Mathematics
Intent
Welcome to our mathematics curriculum school page. Fundamentally, at St. Philip’s we promote the strong belief that all children can achieve in mathematics. We want all of our children to develop a sense of enjoyment and curiosity about the importance of mathematics in understanding the changing world. Mathematics is essential to everyday life, critical to science, technology and necessary for financial literacy. Through our positive and nurturing learning ethos, mistakes and misconceptions are seen as an essential part of the learning process for all children. Indeed, across school we teach for a secure and deep understanding of key mathematical concepts.
Aims:
We aim for all children to:
- Become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, including through varied and frequent practice with increasingly complex problems over time, so that all children have conceptual understanding and are able to recall and apply their knowledge rapidly and accurately to solve problems.
- Reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry, conjecturing relationships and generalisations and developing an argument through the confident use of key mathematical terms.
- Solve problems by applying their mathematical skills to a variety of routine and non-routine problems with increasing sophistication, including breaking own problems into a series of simpler steps and preserving in seeking solutions.
Implementation
At St. Philip's CE Primary School, children study mathematics daily and they encounter a broad and balanced curriculum that includes elements of number, calculation, geometry, measures and statistics. The White Rose scheme of work is used primarily (supplemented by other resources like the NCETM Mastery Document) to help all children to not only develop their mathematical methods, but also their understanding of key vocabulary and to broaden and deepen their mathematical understanding of key concepts.
Our aim is for every child to be confident in each yearly objective and we use a range of resources to ensure that our maths curriculum is specific to each child's learning journey and their individual needs. Children across school complete homework activities using online resources like Numbots, TT Rockstars and MyMaths. These resources help the children to consolidate their mathematical understanding of key concepts and strategies. Class Dojo pages are also used to model good practice of how children can use the key methods and strategies being taught across school (e.g. the bar model and part whole-model).
The Early Learning Goals are used to ensure continuity and progression from the Early Years Foundation Stage through to the National Curriculum Statutory requirement for the learning and teaching of Mathematics are laid out In the National Curriculum Mathematics Document (20 74) At St Philip’s all learning and teaching is done In accordance with these
Impact
Throughout each lesson formative assessment takes place to identify children's strengths and future areas for development. Feedback and marking further highlights and identifies next steps that help all children to progress further in their maths learning, whilst also addressing any misconceptions or common errors that they may have. Teachers use this information to plan future lessons, whilst a progression document is currently being used to identify possible gaps in learning due to the recent pandemic.
Each term children in Year 1-Year 6 complete the White Rose assessments for arithmetic, reasoning and problem solving. Teachers also utilise the Rising Stars Arithmetic Tests and end of unit White Rose assessments (supplemented by the work completed by the children in their daily maths lessons) to build-up a clear and coherent understanding of the children's progress and attainment.
