Mathematics
“Even the hardest puzzles have a solution"
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Vision and Rationale
Our maths curriculum enables children to see the importance of maths in everyday life and leads to a greater understanding of the world around them, providing a precise means of communication using numbers, symbols and shapes. Children will grow to see maths as a powerful universal language, used to explain, predict and represent events and tackle problems in everyday life. Through their growing knowledge and understanding, maths will prepare children for the challenges of everyday life, whilst maintaining a fascination of its own.
Mathematics is an interconnected subject in which children need to be able to move fluently between mathematical ideas. The programmes of study are, by necessity, organised into distinct areas, but pupils will make rich connections across mathematical ideas to develop fluency, mathematical reasoning and competence in solving increasingly sophisticated problems. They will also apply their mathematical knowledge within science and other subjects.
The Mastery approach to learning forms the basis our approach to teaching maths. This means spending more time building children’s understanding in area of maths rather than racing through the concepts and knowledge that pupils are expected to know by the end of each year. As a primary school, it is our duty to ensure that children have solid, concrete understanding of subject knowledge and skills as well as being emotionally resilient for the next year of their education. Our intention is to take learning at a steady pace to ensure that no child is left behind as well as providing experiences for children who are grasping ideas quickly to really show a deeper understanding.
Our approach focuses on children achieving what is expected of their age group and not going beyond this. Evidence shows that children need to be able to understand a concept, apply it in a wide range of situations and then be creative with it to really understand (or master) it. Simply going beyond the requirements of their age group does not guarantee they have fully understood something – just that they have heard it. They will spend time becoming true masters of content, applying and being creative with new knowledge in multiple ways.
Our Mathematics Curriculum
Early Years Foundation Stage – Mathematics
The educational programme for mathematics, set out in the EYFS Framework, is delivered in our preschool and reception classes in line with the Extend Reception Curriculum
Key Stage 1 and 2 – Mathematics
We follow the national curriculum.
We follow the White Rose Hub a small-step, mastery-based scheme of work supplemented for fluency with:
- Mastering Number EYFS/Number Sense
- Mastering Number at Key Stage 1 (Year 1 and 2)
- Ashley Down timetables (Year 4 to 6)
Overview
