Maths

Maths is such an important subject and has so many links to other areas of both education and life. Therefore, we want to provide a maths curriculum which allows children to understand all areas of maths and allows them to apply it confidently and successfully in their everyday life.

 

Intent

At Godstone Primary and Nursery School, our intent for maths is that all children make the most progress possible whilst also enjoying the subject. We wish for them to be confident and fluent mathematicians and will give them opportunities to achieve this. We also want teachers to be able to improve their practice so that they are confident in teaching all areas of maths and understand the progression of both their year group and other year groups.

We aim to use daily arithmetic practice and a weekly test to help build children’s fluency in maths. We will also look to increase the use of learning apps such as Times Table Rockstars and Numbots. The use of the White Rose Maths (WRM) and Mastering Number schemes also help with progression and mastery in all year groups. We use the WRM scheme to increase children’s mastery of maths. In addition, we will continue to use the Mastering Number programme.

Finally, we will look to celebrate maths in school through competitions (Primary Maths Challenge and First Maths Challenge) and special maths events such as maths mornings with parents coming into school to support their child's maths. This will help promote a love of the subject throughout the school and increase parental engagement.  

Implementation

• White Rose Maths scheme to be used in years one to six.
• Mastery approach used in maths to improve fluency and reasoning.
• Mastering Number programme fully embedded from Reception to year two.
• Daily arithmetic practice with end of week tests fully embedded
• Times Table Rockstars and Numbots promoted and used for both teaching and homework. Competitions to encourage participation.
• Maths mornings held regularly to promote and encourage participation in maths.