SMASH Maths
Spiral Curriculum
With SMASH Maths, all six areas of the maths curriculum are practised every week to improve learning retention.
These are the six areas of the maths curriculum that are covered every week in the SMASH Maths Spiral Curriculum.
1. Number and Place Value
Compare, describe and order measure
Estimate, measure and read scales
Money
Telling time, ordering time, duration and units of time
Convert between metric units
Convert metric / imperial measures
Perimeter and area
Volume
Solve problems involving money, length, mass / weight, capacity / volume
2. Calculation
Add / subtract mentally
Add / subtract using written methods
Estimate, use inverses and check
Add / subtract to solve problems
Properties of number (multiples, factors, primes, squares & cubes)
Multiply / divide mentally
Multiply / divide using written methods
Solve problems (using all four operations)
Order of operations
Relative sizes, similarity
Scale factors
Unequal sharing and grouping
Missing number problems expressed in algebra
Simple formulae expressed in words
Generate and describe linear number sequences
Number sentences involving two unknowns
Finding all possibilities of combinations of two variables
3. Fractions, Decimals, Percentages
Recognise, find, write, name and count fractions
Equivalent fractions
Comparing and ordering fractions
Add / subtract fractions
Multiply / divide fractions
Fractions / decimals equivalence
Rounding decimals
Compare and order decimals
Multiply / divide decimals
Solve problems with fractions and decimals
Fractions / decimal / percentage equivalence
Solve problems with percentages
Use of percentages for comparison
4. Measurement
Compare, describe and order measures
Estimate, measure and read scales
Money
Telling time, ordering time, duration and units of time
Convert between metric units
Convert metric / imperial measures
Perimeter and area
Volume
Solve problems involving money, length, mass / weight, capacity / volume
5. Geometry
Recognise and name common shapes
Describe properties and classify shapes
Draw and make shapes and relate 2-D to 3-D shapes (including nets)
Angles – measuring and properties
Circles
Patterns
Describe position, direction and movement (translations)
Co-ordinates
6. Statistics
Interpret and represent data using tables, tally chart, pictograms, bar charts, time graphs and line graphs
Solve problems involving data
Mean average