Maths
Mastery in Maths is a continuum. We believe mastery is only going to be achieved when more time is spent on key concepts that are revisited and reviewed. This allows for the development of depth and sufficient practice to embed learning. Devoting time to key concepts enables us to:
- Represent concepts in lots of different ways (multiple representations).
- Teach the processes, then allow the children to apply their knowledge, increasingly rapidly and accurately. (Following a process / procedure won’t enable mastery; applying a process will!)
- Commit key facts to children’s long-term memory
- We teach Maths through the core principle of using a Concrete, Pictorial and Abstract approach. Using this approach enables children to be able to 'see' concepts using real life objects and then pictures before using numbers in number sentences .
We follow the National Curriculum (2014) using White Rose Maths Hub framework and resources to enable a sequential, progressive curriculum where key concepts are secured then built upon. They have resources for parents on this page:
Advice and guidance for parents | White Rose Education
We explicitly teach reasoning and problem solving in maths using the resources produced by Gareth Metcalfe: I See Reasoning and I See Problem Solving. These resources deepen children's understanding of mathematical concepts and allow them to apply their knowledge to a range of problems, explaining their reasoning as they go along.
We send home the Key Instant Recall Facts (KIRFS) that we expect our children to learn to automaticity. These are explicitly taught and revised in school. These include the multiplication facts and inverses to 12 x 12, which children in Year 4 are tested on.
You can find more information about our Maths curriculum in the statement below.
