NSW K-2 English and Mathematics Syllabuses

As mentioned in previous newsletters, all schools in NSW are implementing the reformed NSW English and Mathematics K-2 syllabuses. These syllabuses highlight foundational literacy and numeracy skills. Please find below suggestions about what you can do as a parent or carer to support your child in Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 in the area of Mathematics.

Helping your Early Stage 1 child at home with Mathematics

Number and Algebra

Representing Whole Numbers

Representing whole numbers focuses on:

• how whole numbers show quantity
• reading and representing numerals to at least 20.

You can help your Kindergarten child at home by:

• helping them represent numbers from 0 to 10 with words, numerals and finger patterns. For example, the number 5 would be represented as ‘five’, 5 and  
• using household items to represent numbers 0 to 20. For example, counting out 15 pegs, 9 pencils, 11 marbles or 5 lollies
• counting objects you see while you are out walking. For example, you might count how many dogs you see, fence palings or flowers on a plant
• counting backwards by ones when your child is confident counting forwards. Practise the ‘Rocket ship countdown 10–1 Blast-off’
• using dice in board games to identify the number pattern
• playing a game of Bingo with the numbers 1 to 20
• playing Snap with a deck of cards
• identifying numbers on coins or letterboxes.

Helping your Stage 1 child at home with Mathematics

Number and Algebra

Representing whole numbers

Representing whole numbers focuses on:

• understanding place value and two-digit and three-digit numbers
• representing numbers to 1000 and partitioning (splitting) numbers to record quantities.

You can help your Year 1 and Year 2 child at home by:

• counting the odd and even numbers on houses as you walk around your neighbourhood. Walk in the opposite direction and count them backwards
• counting numbers by ones up to 120 while skipping rope or throwing a ball to each other. Change the starting point of counting, for example beginning to count from 93
• counting backwards by ones from different starting numbers
• practising partitioning (or splitting) two-digit and three-digit numbers into smaller units. For example, 396 can be broken into 3 hundreds, 9 tens and 6 ones
• using a hundreds chart to practise counting on and off the decade. For example, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 …, 3, 13, 23, 33, 43, 53.
  
  

MRS LILLIAN DEL GIUDICE

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