Mathematics

I love maths at school!

(Pupil Questionnaire Feedback 2021-2022)

Intent:

It is our aim that children move on from St Mary’s enthused and inspired by Maths with a ‘can do’ attitude fostered by teachers' high expectation that all children can succeed. Children will be fluent in concepts taught and be able to apply these skills across the curriculum.   Pupils will be proficient in core knowledge of number facts, built on each year, and be able to recall these facts with speed and accuracy. Children will develop skills in problem solving such as making generalisations and conjectures and move on with an increasingly large bank of vocabulary to make justifications in order to develop essential reasoning skills they need throughout their school time and beyond.

Implementation:

Mrs. Woodcraft is our Maths Co-ordinator.

At St. Mary's we teach the Mathematics elements of the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum in Acorn and Chestnut (Nursery and Reception):

Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage

We teach the Mathematics National Curriculum in Birch to Oak (Years 1 to 4):

Mathematics Programmes of Study Key Stages 1 and 2

We use the White Rose Maths Scheme to teach our Mathematics Curriculum, supplementing it with other schemes/resources, where necessary, to teach our daily Mathematics lessons.  

Please click here for an overview of topics each term for each year group.  

Our Progression of Knowledge in Mathematics document can be found here:

Maths Progression Map

We follow the White Rose Calculation Policy:

We are also committed to helping children develop and maintain fluency and mastery in both written and mental calculations.  To this purpose, we:

• Implement Flashback 4 activities at the start of our Maths lessons
• Work closely with the Enigma Maths Hub to develop Teaching for Mastery techniques within the entire lesson
• Work closely with the Enigma Maths Hub to develop Mastering Number techniques in Years R, 1, 2 and 4

Impact:

All children are assessed in Maths, by their teachers, on a termly basis.  Mrs. Woodcraft  then analyses the attainment and progress of the whole school in this area.  This information informs future teaching and learning in Maths. 

Children are formally teacher assessed in Maths at the end of Reception against the Early Learning Goals:

Early Learning Goals

At the end of Year 4, children will also participate in the Multiplication Tables Check in June:

Our end of Reception results can be found in the Our Results section of the website.