Curriculum Objectives

• Compare, describe and solve practical problems for: lengths and heights [for example, long/short, longer/shorter, tall/short, double/half]; mass/weight [for example, heavy/light, heavier than, lighter than]; capacity and volume [for example, full/empty, more than, less than, half, half full, quarter]; Time [for example, quicker, slower, earlier, later]
• Sequence events in chronological order using language [for example, before and after, next, first, today, yesterday, tomorrow, morning, afternoon and evening]
• Tell the time to the hour and half past the hour and draw the hands on a clock face to show these times
• Describe position, direction and movement, including whole, half, quarter and three-quarter turns
• Count in steps of 2, 3, and 5 from 0, and in tens from any number, forward or backward
• Read and write numbers to at least 100 in numerals and in words
• Compare and order numbers from 0 up to 100; use <, > and = signs
• Identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations, including the number line
• Add and subtract numbers using concrete objects and pictorial representations, including: a two-digit number and ones; a two-digit number and tens; two two-digit numbers; adding three one-digit numbers
• Solve problems with addition and subtraction using concrete objects and pictorial representations, including those involving numbers, quantities and measures; and by applying their increasing knowledge of mental and written methods
• Solve problems involving multiplication and division, using materials, arrays, repeated addition, mental methods, and multiplication and division facts, including problems in contexts
• Compare and sort common 3-D shapes and everyday objects
• Identify and describe the properties of 2-D shapes, including the number of sides and line symmetry in a vertical line
• Identify and describe the properties of 3-D shapes, including the number of edges, vertices and faces