Maths
Maths
At St Joseph’s Primary School, we have adopted a ‘mastery’ approach to teaching and learning in Mathematics.
Our vision is to inspire an enjoyment for Maths through positive attitudes, curiosity and discovery. Children can experience a sense of awe and wonder as they problem solve for the first time, discover different solutions and make links between different areas of Mathematics. At the heart of our curriculum is a focus on developing and practising mental calculation skills that ensure children can access all aspects of Maths. We follow the teaching sequence outlined by the White Rose Maths Hub schemes of learning. This ensures that a coherent, consistent approach is adopted in all year groups. It provides our pupils with a deep understanding of the subject through a concrete, pictorial and abstract approach and this ensures that our pupils fully understand what they are learning. Our pupils will thrive upon conquering problem-solving challenges and they will not be afraid to make mistakes but instead view these as valuable learning opportunities. We compliment this with other high-quality resources, especially arithmetic focused, that are adapted to the needs of our children to ensure progression.
The National Curriculum for Primary Mathematics has three main aims which are at the heart of how the children learn Mathematics in our school. These are:
- Fluency –The children will have varied and frequent practise with increasingly complex problems over time, so that they can develop understanding and the ability to recall and apply their mathematics rapidly and accurately.
- Reasoning – The children will follow a line of enquiry, investigating relationships and generalisations, developing an argument and justification and proof using mathematical language.
- Problem Solving – The children can apply their mathematics to a variety of problems with increasing sophistication, including breaking down problems into a series of simpler steps and persevering in seeking solutions.
Times Tables Rock Stars
At St Joseph’s we subscribe to Times Table Rock Stars and use it in our classrooms. This is a system that the children use to practise the instant recall of their multiplication and division facts. Please watch this video explaining what Times Table Rock Stars is and how you can support your child at home. Please explore the documents below for more information.
National Curriculum and Ready to Progress Mapping
The aim of this document from White Rose Maths is to give an at-a-glance guide to how the White Rose Maths curriculum links to the Key Stage 1 and 2 national curriculum, and how it progresses through topics.
In each of the major topic areas (Number, Measurement, Geometry and Statistics), the curriculum has been broken down into key areas. For each of these areas, you can then see which NC objectives are covered in that year, together with the term and block in which that objective is first met in version 3 of the White Rose Maths schemes.
Many schools are using the ‘Ready to progress’ criteria produced by the DfE as part of their assessments of pupils’ learning. This document also lists the key steps in the White Rose Maths schemes of learning that support each of the ‘Ready to progress’ criteria, in the same sections as the national curriculum objectives. In many cases, the criteria are also addressed in other steps and in other blocks, for example looking at addition and subtraction in the context of measure.
Please view the whole document below.