Year 7 Mathematics builds upon the Numeracy skills acquired in the Primary Years and seeks to further develop them. The knowledge and skills that underpin Numeracy are explicitly taught in the Mathematics strands of Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, and Statistics and Probability. This is reinforced and further exemplified in and across other curriculum areas. Through this process students recognise that Mathematics is widely used in the real world.

The Year 7 Secondary Mathematics Program continues to focus on developing increasingly sophisticated and refined mathematical understanding, fluency, problem solving and reasoning. These capabilities enable students to respond to familiar and unfamiliar situations by employing mathematics to make informed decisions and solve problems efficiently. Mathematics is composed of multiple but interrelated and interdependent concepts and structures which students apply beyond the mathematics classroom.

This course aims for students to learn about the ‘why’ behind the Maths as well as the ‘how to’. They will develop critical and creative thinking along with metacognitive skills, where they will be asked to justify and record how they solved a problem through rich discussion, bringing Literacy into the Mathematics classroom.