Mathematics year 1-10 (MAT01‑06)
Interdisciplinary topics

In mathematics, the interdisciplinary topic of health and life skills refers to giving pupils competence in the areas of problem solving, statistics and personal finance. The thematic strand sets out to ensure that pupils develop an understanding of technology, statistics and mathematical representations and models that can help them to make responsible life choices.

In mathematics, the interdisciplinary topic of democracy and citizenship refers to giving pupils competence in exploring and analysing findings from real datasets and figures from the natural world, society, working life, and daily life. It also relates to pupils learning how to evaluate the validity of such findings. This type of competence is an important part of an individual’s ability to formulate their own arguments and participate in public discourse. The thematic strand sets out to ensure that pupils are conscious of the assumptions and premises applicable to the mathematical models that form the basis of decisions that they make in their own lives and as part of wider society.