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Numeracy

Numeracy is the ability to apply maths concepts in all areas of life.
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Numeracy is the ability to apply maths concepts in all areas of life. Numeracy encompasses the knowledge, skills, behaviours and dispositions that students need to use mathematics in a wide range of situations. 

It involves students recognising and understanding the role of mathematics in the world and having the dispositions and capacities to use mathematical knowledge and skills purposefully.

Counting

Children develop numeracy and maths skills through everyday activities like counting, looking at shapes, and talking about sizes.
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Two children doing maths on clipboards.

2D and 3D Shapes

Children develop numeracy and maths skills through everyday activities like counting, looking at shapes, and talking about sizes.
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Kids playing with counting blocks on the ground.

Patterns

Children develop numeracy and maths skills through everyday activities like counting, looking at shapes, and talking about sizes and patterns.
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Young school kids drawing in books.

"Wonder is the desire for knowledge."

St Thomas Aquinas