficiently. The Mathematics curriculum provides students with carefully paced, in-depth study of critical skills and concepts. It encourages teachers to help students become self-motivated, confident learners through inquiry and active participation in challenging and engaging experiences.
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Fractions Investigation - Renovate with a Rug (1)
A 60 minute lesson in which students will apply knowledge and understanding of fractions to a real-world context.
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Comparing and Ordering Beyond 10 000
A 60 minute lesson in which students will compare and order 5-digit numbers.
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Reducing Fractions to Lowest Terms
A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn to reduce fractions to their lowest terms.
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Times Like These
A 60 minute lesson in which students will understand the differences between analogue and digital time displays.
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Expanding Numbers Beyond 10 000
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how place value can be used to expand numbers.
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Remember the Time
A 60 minute lesson in which students will tell the time using analogue and digital time displays.
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Trade It!
A 60-minute lesson in which students learn how to trade when subtracting.
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Practising Subitising
A 60 minute lesson in which students will quickly identify a small collection of objects with the use of subitising.
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Frolic with Fact Families
A 60-minute lesson in which students explore the relationship between the members of fact families.
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Aim for a Zero-Tail
A 60-minute lesson in which students learn the strategy of making ten to subtract.
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What Do You Know?
A 60-minute lesson in which students will revise strategies such as counting on, counting back, subtracting 10, and using known number facts.
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Subitising Small Collections
A 60 minute lesson in which students will use subitising to count small collections.
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Number Boards
A 60-minute lesson designed to explore the use of number boards/hundreds charts when adding numbers.
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Connecting Numbers
A 60 minute lesson in which students will connect numbers by their name, numeral and quantity.
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Concrete Materials
A 60-minute lesson to reinforce students' understanding of basic addition principles, using concrete materials.
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Counting Collections
A 60 minute lesson in which students will count small collections to identify 'how many'.
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Number Stories and Rhymes
A 60 minute lesson in which students will understand how number stories and rhymes can help with counting.
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Number Patterns
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify number patterns to 20.
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Sequencing Numbers
A 60 minute lesson in which students will sequence the numbers from 1 to 10.
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Surrounded by Numbers
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify numbers in their environment.
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Exploring 4-Digit Place Value - Assessment
An assessment task in which students will demonstrate an understanding of place value in the thousands.
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More and Less - 10, 100, 1000
A 60 minute lesson in which students will add or subtract 10, 100 or 1000 from a 4-digit number.
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Expanding Numbers to 10 000
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how place value can be used to expand numbers.
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Which Place?
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Fractions in Everyday Life - Problem Solving
A 60 minute lesson in which students will solve simple word problems involving fractions.
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Sixths and Eighths
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and create eighths.
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Revision of Area
A 60 minute lesson in which students will revise and consolidate the concept of area.
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Revision of Mass
A 60 minute lesson in which students will revise and consolidate the concept of mass.
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Measuring, Comparing and Ordering Height
A 60 minute lesson in which students will measure, compare and order height using informal units.
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Dividing Decimals by Whole Numbers
A 60 minute lesson in which students will divide decimals by whole numbers.
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Multiples Everywhere
A 60 minute lesson in which students apply knowledge and understanding of multiplication to a real-world context.
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Be a Groupie
A 60 minute lesson in which students explore multiplication through its representation as groups of objects.