Maths
Welcome to Maths at St Anne's!
"In mathematics, pupils revisit their learning frequently. This helps them to remember what has been taught. Pupils in Year 2 regularly practise adding together the numbers that make 10 and 20. This helps them to work out answers quickly and confidently. I saw children in the early years counting together to check their answers when adding one more to a given number. Pupils complete problem-solving questions to help them apply their knowledge. Year 5 pupils calculated the diameter of circular windows in a house. To do this, they used their knowledge of the dimensions of circles."
Ofsted 2019
"In mathematics, pupils are making good progress in developing their calculation skills and mental arithmetic. There are some very good examples, especially in upper key stage 2, of pupils being given opportunities to develop their mathematical reasoning and to apply their understanding to solve problems."
Ofsted 2016
Intent
Mathematics is essential to everyday life, critical to science, technology and engineering, and necessary for financial literacy and most forms of employment.
Here at St Anne’s C of E Primary, it is our intention to provide a foundation for understanding the world as well as the ability to reason mathematically. Our children need to develop the necessary skills to make them “deep thinkers” - acquiring maths skills that can be recalled quickly, transferred and applied in different contexts.
Implementation
To ensure consistency and progression (and that our children have full coverage of the maths National Curriculum through revisiting topics over the year allowing their knowledge to embed), the school uses the White Rose materials along with other supporting resources, for example, from NCETM and Nrich. Each lesson is designed to build on prior knowledge to increase fluency and to enable high quality reasoning and problem solving skills.
Pupils will solve problems by applying 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, developing resilience and stamina. Pupils will learn to reason mathematically using mathematical language; through mathematical talk, children will develop the ability to articulate, discuss and explain their thinking.
Impact
Here at St Anne’s C of E Primary, it is our intention to provide a foundation for understanding the world as well as the ability to reason mathematically. Our children need to develop the necessary skills to make them “deep thinkers” - acquiring maths skills that can be recalled quickly, transferred and applied in different contexts.
The expectation is that the majority of pupils will move through the programmes of study at broadly the same pace. However, decisions about when to progress will be based on the security of pupils’ understanding and their readiness to progress to the next stage. Pupils who grasp concepts rapidly will be challenged through being offered rich and deeper thinking problems before any acceleration through new content. Those who are not sufficiently fluent with earlier material should consolidate their understanding, including through additional practice, hotspots and intervention.
Regular and ongoing assessment informs teaching, as well as intervention, to support and enable the success of each child in developing ‘mastery’ in maths.
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Year 4 Multiplication Check
The multiplication tables check (MTC) became statutory for primary schools in the 2021/22 academic year.
The purpose of the MTC is to determine whether pupils can recall their times tables fluently, which is essential for future success in mathematics. It is designed to help schools to identify pupils who have not yet mastered their times tables, so that additional support can be provided in upper Key Stage 2.
The document below outlines how the test works, how the information is used and how you can support pupils at home to ensure success.