Maths
Our Maths Curriculum encourages children to develop mathematical understanding in order to solve problems and justify their thinking. It develops their power of resilience and perseverance when faced with mathematical challenges. We encourage all children to see Maths as a subject they enjoy and can achieve in. This shows the importance of Maths as an essential part of everyday life; this will help to ensure that children see the relevance of what they are learning. We incorporate sustained levels of challenge through varied and high quality activities with a focus on fluency, reasoning and problem solving. It also encourages the children to develop their own mental strategies for solving problems and to be confident in this area.
Maths is taught daily in EYFS, KS1 and KS2. The structure of maths teaching is based on the National Curriculum guidelines and covers all the recommended objectives, delivered through sequences that are adapted to meet the children’s needs. Our calculation policy is used within school to ensure a consistent approach to teaching over time, resulting in the children using the CPA approach to deepen understanding. We intend for all pupils to become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, including through varied and frequent practice with increasingly complex problems, so that pupils develop conceptual understanding and the ability to recall and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately. Children are taught through clear modelling and have the opportunity to develop their knowledge and understanding of mathematical concepts. Regular assessment are used to ensure that teaching is adapted to the needs of all the children and to ensure that all children make progress. Children who have shown their understanding at a deep level within each strand, have opportunities to apply these skills at a greater depth.
The impact of Maths is measured in terms of the extent to which pupils have developed new knowledge, understanding and skills. We aim for children to be fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics with a conceptual understanding and the ability to recall and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately. They will have the skills to solve problems by applying their mathematics to a variety of situations with increasing sophistication, including in unfamiliar contexts and to model real-life scenarios. Children will be able to reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry and develop and present justification, argument or proof using mathematical language. Our children will develop enjoyment and confidence in Maths.
