Following the White Rose Maths scheme, EYFS will cover three main phases of learning over the course of the Autumn term. As part of the White Rose Maths scheme, each phase is broken down into a series of small learning steps. Combined, these small learning steps then cover all the curriculum content your child needs to know in small related chunks.
This term’s small learning steps for each block
| Maths area of learning | Block | Small Learning Steps |
| Number | Getting to Know you | Classroom rules and routines
Number songs and rhymes Baseline Assessments |
| Measure, shape and special thinking | Match, Sort and Compare | Step 1 Match objects
Step 2 Match pictures and objects Step 3 Identify a set Step 4 Sort objects to a type Step 5 Explore sorting techniques |
| Measure, shape and special thinking | Talk About Measure and Pattern | Step 1 Compare size
Step 2 Compare mass Step 3 Compare capacity Step 4 Explore simple patterns Step 5 Copy and continue simple patterns Step 6 Create simple patterns |
| Number | It’s Me 1, 2, 3 | Step 1 Find 1, 2 and 3
Step 2 Subitise 1, 2 and 3 Step 3 Represent 1, 2 and 3 Step 4 1 more Step 5 1 less Step 6 Composition of 1, 2 and 3 |
| Measure, shape and special thinking | Circles and Triangles | Step 1 Identify and name circles and triangles
Step 2 Compare circles and triangles Step 3 Shapes in the environment Step 4 Describe position |
| Number | 1,2,3,4,5 | Step 1 Find 4 and 5
Step 2 Subitise 4 and 5 Step 3 Represent 4 and 5 Step 4 1 more Step 5 1 less Step 6 Composition of 4 and 5 Step 7 Composition of 1 – 5 |
| Measure, shape and special thinking | Shapes with 4 sides | Step 1 Identify and name shapes with 4 sides
Step 2 Combine shapes with 4 sides Step 3 Shapes in the environment Step 4 My day and night |