The Australian Curriculum provides students with essential skills in Number and Algebra. Measurement and Geometry and Statistics and Probability. It develops skills children can use in real life situations and provides them with the building blocks for mathematical specialties and applications.
The curriculum focuses on developing increasingly sophisticated and refined mathematical understanding, fluency, logical reasoning, analytical thought and problem-solving skills. These capabilities enable students to respond to familiar and unfamiliar situations by employing mathematical strategies to make informed decisions and solve problems efficiently.
Mathematics is composed of multiple but interrelated and interdependent concepts and systems which students apply beyond the mathematics classroom.
At St Francis Xavier we aim to ensure that students:
are confident, creative users and communicators of mathematics, able to investigate, represent and interpret situations in their personal and work lives and as active citizens
develop an increasingly sophisticated understanding of mathematical concepts and fluency with processes, and are able to pose and solve problems and reason in Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, and Statistics and Probability
recognize connections between the areas of mathematics and other disciplines and appreciate mathematics as an accessible and enjoyable discipline to study.
Teachers are encouraged to develop inquiry units based on mathematical concepts for use with the students. Students are also involved in regular practice of number facts and counting.
Source: http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Mathematics/Aims
