NSW Department of Education

Early Stage 1 – mathematics scope

and sequence – approach 1
Working mathematically
Students develop understanding and fluency in mathematics through inquiry, exploring
and connecting mathematical concepts, choosing and applying problem-solving skills and
mathematical techniques, communication and reasoning. The five inter-related
components of working mathematically are communicating, problem-solving, reasoning,
understanding and fluency. These components describe how content is explored or
developed – the thinking and doing of mathematics.
Working mathematically has a separate set of outcomes for the components:
 communicating
 problem solving
 reasoning.
Understanding and fluency components do not have an outcome. These components are
embedded in the development of knowledge, skills and understanding.

Outcomes from Mathematics K-10 Syllabus © 2012 NSW Education Standard Authority
(NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales.

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 Early Term 1
Table 1 Early Term 1 outcomes

Strand Substrand Outcomes

Working mathematically Communicating MAe-1WM

Problem solving MAe-2WM

Reasoning MAe-3WM

Number and algebra Whole number MAe-4NA

Addition and subtraction MAe-5NA

Patterns and algebra MAe-8NA

Measurement and geometry Length MAe-9MG

Time MAe-13MG

Two-dimensional space MAe-15MG

Position MAe-16MG

Statistics and probability Data MAe-17SP

2 Mathematics scope and sequence Approach 1 Early Stage 1

 Later Term 1
Table 2 Later Term 1 outcomes

Strand Substrand Outcomes

Working mathematically Communicating MAe-1WM

Problem solving MAe-2WM

Reasoning MAe-3WM

Number and algebra Whole numbers MAe-4NA

Addition and subtraction MAe-5NA

Patterns and algebra MAe-8NA

Fractions and decimals MAe-7NA

Measurement and geometry Area MAe-10MG

Time MAe-13MG

Two-dimensional space MAe-15MG

Position MAe-16MG

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 Early Term 2
Table 3 Early Term 2 outcomes

Strand Substrand Outcomes

Working mathematically Communicating MAe-1WM

Problem solving MAe-2WM

Reasoning MAe-3WM

Number and algebra Whole number MAe-4NA

Addition and subtraction MAe-5NA

Multiplication and division MAe-6NA

Fractions and decimals MAe-7NA

Patterns and algebra MAe-8NA

Measurement and geometry Volume and capacity MAe-11MG

Time MAe-13MG

Three-dimensional space MAe-14MG

Position MAe-16MG

4 Mathematics scope and sequence Approach 1 Early Stage 1

 Later Term 2
Table 4 Later Term 2 outcomes

Strand Substrand Outcomes

Working mathematically Communicating MAe-1WM

Problem solving MAe-2WM

Reasoning MAe-3WM

Number and algebra Whole number MAe-4NA

Multiplication and division MAe-6NA

Fractions and decimals MAe-7NA

Patterns and algebra MAe-8NA

Measurement and geometry Mass MAe-12MG

Time MAe-13MG

Three-dimensional space MAe-14MG

Two-dimensional space MAe-15MG

Statistics and probability Data MAe-17SP

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 Early Term 3
Table 5 Early Term 3

Strand Substrand Outcomes

Working mathematically Communicating MAe-1WM

Problem solving MAe-2WM

Reasoning MAe-3WM

Number and algebra Whole number MAe-4NA

Addition and subtraction MAe-5NA

Multiplication and division MAe-6NA

Measurement and geometry Length MAe-9MG

Volume and capacity MAe-11MG

Two-dimensional space MAe-15MG

Statistics and probability Data MAe-17SP

6 Mathematics scope and sequence Approach 1 Early Stage 1

 Later Term 3
Table 6 Later Term 3

Strand Substrand Outcomes

Working mathematically Communicating MAe-1WM

Problem solving MAe-2WM

Reasoning MAe-3WM

Number and algebra Whole number MAe-4NA

Addition and subtraction MAe-5NA

Fractions and decimals MAe-7NA

Patterns and algebra MAe-8NA

Measurement and geometry Area MAe-10MG

Time MAe-13MG

Two-dimensional space MAe-15MG

Statistics and probability Data MAe-17SP

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 Early Term 4
Table 7 Early Term 4 outcomes

Strand Substrand Outcomes

Working mathematically Communicating MAe-1WM

Problem solving MAe-2WM

Reasoning MAe-3WM

Number and algebra Whole number MAe-4NA

Addition and subtraction MAe-5NA

Multiplication and division MAe-6NA

Fractions and decimals MAe-7NA

Measurement and geometry Volume and capacity MAe-11MG

Mass MAe-12MG

Time MAe-13MG

Three-dimensional space MAe-14MG

Statistics and probability Data MAe-17SP

8 Mathematics scope and sequence Approach 1 Early Stage 1

 Later Term 4
Table 8 Later Term 4 outcomes

Strand Substrand Outcomes

Working mathematically Communicating MAe-1WM

Problem solving MAe-2WM

Reasoning MAe-3WM

Number and algebra Whole number MAe-4NA

Multiplication and division MAe-6NA

Fractions and Decimals MAe-7NA

Patterns and algebra MAe-8NA

Measurement and geometry Mass MAe-12MG

Area MAe-10MG

Two-dimensional space MAe-15MG

Statistics and probability Data MAe-17SP

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