Mathematics
Subject leader: Mrs Lambert
I have always loved Mathematics since my own Primary School days!
I love puzzling with numbers and finding patterns; looking for Mathematics every where I go!
I studied Maths to degree level and now I'm a qualified Primary Maths Specialist with the Maths Hub. I enjoy working with staff and pupils to help them love Maths too!
Curriculum Intent
At Penwortham Primary School, our Mathematics curriculum enables children to make sense of the world around them through developing their ability to calculate, to reason and to solve problems. It enables children to understand and appreciate relationships and pattern in both number and space in their everyday lives.
At Penwortham Primary School we aim to enable our pupils to achieve excellence in Mathematics as follows:
Aspire - Encourage an Aspirational Future: Mathematics is important in everyday life, many forms of employment, science and technology, medicine, the economy, the environment and in public decision making. All children need to develop a functional understanding of numbers, the operations and the relationship between them.
Belong - Foster Belonging and Collaborative work: Create an inclusive environment where every learner belongs, ensuring all children feel valued and supported in their mathematical journey.
Care - Create Caring and Sustainability Awareness: Foster resilience and a growth mindset, encouraging learners to embrace challenges and view mistakes as opportunities to develop further.
Discover - Discover and Develop Practical Skills:By embedding a Teaching for Mastery approach within all Maths lessons, we foster an importance on fluency which enable children to deepen their learning and challenge their thinking through real-life collaborative reasoning and problem-solving experiences.
Excellence - Integrate Excellence Across Subjects: Provide a holistic education by linking concepts from Science, Art, Design Technology and Music, promoting cross-curricular links that deepen understanding and enhance retention of knowledge.
Key Stage 1 and 2 - White Rose Maths Long Term Planning and Progression
EYFS - White Rose Maths Long Term Planning and Progression
Implementation:
We follow the National Curriculum using the White Rose Maths sequence of learning with support from the NCETM resources. We are working as part of the Maths Hub programme, teaching and learning with a Mastery approach.
In Reception, teachers plan from the EYFS framework 2021 using Development Matters as a guide. Planning is adapted from The NCETM Mastering Number Programme.
In Years 1 and 2, we implement the ‘Mastering Number’ programme each week to develop fluency skills.
Planning in Years 1-6 is linked directly to the Programmes of Study of National Curriculum 2014.
The main aims of the National Curriculum are to develop pupils’ fluency in key Mathematics skills to give them the confidence and ability to reason Mathematically and then be able to apply their knowledge to solve problems in different contexts.
Knowledge, understanding and skills are taught daily within the Mathematics lesson. Teachers plan ‘concept based’ Mathematics units following White Rose Maths sequence of teaching, which focus on one key concept, with the allowance to use and apply fluency skills within this.
Weekly planning then outlines each lesson in more detail including opportunities for support and differentiation.
At Penwortham Primary School we believe that fluency in key Mathematics facts form the foundations of all learning in Mathematics. We have daily sessions which allow for practise of these key skills in addition to the daily Mathematics lesson.
Impact:
When pupils leave Penwortham Primary School having studied Maths with a focus on Mastery they will:
•Be fluent in basic number facts such as times tables, place value, doubles/halves and number bonds.
•Be able to reason Mathematically about their solutions to questions.
•Be proficient in their calculation techniques.
•Be able to articulate their explanations using appropriate key vocabulary.
•Meet end of key stage expectations outlines in the National curriculum
At Penwortham Primary School, Maths is assessed after each unit of study through summative assessment tasks. They are also assessed at the end of each term to determine if they are on track to reach end of key stage expectations.
Pupils at the end of each Key Stage, are assessed in accordance with DfE guidance.