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K–10Mathematics K–10 Syllabus (2022)

Implementation from 2024
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Stage 1

Two-dimensional spatial structure B
2D shapes: Represent, combine and separate two-dimensional shapes
  • Make representations of Loading  Loading  and Loading  of shapes in different orientations

  • Combine and split single shapes and arrangements of shapes to form new shapes (Reasons about spatial relations)

2D shapes: Identify and describe the orientation of shapes using quarter turns
  • Identify full, half and quarter turns of a single shape and describe the movement of the shape

  • Identify and describe directions of turns as ‘left turn’, ‘right turn’, ‘clockwise’ or ‘anti-clockwise’

  • Connect the use of quarter and half turns to the turn of the minute hand on a clock for the passing of quarter and half-hours (Reasons about relations)

  • Perform full, half and quarter turns with a single shape

  • Describe the result of a turn of a shape

  • Determine the repeating Loading  formed by quarter turns

Area: Compare rectangular areas using uniform square units of an appropriate size in rows and columns
  • Cover Loading  Loading  by creating repeated rows of Loading  tiles

  • Use a single square to create the Loading  structure of area in rows and columns

  • Use the structure of repeated units to find the area of a rectangle

  • Explain how the grid structure of rows and columns helps to find the area (Reasons about spatial structure)

  • Compare the areas of two or more surfaces that cannot be moved, or Loading , by measuring in Loading  informal units

  • Record comparisons of area using drawings, numerals and words, and by referring to the uniform informal unit used

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