Sequenced mathematics
What if the secret to teaching maths was knowing the order to teach?
The Y Intercept is a complete Foundation–Year 1 maths teaching program that breaks concepts into the smaller skills children need to master, then connects them in a carefully designed learning sequence.
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- Foundation and Year 1 building to Year 7
- Explicit and inquiry stages in each lesson
- Built to teach with immediately
- Free for Pilot Schools
- Teachers $390 reduced to $200 until 2027
How The Y Intercept works
One complete teaching system.
Designed from a carefully engineered learning path for foundation maths. Small, sequential steps that include the hidden skills not stated by the Curriculum.
Arranged to suit a teaching year
A week-by-week teaching order across a teacher's four terms
Every lesson resource ready
Up to 7 stages to choose from, all aligned to the Learning Intention, ready to use
Student progress visible and aligned
Multiple tasks per unit to assess students as Beginning, Consolidating, Mastering
The difference is in the chunking and ordering
What students learn next depends on what they understand now.
A real learning progression example
Understanding tens, one at a time
Each lesson teaches a small amount of knowledge throughly, leading seamlessly into the next lesson.
Lesson 1
Using Bundles to Make Tens
We are learning to group a collection into tens by bundling ten items together, with any leftovers staying loose.
Lesson 2
Counting Collections with Tens
We are learning to count a large collection accurately by grouping it into tens rather than counting one by one.
Lesson 3
Using MAB Ones
We are learning to group MAB one blocks into tens, the same way as with other materials.
Lesson 4
Understanding the MAB Tens Rod
We are learning that a MAB tens rod is worth ten ones already joined together.
What's included
We've done the thinking and planning. Now it's time to teach.
Scope & sequence
A detailed sequence of learning mapped to the Victorian Curriculum 2.0
Yearly planner
A week-by-week teaching order across a teacher's four terms
Student tracker
Led by the sequence, easily track where your students have made progress
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Meet Bridget Horton
Built by a maths teacher who understands how children learn.
Bridget is an experienced numeracy specialist with a background in mathematics education and curriculum development. Together with degrees in Computer Science and Education, her systematic and logical thinking about how students learn maths have been drivers for the creation of a program that supports teachers to just teach.
Designed for teachers who bring their own personality to class.
Your entire maths year,
planned and ready to teach.
Bring The Y Intercept to your classroom
Whether you’re a school looking to support your teaching team or an individual teacher ready to simplify your planning, The Y Intercept has an option for you.
FOR SCHOOLS - FREE PILOT PROGRAM
Give your teachers a head start in 2027.
Access The Sequence, teacher documentation, onboarding and implementation support for your Foundation and Year 1 team.
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Full access to the 2027 Foundation & Year 1 maths Unit and Lesson sequences
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2027 Foundation & Year 1 planners
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Foundation & Year 1 student data trackers
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Face-to-face onboarding and ongoing support