Knowledge
Skills and
Understanding
Working
Mathematically

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
Number and
Algebra

Develop
efficient
strategies for
numerical
calculation,
recognise
patterns,
describe
relationships and
apply algebraic
techniques and
generalisation
Life Skills (Stages 4/5)
Syllabus Outcomes
Early Stage 1
Syllabus Outcomes
Communicating: A student
MALS-1WM: responds to and uses
MAe-1WM: describes mathematical
mathematical language to demonstrate
situations using everyday language,
understanding.
actions, materials and informal recordings
Problem Solving: A student
MALS-2WM: applies mathematical
MAe-2WM: uses objects, actions,
strategies to solve problems.
technology and/or trial and error to
explore mathematical problems
Reasoning: A student
MALW-3WM: uses reasoning to
MAe-3WM: uses concrete materials
recognise mathematical relationships.
and/or pictorial representations to support
conclusions
Whole Numbers: A student
MALS-4NA: recognises language used to MAe-4NA: counts to 30, and orders,
represent number
reads and represents numbers in the range
0 to 20
MALS-5NA: counts in familiar contexts
MALS-6NA: reads and represents
numbers
MALS-7NA: compares and orders
numbers
Addition and Subtraction
MALS-10NA: selects and uses strategies MAe-5NA: combines, separates and
for addition and subtraction
compares collections of objects, describes
using everyday language, and records
using informal methods
Multiplication and Division: A student
MALS-11NA: selects and uses strategies MAe-6NA: groups, shares and counts
for multiplication and division
collections of objects, describes using
everyday language, and records using
informal methods
Fractions, Decimals and Percentages: A student
MALS-8NA: recognises and compares
MAe-7NA: describes two equal parts as
fractions in everyday contexts
halves
MALS-9NA: represents and operates
with fractions, decimals or percentages in
everyday contexts
Financial: A student
MALS-12NA: recognises and matches
coins and notes
MALS-13NA: compares and orders coins
and notes
MALS-14NA: reads and writes amounts
of money
MALS-15NA: calculates with money
MALS-16NA: makes informed decisions
about purchasing goods and services
MALS-17NA: plans and manages
personal finances
Patterns and Algebra: A student
MALS-18NA: recognises and continues
MAe-8NA: recognises, describes and
repeating patterns
continues repeating patterns
Equations: A student
MALS-19NA: calculates missing values
by completing simple number sentences
Length: A student
Measurement and
MALS-25MG: estimates and measures in MAe-9MG: describes and compares
Geometry
everyday contexts
lengths and distances using everyday
language
 Identify,
MALS-26MG: recognises and uses units
visualise and
to estimate and measure length
quantify
Area: A student
measures and the MALS-25MG: estimates and measures in MAe-10MG: describes and compares
attributes of
everyday contexts
areas using everyday language
shapes and
objects, and
MALS-29MG: applies formal units to
explore
estimate and calculate area
measurement
Volume and Capacity: A student
concepts and
MALS-25MG: estimates and measures in MAe-11MG: describes and compares the
geometric
everyday contexts
capacities of containers and the volumes
relationships,
of objects or substances using everyday
applying
MALS-28MG: selects and uses units to
language
formulas,
estimate
and
measure
volume
and
strategies and
capacity
geometric
Mass: A Student
reasoning in the
MALS-25MG: estimates and measures in MAe-12MG: describes and compares the
solution of
everyday contexts
masses of objects using everyday
problems
language
MALS-27MG: selects and uses units to
estimate and measure mass
Time: A Student
MALS-20MG: recognises time in
MAe-13MG: sequences events, uses
familiar contexts
everyday language to describe the
durations of events, and reads hour time
MALS-21MG: recognises and relates
on clocks
time in a range of contexts
MALS-22MG: reads and interprets time
in a variety of situations
MALS-23MG: calculates and measures
time and duration in everyday contexts
MALS—24MG: organises personal time
and manages scheduled activities
Three Dimensional Space: A Student
MALS-30MG: recognises, matches and
MAe-14MG: manipulates, sorts and
sorts three-dimensional objects and/or
represents three dimensional objects and
two-dimensional shapes
describes them using everyday language
MALS-31MG: identifies the features of
three-dimensional objects and/or twodimensional shapes and applies
these in a range of contexts
Two Dimensional Space: A Student
MALS-30MG: recognises, matches and
MAe-15MG: manipulates, sorts and
sorts three-dimensional objects and/or
describes representations of two
two-dimensional shapes
dimensional shapes, including circles,
triangles, squares and rectangles, using
MALS-31MG: identifies the features of
everyday language
three-dimensional objects and/or twodimensional shapes and applies
these in a range of contexts
Position: A Student
MALS-32MG: responds to and uses the
MAe-16MG: describes position and
language of position in everyday contexts gives and follows simple directions using
everyday language
MALS-33MG: recognises that maps and
plans are a representation of positions in
space
Statistics and
Probability

Collect, represent,
analyse, interpret
and evaluate data,
assign and use
probabilities, and
make sound
judgements
MALS-34MG: uses maps and plans in a
range of contexts
Data: A Student
MALS-35SP: recognises data displayed
MAe-17SP: represents data and interprets
in a variety of formats
data displays made from objects
MALS-36SP: gathers, organises and
displays data
MALS-37SP: interprets information and
draws conclusions from data displays
Chance: A Student
MALS-38SP: recognises and uses the
language of chance in a range of contexts
MALS-39SP: recognises the elements of
chance and probability in everyday events