How can you tell they’ve got it: Coin Values?

If they’ve got it, you’ll see things like: Identify 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 and £2 coins; Know that a £2 coin is worth more than a 50p coin; Recognise £5 and £10 notes. Or just try it together: If your child is given a handful of coins, can they name each one — like 2p, 5p, 20p — and sort them from least to most valuable?

Mathematics Measurement Ages 5–6

Coin Values

Your child can name coins and notes and knows their value. They know a $2 coin is worth more than a 50c coin.

In curriculum terms

Recognise and know the value of different coins and notes

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How to tell they’ve got it

Tick these off as you see them — no test required.

Identify 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 and £2 coins
Know that a £2 coin is worth more than a 50p coin
Recognise £5 and £10 notes

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Try this together

If your child is given a handful of coins, can they name each one — like 2p, 5p, 20p — and sort them from least to most valuable?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

Reading and writing numbers to 20ages 5–6Recognising coin values requires reading numerals (1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50)

Coin Valuesthis skill · ages 5–6

Unlocks

Pounds & Pence Notationages 6–7Using £ and p symbols extends Y1 recognition of coin values

Coins & Notesages 5–7Curriculum coins/notes recognition (Maths Y1) underpins exploratory coin knowledge

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Curriculum alignment

Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.

Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1).

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2M1A01low confidenceMathematics · Level 1 · Algebra strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

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