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  • Mathematics // Probability

    Probabilities Sum to One

    Understand that when all possible outcomes of a trial are listed, their probabilities must add up to 1; use this to find the probability of an event NOT…

    Ages 10 to 11Concept
  • Mathematics // Probability

    Experimental vs Theoretical

    Run repeated probability experiments and compare experimental (relative frequency) results with theoretical predictions; understand and demonstrate that as the…

    Ages 10 to 11Method
  • Mathematics // Probability

    Complementary events

    Understand and apply the rule that probabilities of all mutually exclusive outcomes sum to one; use this to find the probability of a complementary event (P(not…

    Ages 11 to 13Concept
  • Mathematics // Probability

    The Probability Scale

    Understand probability as a measure on a scale from 0 (impossible) to 1 (certain); use the language of probability including likely, unlikely, certain, and…

    Ages 11 to 13Concept
  • Mathematics // Probability

    Experimental probability

    Record, describe, and analyse the frequency of outcomes from probability experiments to develop an understanding of relative frequency as an estimate of…

    Ages 11 to 13Method
  • Mathematics // Ratio & Proportion

    Bar Models for Ratios

    Represent ratio and proportion problems using bar models (rectangular strips divided into equal parts labelled with quantities) and tape diagrams (segmented…

    Ages 9 to 12Representation
  • Mathematics // Ratio & Proportion

    Percentages (age 9+)

    Know and use the vocabulary of ratio and proportion — ratio, proportion, percentage, scale, equivalent, unequal, relative size, part-to-part, part-to-whole, and…

    Ages 9 to 11Language
  • Mathematics // Ratio & Proportion

    Calculating Percentages

    Solve problems involving the calculation of percentages of amounts (e.g. 15% of 360) and the use of percentages for comparison

    Ages 10 to 11Method
  • Mathematics // Ratio & Proportion

    Scale and similar shapes

    Solve problems involving similar shapes where the scale factor is known or can be found

    Ages 10 to 11Method
  • Mathematics // Ratio & Proportion

    Ratio Problems

    Solve problems involving the relative sizes of two quantities where missing values can be found by using integer multiplication and division facts

    Ages 10 to 11Method
  • Mathematics // Ratio & Proportion

    Understanding fractions

    Solve problems involving unequal sharing and grouping using knowledge of fractions and multiples

    Ages 10 to 11Method
  • Mathematics // Ratio & Proportion

    Compound Units

    Use compound units such as speed (distance ÷ time), unit pricing (cost ÷ quantity), and density (mass ÷ volume); solve problems involving compound units

    Ages 11 to 14Method
  • Mathematics // Ratio & Proportion

    Scale and similar shapes (age 11+)

    Use scale factors to interpret and create scale diagrams and maps, calculating real-life distances from map measurements and vice versa

    Ages 11 to 13Method
  • Mathematics // Ratio & Proportion

    One Quantity as a Fraction

    Express one quantity as a fraction of another where the result may be less than 1 or greater than 1, and interpret the meaning in context

    Ages 11 to 12Concept
  • Mathematics // Ratio & Proportion

    Percentages as Fractions

    Define percentage as 'number of parts per hundred'; interpret percentages and percentage changes as a fraction or a decimal; express one quantity as a…

    Ages 11 to 13Concept
  • Mathematics // Ratio & Proportion

    Unit Conversions

    Convert freely between related standard units of measurement (time, length, area, volume/capacity, mass) using decimal notation to up to three decimal places…

    Ages 11 to 12Method
  • Mathematics // Ratio & Proportion

    Ratio Notation

    Use ratio notation to describe the relationship between two or more quantities, simplify ratios to their simplest form, and convert between ratio and fraction…

    Ages 11 to 12Method
  • Mathematics // Ratio & Proportion

    Dividing Quantities by Ratio

    Divide a given quantity into two parts in a given part:part or part:whole ratio, and express the division as a fraction of the whole

    Ages 11 to 13Method
  • Mathematics // Ratio & Proportion

    Proportional Reasoning Vocabulary

    Know and use advanced vocabulary of multiplicative reasoning — direct proportion, inverse proportion, ratio, rate, unit rate, compound unit, scale factor…

    Ages 11 to 14Language
  • Mathematics // Ratio & Proportion

    Proportion Graphs

    Represent proportional relationships using double number lines (two parallel number lines aligned at 0) and ratio tables; recognise that equivalent ratios…

    Ages 11 to 14Representation
  • English // English Thinking

    Reviewing Own Writing

    Evaluate whether your own writing achieves the effect you intended on a reader — go beyond checking for correctness to asking whether it actually works

    Ages 8 to 10Thinking skill
  • English // English Thinking

    Knowing What You Don't Know

    Monitor your own vocabulary gaps — notice words you half-know, distinguish confident from uncertain knowledge, and develop strategies to resolve the uncertainty

    Ages 8 to 10Thinking skill
  • English // English Thinking

    Reflecting on Your Language Use

    Reflect on yourself as a language user — how your reading, writing, and speaking shift across audiences, purposes, and contexts, and where you want to develop…

    Ages 10 to 11Thinking skill
  • English // Grammar & Punctuation

    Commas in lists

    Use commas to separate items in a list within a sentence (e.g., 'I bought apples, bananas, and oranges')

    Ages 6 to 11Method