St Winifred’s Catholic Primary School

 

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Mathematics Curriculum Plan EYFS

Our Maths Curriculum Plan Years 1 – 6

Maths Statement of Intent

Maths Statement of Intent

Intent

At St Winifred’s Catholic Primary School, we want our children to develop a sense of curiosity and enjoyment about Maths. Mathematics is a fundamental part of each day. We believe that Maths teaches us how to make sense of the world around us. We aim to provide children with the skills in order to develop the ability to calculate, to communicate, to reason, and to solve problems.  This enables children to explore, understand, and appreciate relationships and patterns in both number and shape in their everyday life.

 

We deliver a programme of study that meets the requirements of the National Curriculum 2014. In recent years, we have worked closely with the National Centre for Excellence of Maths (NCETM) to adopt a mastery approach to the teaching and learning of maths, which is based on the belief that all learners can enjoy and succeed in Maths. We offer progression within fluency, reasoning, and problem-solving and in turn aim for children to become true masters of content, applying and being creative with new knowledge in multiple ways. 

 

​At St Winifred’s, we want all children to achieve their full potential irrespective of race gender/class/ ability, and give all learners the knowledge and cultural capital they need to succeed. Organising whole school mathematical events such as Maths Week and World Maths Day and additional workshops, provide opportunities for children to develop their cultural capital, and support our efforts to diminish the disparity between groups.

 

Implementation

Lessons are taught daily, balancing whole class work, group teaching, practical tasks, and individual practice to encourage mathematical talk, support, and independence. We do not view maths as a lesson but as a journey; each day the children build on what they learned the previous day. This allows children to develop a conceptual understanding of the maths they are learning.

Mathematics is taught through the White Rose scheme of work, supplemented where appropriate with other materials such as the DfE progression guidance. The maths curriculum is coherently planned and sequenced towards cumulatively sufficient knowledge and skills for future learning. Mathematical concepts that are taught earlier in the curriculum are revisited in the context of a new area of mathematics. This helps learners to make connections between different mathematical concepts. Children are provided with the tools they need to develop their mathematical thinking, conceptual understanding, and language and communication through the use of a concrete–pictorial–abstract approach to teaching and learning maths. This serves our school community well a many children have an additional language and the curriculum focus on language and communication allowing pupils to deepen their understanding by explaining, creating problems, justifying, and proving using mathematical language. This acts as a scaffold for their thinking and deepens their understanding further.

 

Key mathematical skills and knowledge are taught in the daily lesson and every effort is made to link mathematics with other areas of the curriculum. Mathematical possibilities are identified across the links between mathematics and other curricular work are made so children see that mathematics is not an isolated subject.

 

Maths vocabulary is used in the correct way in order to develop children’s knowledge. Children are encouraged to use the correct mathematical language and terminology to discuss their mathematics and to explain their reasoning.

 

Through our teaching, we continuously monitor pupils’ progress against expected attainment for their age, making formative assessment notes where appropriate and using these to inform our teaching. Summative assessments are completed at the end of each term: their results form discussions in Pupil Progress Meetings. The main purpose of all assessments is to ensure that we provide excellent provision for every child. 

In order to advance individual children’s maths skills in school and at home, we utilise Times Tables Rock Stars for multiplication practice, application, and consolidation. In KS2, maths homework is set weekly, often using MyMaths.

Teachers’ subject knowledge is developed through regular CPD and senior leaders provide effective support for teachers and support staff who need additional development. We continuously strive to better ourselves and frequently share ideas and things that have been particularly effective. 

Impact

It is intended that at St Winifred’s School, children will:

  • increase enjoyment, resilience, understanding, and attainment in maths
  • secure long-term, deep and adaptable understanding of maths which they can apply in different contexts
  • take new ideas or relationships and incorporate them into their current understanding and see how they connect with ideas and relationships they have encountered previously
  • have more memorable and enjoyable experiences in maths that are more likely to be remembered in the long term
  • set themselves high expectations for their learning as they understand how to push the boundaries of what they know and apply it to solve problems
  • have achieved age-related expectations for their year group. Children who have gaps in their knowledge will achieve their best possible outcome, having received appropriate support and intervention.

 

The impact of our Maths curriculum is measured through the monitoring cycle in school.

Maths Policy

 

We live in a complex, high technology society where a wide range of mathematical concepts and skills is needed, both in work and non-work situations.

Maths is a core subject, in the National Curriculum.  Mathematical understanding is also required in most other National Curriculum subjects for e.g. science, technology, geography.

Maths is:

  • A search for patterns and relationships
  • A way of thinking
  • A means of communication
  • A creative activity, involving invention, intuition and discovery

Doing maths involves:

  • Deciding which questions, problems, investigations, hypotheses
  • Gathering relevant information
  • Creating mathematical models or an algorithm
  • Manipulating models or carrying out algorithms
  • Interpreting or explaining results
  • Communicating the findings

Aims – As a result of teaching maths we want:

  • All pupils to achieve their full potential irrespective of race/gender/class/ability
  • To foster a love of maths
  • To foster the development, consolidation and application of maths concepts, skills and facts
  • To develop quick recall of basic number facts based on understanding
  • Pupils to apply mental methods, making jottings in support, visualising to ‘see’ structures and solutions, testing strategies and developing ideas
  • To develop understanding through a process of enquiry and experiment
  • To develop the ability to think clearly and logically to find a way through problems and investigations where strategies are not immediately obvious
  • To develop pupil’s ability to work independently, collaboratively, systematically and with persistence
  • To develop pupil’s ability to communicate information and ideas, orally, graphically and symbolically, using precise mathematical language
  • Pupils to acquire increasing precision in use of language and written procedures interpreting diagrams and notation, providing explanations and reasons for their methods and choices
  • Pupils to see the relevance of maths to everyday problems and situations, and its cross-curricular links
  • To develop an appreciation of patterns and relationships throughout maths
  • To develop an appreciation of the fascination of maths for its own sake, its creative aspects and its aesthetic appeal
  • To develop an appreciation of the diverse cultural origins of mathematical ideas
  • Pupils to have a positive attitude to maths, a high self esteem and confidence in their mathematical ability
  • Pupils to listen to others and speak with clarity and confidence, persevering and expecting to learn and enjoy the challenge of tackling something new

Broad Guidelines – when teaching maths we:

  • Provide equal opportunities for all pupil’s to learn maths irrespective of race/gender/class/ability and have high expectations for all. To achieve this, we use a ‘Mastery’ approach to our lessons whereby children are taught through whole-class interactive teaching where the focus is on all children working together on the same lesson content at the same time to master the content of the National Curriculum 2014.
  • Ensure maths is taught as a daily maths lesson and therefore receives a specific time allocation of 5 hours per week, flexibly organised
  • Explore new mathematical concepts using a CPA (Concrete, Pictorial and Abstract) approach to allow pupils to spend longer on key mathematical concepts in particular number to develop a deep knowledge of key ideas.
  • Provide opportunities for children to explore using concrete objects and manipulatives to help them understand the Maths concept, and then make use of pictorial representations (diagrams, graphs) to help children reason and problem solve. Both concrete and pictorial representations should support children’s understanding of abstract
  • Develop fluency by providing daily mental maths opportunities in ‘maths moments’ to ensure quick recall of bonds/tables/x ÷ by 10 100 1000 …
  • Ensure all pupils participate in whole-class, group and independent activities that involves: speaking and listening, practice, application, challenge and reflection.
  • Seek a balance between the 6 elements of maths teaching highlighted by the Cockcroft Committee – exposition and discussion, practical work, practice of skills and routines, problem solving and investigation. These aspects of maths teaching are not isolated but are intended to interrelate
  • Embody maths in a wide variety of situations so that pupils can realise its fascination and multiplicity of uses
  • Wherever possible timetable maths as a morning activity
  • Plan which elements of the programmes of study can be delivered through cross-curricular topic work, remembering the need for continuity and progression
  • Structure progression in learning, modelling and integrating talk together with use of procedures, diagrams and notation to secure pupils’ oral, mental and recording skills
  • Analyse data to inform teaching and learning
  • Maths planning is based on the 2014 National Curriculum and enhanced by a wide range of resources (White Rose, Power Maths (KS1) and NCETM’s Professional Development documentation (2019). This ensures a progressive and thorough curriculum in every year group. Teachers know which objectives must be taught and assessed in each year group and can follow progressive small steps to ensure pupils have a comprehensive understanding of maths.
  • Secure recall and mental skills, developing imagery, thinking, reasoning, language and precision.
  • Require pupils to record their work in maths books which are accessible in the class maths area
  • Introduce correct mathematical terminology as appropriate (refer to Maths curriculum Map for year 1-6 key vocabulary).
  • Encourage pupils to explain their maths orally as well as on paper. Develop the oral skills within maths which include explanation, discussion, reasoning and questioning as well as written maths
  • In so far as possible, keep the class together, provide more-able pupils with challenging activities to deepen their understanding. Pupils who find maths difficult benefit from plenty of practical work, discussion, repetition, small group and 1-1 support.
  • Adopt a holistic approach to number i.e. encouraging mental work and the development of the child’s own algorithms as well as pencil and paper routines
  • Value the role played by mathematical games
  • Create a rich mathematical environment which includes a learning wall and the use of display areas in each classroom, and the school in general, in order to support the pupil’s learning
  • Update Maths learning walls regularly to match current learning including key vocabulary
  • Have a well organised, attractive and inviting class resource area for maths. Pupils should be aware of the available resources, encouraged to use them appropriately, possess the necessary skills to do so, treat them with care, and return them to their correct place
  • Use the central maths resources to borrow larger pieces of equipment, books, posters, games, etc., and return resources to their place after use.
  • Continually assess pupils against their termly objectives, dating and evidencing when one has been achieved on their sheet.
  • Plan in Powerpoint, ActivInspire software format, or in a Word document each week. This format ensures evaluation of each lesson and subsequent lessons are adapted accordingly.
  • Save weekly Maths plans in the shared planning folder and a copy must be made available for teaching assistants.
  • Include in weekly Maths plans teaching points and activities to be completed for each lesson as well as key mathematical vocabulary that match the current learning.
  • Adapt planning and teaching to address any misconceptions and to raise expectations plans.
  • Use ‘pink for think’ so pupils know how to improve their work
  • Set aside time for pupils to respond to marking and do corrections
  • Set challenging progress targets for pupils and regularly review if pupils are on track to achieve them. Have a support structure to maintain progress
  • Have a dual role of informing and involving parents, as their attitudes have a major influence on their children
  • Give parents a written report on Maths for their child in the Summer Term and an oral report in the Autumn and Spring Terms
  • Set weekly home learning for all pupils using popular home learning tools (My Maths and TTRockstars). These online resources encourage the children to continue to develop their mathematical skills outside of school.

Other information/sources:

Refer to White Rose resources for the year group overview, unit guidance and small-steps summary.

Refer to Maths Curriculum Map

Refer to the feedback policy for marking guidance.

Refer to the National Curriculum.

Refer to Assessment Policy

Maths Policy PDF version