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K–10Mathematics K–10 Syllabus

Record of changes
Implementation for K–2 from 2023 and 3–10 from 2024
Expand for detailed implementation advice

Content

Life Skills

Life Skills for Stage 4/5

Through collaborative curriculum planning, it may be decided that Life Skills outcomes and content are the most appropriate option for some students with intellectual disability.

Counting
Use a variety of counting strategies
  • Count forwards and backwards from a given number

  • Count with 1:1 correspondence

  • Apply cardinality to demonstrate that the last number spoken in a counting sequence names the quantity for that set

  • Apply counting skills to single-digit, 2-digit and 3-digit numbers

  • Count by twos, fives, tens and hundreds

  • Count forwards and backwards from zero

  • Solve problems involving counting

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