Counting & Number Sense Skill Sequence
0.5
Use concrete materials to show any number up to 10
Answer ‘how many’ to a question of counting objects 0-10
Order numbers from 0-10 on a number line
Name the number that comes before and after any number up to 10
Identify quantities that are less than, greater than and equal to (up to 10)
Name ordinal numbers from first to third
F
Subitise collections up to 6 (e.g. dotted dice)
Count on by 1s from any starting point between 0-20
Count back by 1s from any starting point between 0-20
Name the number that comes before and after any number up to 20
Use concrete materials to show any number up to 20
Identify quantities that are less than, greater than and equal to (up to 20)
Name ordinal numbers from first to tenth
F.5
Subitise a number of items from 0-10 (ten frames)
Count on by 1s from any starting point between 0-120
Count back by 1s from any starting point between 0-120
Name the number that comes before and after any number up to 120
Identify quantities that are less than, greater than and equal to (up to 120)
Skip count by 2s to at least 50
Order numbers 0-50 on a number line
Skip count by 5s to at least 50
1.0
Skip count by 2s to at least 120
Skip count by 10s to at least 120
Skip count by 5s to at least 120
Order numbers to at least 120 on a number line
2.0
Write numbers to at least 1000
Order numbers to at least 1000 on a number line
Skip count by 2s from any number up to 120
Skip count by 10s from any number up to 120
Skip count by 5s from any number up to 120
Skip count by 3s from zero to at least 120
3.0
Recognise odd and even numbers
Read numbers to at least 10 000
Write numbers to at least 10 000
Order numbers to at least 10 000 on a number line
Read unit fractions (halves, thirds, quarters, fifths and tenths)
Count by quarters up to 1 whole
4.0
Read numbers to at least 100 000
Write numbers to at least 100 000
Order numbers to at least 100 000 on a number line
Count by halves beyond 1 (mixed numbers)
Count by quarters beyond 1 (mixed numbers)
Count by thirds beyond 1 (mixed numbers)
Connect the decimal and fraction representation of tenths (e.g 0.1 is the same as 1/10)
Connect the decimal and fraction representation of hundredths (e.g. 0.35 is the same as 35/100)
Order decimal tenths between 0-1 on a number line
Order decimal hundredths between 0-1 on a number line
Order decimal numbers (whole number plus tenths, e.g. 4.8) on a number line
Order decimal numbers (whole number plus hundredths, e.g. 5.36) on a number line
Use repeated addition to count by 4
Use repeated addition to count by 6
Use repeated addition to count by 8
Use repeated addition to count by 9
Use repeated addition to count by 7
5.0
Order fractions with the same and related denominators on a number line (e.g. fifths and tenths)
Read numbers to three or more decimal places (including numbers greater than 1)
Order numbers to three or more decimal places on a number line (including numbers >1)
6.0
Order numbers less than zero (negative integers) on a number line
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