Australian Mathematics – Prep/Foundation

Australian Mathematics – Prep/Foundation

Prep/Foundation Year Mathematics provides students with essential mathematical skills, knowledge and understanding in Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, and Statistics and Probability. It develops the numeracy capabilities that all students require in their personal, work and civic life, and provides the fundamentals on which mathematical specialties and professional applications of mathematics are built.

Prep/Foundation Year Achievement Standard

By the end of the Foundation year, students make connections between number names, numerals and quantities up to 10. They compare objects using mass, length and capacity. Students connect events and the days of the week. They explain the order and duration of events. They use appropriate language to describe location.

Students count to and from 20 and order small collections. They group objects based on common characteristics and sort shapes and objects. Students answer simple questions to collect information and make simple inferences.