In EYFS, we follow the NCETM’s Mastering Number Programme. In Term 1, pupils will build on previous experiences of number from their home and nursery environments, and further develop their subitising and counting skills. They will explore the composition of numbers within 5. They will begin to compare sets of objects and use the language of comparison.
Pupils will:
- Identify when a set can be subitised and when counting is needed.
- Subitise different arrangements, both unstructured and structured, including using the Hungarian number frame.
- Make different arrangements of numbers within 5 and talk about what they can see, to develop their conceptual subitising skills.
- Spot smaller numbers ‘hiding’ inside larger numbers connect quantities and numbers to finger patterns and explore different ways of representing numbers on their fingers.
- Hear and join in with the counting sequence, and connect this to the ‘staircase’ pattern of the counting numbers, seeing that each number is made of one more than the previous number.
- Develop counting skills and knowledge, including: that the last number in the count tells us ‘how many’ (cardinality); to be accurate in counting, each thing must be counted once and once only and in any order; the need for 1:1 correspondence; understanding that anything can be counted, including actions and sounds.
- Compare sets of objects by matching.
- Begin to develop the language of ‘whole’ when talking about objects which have parts.