appreciate mathematics as a discipline – its history, ideas, problems and applications, aesthetics and philosophy.acquire specialist knowledge and skills in mathematics that provide for further study in the discipline.see connections and apply mathematical concepts, skills and processes to pose and solve problems in mathematics and in other disciplines and contexts.develop useful mathematical and numeracy skills for everyday life, work and as active and critical citizens in a technological world.The Mathematics curriculum aims to ensure that students: These capabilities enable students to respond to familiar and unfamiliar situations by employing mathematics to make informed decisions and solve problems efficiently.
The Mathematics curriculum focuses on developing increasingly sophisticated and refined mathematical understanding, fluency, reasoning, modelling and problem-solving.