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Reception

Number and Place Value

Counts objects, actions and sounds

Is able to subitise (recognise how many objects there are in a small group without counting)

Is able to link the number symbol (numeral) with its cardinal number value

Can count beyond ten

Is able to compare numbers

Understands the 'one more than/one less than' relationship between consecutive numbers

Is able to explore the composition of numbers to 10

Automatically recalls number bonds for numbers 0–5 and some to 10.

Automatically recalls (without reference to rhymes, counting or other aids) number bonds up to 5 (including subtraction facts) and some number bonds to 10, including double facts (ELG)

Has a deep understanding of number to 10, including the composition of each number (ELG)

Is able to subitise (recognise quantities without counting) up to 5 (ELG)

Can compare quantities up to 10 in different contexts, recognising when one quantity is greater than, less than or the same as the other quantity (ELG) 

Is able to explore and represent patterns within numbers up to 10, including evens and odds, double facts and how quantities can be distributed equally (ELG)

Verbally counts beyond 20, recognising the pattern of the counting system (ELG)

Algebra

Is able to continue, copy and create repeating patterns

Measurement

Can compare length, weight and capacity

Properties of Shape

Can select, rotate and manipulate shapes in order to develop spatial reasoning skills

Investigates composing and decomposing shapes and recognises a shape can have other shapes within it, just as numbers can