Primary Schools

Overview of Mathematics Curriculum: infant classes

Skills development
Skills
  • Applying and problem-solving
  • Communicating and expressing
  • Integrating and connecting
  • Reasoning
  • Implementing
  • Understanding and recalling
StrandsStrand units
Early mathematical activities
  • Classifying
  • Matching
  • Comparing
  • Ordering
Number
  • Counting
  • Comparing and ordering
  • Analysis of number
    Combining
    Partitioning
    Numeration
Algebra
  • Extending patterns
Shape and space
  • Spatial awareness
  • 3-D shapes
  • 2-D shapes
Measures
  • Length
  • Weight
  • Capacity
  • Time
  • Money
Data
  • Recognising and interpreting data
 
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