Numeracy is one of the core elements of Curriculum for Excellence. Numeracy and mathematics equips us with many of the skills required for life, learning and work. Children are encouraged to use the skills developed in numeracy and mathematics across the curriculum.
There are a variety of elements within Numeracy and Mathematics and children will be encouraged to use these skills in a range of practical activities relevant to their age and stage of learning. Numeracy and mathematics topics that are covered at every level are outlined below.
Number, money and measure
• Estimation and rounding;
• Number and number processes;
• Multiples, factors and primes;
• Powers and roots;
• Fractions, decimal fractions and percentages;
• Money;
• Time;
• Measurement;
• Mathematics – its impact on the world, past, present and future;
• Patterns and relationships and
• Expressions and equations.
• Number and number processes;
• Multiples, factors and primes;
• Powers and roots;
• Fractions, decimal fractions and percentages;
• Money;
• Time;
• Measurement;
• Mathematics – its impact on the world, past, present and future;
• Patterns and relationships and
• Expressions and equations.
Shape, position and movement
• Properties of 2D shapes and 3D objects and
• Angle, symmetry and transformation.
Information handling
• Data and analysis and
• Ideas of chance and uncertainty.
