Numeracy Report
Maths Matters
"Without mathematics, there's nothing you can do.
Everything around you is mathematics.
Everything around you is numbers" - Shakuntala Devi
COOKING & BAKING
The Importance of Maths in Everyday Life
- Helps build problem-solving skills
- Better understand finances, time, and measurements
- Helps develop analytic and reasoning skills
- It is used in all areas of life from sports to music to building
- Maths explains how the world works
- It sharpens your mind
Maths is all around us!
Maths is very useful in everyday life and can help us do many things that are important in our daily activities.
You can help your child make connections to maths through the everyday activities that you undertake together.
- Shopping
- Preparing food/ lunch boxes
- Cooking & baking
- Figuring out distance, time and cost for travel
- Understanding sports (being a player and team statistics)
- Playing music
- Sewing
- Gardening
PATTERNS are all around us on buildings and nature!
NUMBERS & COUNTING
Recognising numbers on mail boxes, counting, skip counting
SHOPPING
Recognising money values, counting amounts, change
PREPARING FOOD & LUNCH BOXES
Cutting food items into fractions
Kind Regards,
Klaudia Jellis
Leader of Mathematics
