There are sixty 10-minute Number Crew programmes for the two year-groups in the 5 to 7 year age range. The first series of 30 programmes is aimed at the younger end of the age range, the second series of 30 programmes looks at the same areas, but is designed for children about a year older. The units reflect key areas of the National Numeracy Framework:

Numbers and the Number System:
Counting
Properties of numbers and number sequences
Place value and ordering (including reading and writing numbers)
Estimating and rounding
Introduction to fractions and decimals

Calculations:
Understanding number operations
Instant mental recall of number facts
Mental calculation strategies for deriving new facts from facts known already
Pencil and paper methods
Checking that results of calculations are reasonable

Solving Problems, Measures, and Handling Data:
Making decisions: deciding which operation and method of calculation to use (mental, partly mental/partly pencil and paper, pencil and paper, calculator and so on)
Reasoning about numbers and making general statements
Solving problems involving numbers in familiar contexts
Measurement: including choosing units and scales
Collecting, presenting and interpreting numerical data

The programme units are based on the National Numeracy Framework (which is based on the Mathematics National Curriculum for England and Wales) but all the programmes are equally applicable to the mathematics curricula of Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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