Mathematics

Maths is essential to everyday life and these links are made apparent wherever possible. Maths is also valued as necessary for an individual’s financial literacy and most forms of employment.

Our maths curriculum is designed to develop fluency, reasoning, problem solving and an ability to undertake investigations. These skills can then be applied across other areas of the curriculum.

Through our maths teaching we aim to provide a foundation for understanding the world, the ability to reason mathematically, an appreciation of the beauty and power of mathematics, an appreciation of maths in the world around us, and a sense of enjoyment and curiosity about the subject.

We use the White Rose Scheme of Work as a basis for our maths teaching in classrooms, supplementing this with a variety of resources from other areas, to ensure that children are able to apply their knowledge confidently in a variety of contexts, problems and investigations.

Fluency – Children develop their fluency with mathematical fundamentals and procedures developing the ability to recall and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately.

Problem Solving – Children develop their ability to read, understand, hypothesise, solve and check a range of differently worded problems with increasing sophistication, including breaking down a problem into a series of simpler steps and persevering in seeking solutions.

Reasoning – Children develop their ability to explain their understanding of a process by following a line of enquiry, conjecturing relationships and generalisations, and developing an argument justification or proof using mathematical language.