Strand Progression Map

Foundation

• Identify the attributes of mass, capacity, length and duration
• Use direct comparison to compare objects and events
• Sequence and connect familiar events to the time of day

Year 1

• Compare and order objects and events by length, mass, capacity and duration
• Measure length of shapes and objects using uniform informal units

Year 2

• Measure and compare shapes and objects using uniform informal units
• Read time on an analog clock to the hour, half hour and quarter hour
• Determine the number of days between events using a calendar

Year 3

• Use familiar metric units to estimate, compare and measure attributes of objects
• Identify angles as measures of turn and compare them to right angles
• Estimate and compare duration using formal units of time

Year 4

• Use scaled instruments to measure length, mass, capacity and temperature
• Measure and approximate perimeters and areas
• Convert between units of time when solving duration problems

Year 5

• Choose and use appropriate metric units to measure length, mass and capacity
• Solve problems involving perimeter and area
• Convert between 12- and 24-hour time

Year 6

• Interpret and use timetables
• Convert between common units of length, mass and capacity
• Use the formula for the area of a rectangle to solve problems

Year 7

• Use formulas for areas of triangles and parallelograms
• Calculate volumes of rectangular and triangular prisms
• Describe relationships between radius, diameter and circumference of a circle

Year 8

• Solve problems involving perimeter and area of composite shapes
• Calculate the volume of right prisms
• Use Pythagoras' theorem to solve problems involving right-angle triangles

Year 9

• Solve problems involving the surface area and volume of right prisms and cylinders
• Determine percentage errors in measurements
• Apply Pythagoras' theorem and trigonometric ratios to solve right-angled triangle problems

Year 10

• Solve problems involving surface area and volume of composite objects
• Apply Pythagoras' theorem and trigonometry to practical right-angled triangle problems
• Identify the impact of measurement errors on accuracy of results