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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Find and Colour – Scavenger Hunt
A scavenger hunt where students search for 2D shapes in their surrounding environment.
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Five Wonders Theme Park: Takeout Takeover – Project
A project for students to create a menu and food truck model for Five Wonders Theme Park based on the Frida's Fiesta menu.
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Fives Math Machine Division Worksheet
A worksheet to use when practising basic division facts.
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Cupcake Counting Activity
A colourful number activity using counters.
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Colour by Number - 12 x Multiplication Facts
An engaging activity to consolidate your students' understanding of multiplication facts.
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Number Talks - Target Number Task Cards
Build number sense skills with this set of 20 task cards.
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Number Talks - Subitising Task Cards
Build number sense skills with this set of 30 subitising task cards.
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Addition Maze – Bike Ride Worksheet
A worksheet to use to practise finding missing addends.
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Comparing Numbers Board Game
A hands-on Board Game to practise comparing numbers less than ten.
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Tens Numbers 10 - 100 Posters - Money, Tallies, Tens Frames and MAB Blocks (Australian Currency)
Posters showing numbers going up in tens from 10 - 100 with associated images.
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Place Value Wall Display
A place value wall display for the classroom.
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Addition Mats
A set of three working mats to explore simple addition.
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Friends of 20 – Addition Match-up Cards
A match-up activity exploring friends of twenty.
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All About Rectangles Mini Booklet
A mini booklet to assist younger students in recognising and drawing rectangles.
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Place Value - Bunting
A display bunting which can be used to practise Place Value from units to quadrillions.
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Piggy Bank Activity Mat
An activity mat to practise counting and representing money.
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Cinderella's Shoes - Skip Counting Worksheet
Count Cinderella's shoes using skip counting by 2s.
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Monster Multiplication Match-Up (2-digit by 1-digit)
A match-up activity to practise multiplying a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number.
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Number Talks - Double Digit Multiplication Task Cards
Build number sense skills with this set of 24 task cards.
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Number Talks - Number Pairs Task Cards
Build number sense skills with this set of 26 task cards.
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Pizza Fraction Bingo - Halves, Thirds, Quarters, Fifths
32 different bingo cards using halves, thirds, quarters and fifths.
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Number Talks - Comparing Numbers Task Cards
Build number sense skills with this set of 24 task cards.
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Expanded Notation Dominoes (5-Digit Numbers)
Use this set of dominoes when learning how to match 5-digit numbers written in standard form and expanded form.
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Expanded Notation Dominoes (3-Digit Numbers)
Use this set of dominoes when learning how to match 3-digit numbers written in standard form and expanded form.
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Patterns Maths Investigation - Bands of Friendship
A mathematics investigation involving patterns, embedded in a real-world context.
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Numeral Expander - Tens of Thousands
A numeral expander template to use when exploring five-digit numbers.
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Numbers in the Environment - Number Hunt Worksheet
A busy street themed number hunt worksheet for students to identify a range of numbers in the environment.
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Space Race Game - Colour
A card game developing students addition skills.
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Ordinal Numbers Bingo Cards
32 different bingo cards using ordinal numbers.
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Two-Digit Place Value Bingo Game (Digits and Pop Sticks)
32 different bingo cards using place value to 99.
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Pattern Activity Cards - Sport
Pattern activities using sport related pictures.
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Cardinal and Intermediate Directions - Poster Pack
Display these cardinal and intermediate directions posters when exploring the compass rose with your students.