Foundation Track: Material for all Exams
Children learn best when concepts are broken down into bite-sized, clear lessons. Our Mini Videos explain both big ideas (e.g., “What is Probability?”) and tricky sub-skills (e.g., “Finding Missing Angles”).
Each topic is reinforced with Concept Notes — concise, parent-friendly guides available via Google Drive.
For parents, our How-To Videos provide practical support on how to supervise homework, manage practice time, and maintain motivation. This way, both students and parents feel equipped, not overwhelmed.
The list of concepts covered would be:
| Number & Arithmetic | Algebra & Reasoning |
| * Place value | * Number patterns and sequences |
| * Rounding and estimation | * Input–output machines |
| * Negative numbers | * Solving simple equations |
| * Factors, multiples, primes | * Expressions and simplification |
| * LCM and HCF | * Using variables and unknowns |
| * Odd/even numbers | * Substitution |
| * Square and cube numbers | * Function machines |
| * Square roots (simple) | * Word problems with algebra |
| * Order of operations (BIDMAS) | * Forming equations from word problems |
| * Mental arithmetic | |
| * Four operations (+, −, ×, ÷) | Geometry & Shape |
| * Fractions (simplifying, equivalence, comparison) | * 2D shapes (properties, angles, symmetry) |
| * Mixed numbers and improper fractions | * 3D shapes (faces, edges, vertices, nets) |
| * Adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions | * Perimeter and area (rectangles, triangles, compound shapes) |
| * Decimals (place value, operations) | * Volume and surface area (cuboids, counting cubes) |
| * Percentages (of amounts, increase/decrease, fraction–percentage conversions) | * Acute, obtuse, reflex, right |
| * Ratio and proportion | * Angles on a straight line (sum = 180°) |
| * Simple and compound unit conversions | * Angles around a point (sum = 360°) |
| * Rounding and approximation | * Angles in triangles (sum = 180°) |
| * Angles in quadrilaterals (sum = 360°) | |
| Measures | * Angles in parallel lines (alternate, corresponding, co-interior) |
| * Time (24-hour clock, elapsed time, timetables) | * Types of triangles (isosceles, equilateral, scalene, right-angled) |
| * Money (word problems, best value, change) | * Coordinates (1st quadrant; some advanced include all 4 quadrants) |
| * Length, mass, capacity (conversions) | * Reflections, rotations, and translations |
| * Speed, distance, time problems | |
| * Units and conversions (metric/imperial where applicable) | Word Problems & Problem Solving |
| * Multi-step arithmetic problems | |
| Data & Statistics | * Ratio/fraction/percent problems in context |
| * Pictograms, bar charts, line graphs | * Age problems |
| * Pie charts (interpretation, basic construction) | * Work and time problems |
| * Mean, median, mode and range | * Money and best-value scenarios |
| * Frequency tables | * Logical reasoning with numbers and words |
| * Interpretation of data from charts and tables | |
| Combinatorics, Permutations & Combinations (Advanced) | |
| Probability (Advanced/Stretch) | * Arrangements of items (e.g. in a line, with/without restrictions) |
| * Basic probability using fractions | * Counting strategies (e.g. how many ways to choose, order) |
| * Probability of single events | * Basic permutations (e.g. rearranging letters) |
| * Complement rule (e.g. "not happening") | * Simple combinations (e.g. choosing groups or outfits) |
| * Simple experiments and outcomes | * Tree diagrams (introductory level) |
| * Probability scales (0 to 1) | |
| Advanced/Stretch Areas (for top scorers) | |
| Spatial & Non-standard Reasoning (Cross-over with NVR) | * Multi-variable algebra puzzles |
| * Patterns in shapes and numbers | * High-level ratio/proportion chaining |
| * Spatial visualisation | * Rate and speed compound problems |
| * Folded shapes, nets, rotations | * Working with unknowns in geometry |
| * Advanced permutations and probability | |
| * Number theory puzzles (e.g. properties of digits, divisibility) |
