Subject Leader: Mr S Barwell

Intent

Heene C of E Primary School strives to be an inclusive community where ‘together in faith, we love, grow and learn’. Our Maths curriculum is the vehicle through which we demonstrate our vision in action through our core values (respect, curiosity, kindness, resilience, hope and confidence).  

As a school, we recognise that the key to unlocking the potential in our children is through the development of basic mathematical skills and the understanding of mathematical concepts. 

Our intent for our mathematics curriculum is to teach a rich, balanced and progressive curriculum.  

Through the use of concrete resources and pictorial representations across the school, we enable children to fully understand the concepts and principles, when presented with abstract calculations and questions. As children develop competence and confidence they will resiliently solve increasingly sophisticated problems and reason. Within this kind and collaborative mathematical learning environment we also promote spiritual development and moral growth learning (in faith). 

We believe that unlocking mathematical fluency is an essential life skill for all learners and is a pre-requisite to being able to reason and solve problems mathematically. Children will develop fluent conceptual understanding in each area of maths and their ability to apply their knowledge rapidly and accurately. As they learn we endeavour to ensure that children develop an enjoyment and enthusiasm for maths that will stay with them throughout their lives and empower them in their futures (grow). They will aspire to achieve their full potential in their mathematical learning and feel confident to enact their skills (hope).  

Children will recognise that we use maths, and the skills of maths, on a daily basis and that it is an essential part of everyday life. Where appropriate maths is incorporated across different curriculum areas to further demonstrate this, allowing children to better make sense of the world around them and make meaningful connections (together). They will recognise that maths is the universal language of life. Through our curriculum and by making cross curricular links, we will develop students' curiosity, imagination and ultimately their understanding that a deep knowledge of maths means that anything is possible.  

Implementation

EYFS

Through the use of the National centre for excellence in mathematics (NCETM) resources, curiosity for mathematics is explored through areas of continuous provision. Children will be exposed to mathematical apparatus through discrete mathematics inputs and self initiated activities in the provision. 

KS1 and KS2

Through the use of the National centre for excellence in mathematics (NCETM) resources, teaching is carefully sequenced. It is designed in small steps to “keep up” rather than catch up through whole class teaching. New learning is taught to build on previous learning through practising and consolidation. Counting, mastery of number and number fluency are used. 

Through the use of the National centre for excellence in mathematics (NCETM) resources, teaching is carefully sequenced. It is designed in small steps to “keep up” rather than catch up through whole class teaching. New learning is taught to build on previous learning through practising and consolidation. Counting, mastery of number and number fluency are used. 

Impact

Pupils will have secured mathematical fluency in numberbonds, times tables and key number facts. Pupils will be able to confidently apply these to a variety of learning topics across the mathematics curriculum. Pupils will feel confident in applying mathematic understanding to real life scenarios, problem solving and reasoning.