MATHEMATICS

The Year 3 Mathematics program extends and refines the students’ skills and builds on their mathematical thinking.

The Year 4 Mathematics program further extends the students’ formal recording of mathematical thinking and develops the students’ mathematical language.

In Year 3 and Year 4, learning in Mathematics builds on each student’s prior learning and experiences. Students engage in a range of approaches to learning and doing mathematics that develop their understanding of and fluency with concepts, procedures and processes by making connections, reasoning, problem-solving and practice. Proficiency in mathematics enables students to respond to familiar and unfamiliar situations by employing mathematical strategies to make informed decisions and solve problems efficiently.

The program encompasses explicit instruction, differentiated activities, open ended tasks, oral and written tasks, real life mathematical experiences and a range of mathematical games. The students are also taught developmentally appropriate problem solving strategies.

At home, Mathematics can be encouraged and supported through various experiences: counting, number facts, real life experiences with cooking, measuring, Mathletics, calendars, reading the time, maps and signs, and strategy, dice and board games.