Mathematics
At Our Lady of the Rosary School, our vision is to transform the lives of our pupils within a Catholic environment by nurturing the wellbeing of each child, promoting the highest academic achievement and instilling a lifelong love of learning. We aim to fulfil our school strap line ‘Faith, Love, Learning’ by igniting a thirst for knowledge and a desire to achieve through an engaging and creative curriculum that promotes the highest academic achievements and prepares our pupils to be successful in their adult life.
Vision...
At Our Lady of the Rosary, we strive to nurture confident and resilient mathematicians. We foster a positive appreciation for Maths and its real-world applications. We aim for our pupils to become fluent in number facts and capable at solving problems, using their developing critical thinking skills. To achieve this, we are committed to maintaining a positive and encouraging attitude towards Maths. We use practical manipulatives to reinforce understanding and we provide opportunities for reasoning and problem-solving. Our approach is guided by the White Rose Maths framework, which draws on the insights of leading researchers and practitioners from around the world in a child-friendly way.
As a school, we share and celebrate our Maths work with pride and express that every child is an Our Lady of the Rosary Mathematician.
Intent
At Our Lady of the Rosary we provide a high-quality, broad and balanced Maths Curriculum which is progressive throughout each year group and the key mathematical concepts are built upon year on year. The four key maths strands: Number, Measurement, Geometry and Statistics are interwoven into a spiral curriculum ensuring progression across and within year groups.
Our Maths curriculum is designed to build the pupils’ confidence and resilience, ensuring that they are fluent and have conceptual understanding of key mathematical concepts. It ensures that pupils are able to reason and problem solve in a range of mathematical contexts within maths lessons and in other areas of the curriculum and real life. Pupils have a positive view of mathematics and understand the power and purpose of mathematics in everyday life.
EYFS
In EYFS, children will have a deep understanding of number to 10, including the composition of each number. They will be able to subitise, recognising quantities without counting up to 5. Children will recall number bonds up to 5, some number bonds to 10, including subtraction facts. They will be able to verbally count beyond 20, recognising the pattern of the counting system and compare quantities up to 10 in different contexts. Children will be able to explore and represent patterns within numbers up to 10, including evens and odds, double facts and how quantities can be distributed equally.
Key Stage 1
In Key Stage one the principal focus is to ensure that pupils develop confidence and mental fluency with whole numbers, counting and place value. Pupils will be able to use numerals, words and the four operations to solve problems. We aim for pupils to develop their ability to recognise, describe, draw, compare and sort different shapes and use the related vocabulary. Teaching involves using arrange of measures to describe and compare different quantities such as length, mass, capacity/volume, time and money.
Lower Key Stage 2
In Lower Key Stage two, the principal focus is to ensure that pupils become increasingly fluent with whole numbers and the four operations, including number facts and the concept of place value. This ensures that pupils develop efficient written and mental methods and perform calculations accurately with increasingly large whole numbers. Pupils will be able to solve a range of problems, including simple fractions and decimal place value. We ensure that pupils draw with increasing accuracy and develop mathematical reasoning so they can analyse shapes and their properties, and confidently describe the relationships between them. They can use measuring instruments with accuracy and make connections between measure and number.
Upper Key Stage 2
In Upper Key Stage 2, the principal focus is to ensure that pupils extend their understanding of the number system and place value to include larger integers. We develop the connections that pupils make between multiplication and division with fractions, decimals, percentages and ratio. Pupils develop their ability to solve a wider range of problems, including increasingly complex properties of numbers and arithmetic, and problems demanding efficient written and mental methods of calculation. With this foundation in arithmetic, pupils are introduced to the language of algebra as a means for solving a variety of problems. Teaching in geometry and measures consolidates and extends knowledge developed in number. Pupils classify shapes with increasingly complex geometric properties and that they learn the vocabulary they need to describe them.
Implementation
- White Rose Maths is taught across school from EYFS to Year 6 to ensure there is a consistent Mastery approach to teaching. White Rose Maths is a progressive scheme in line with the National Curriculum.
- From Nursery to Year 6, Maths is taught every day. Pupils use a range of manipulatives as well as the White Rose Maths workbooks, which contain a range of fluency, problem solving and reasoning questions. Additional challenges are given to pupils to extend their thinking and understanding.
- EYFS learn practically, using a wide range of manipulatives to support their understanding. Photos of the pupils’ learning are taken and shared with parents and carers via Tapestry.
- Pupils are taught through clear modelling and we promote a Concrete, Pictorial, Abstract approach.
- NTS Maths assessments are completed termly and the data is then used by class teachers and senior leaders to identify specific gaps in learning and to plan necessary interventions.
- Pupils with additional needs are included in whole class lessons and teachers provide adaptations or support where necessary.
- We supplement our Maths lessons with a variety of additional opportunities for pupils to extend their knowledge, understanding and critical thinking skills so that every child is a mathematician.
- Times Table Rock Stars is a maths programme that is used from Year 2-6 and has a proven track record of boosting pupils’ fluency and recall in multiplication and division.
- A Times Table competition is held in Key Stage 2 annually to promote fluency and the speed of recall.
- Maths Whizz is offered to a number of pupils, which guides students along a tailored learning journey, filling knowledge gaps, and continually adapting to their needs and pace of learning.
- 1st Class @ Number 2 is a Maths intervention for a number of pupils in Year 3 who may require additional support.
Impact
Our comprehensive Maths curriculum is designed to empower students with the skills, knowledge, and confidence they need to succeed, both in their academic journey and in their everyday lives. We aim for all our pupils to become fluent, competent and efficient mathematicians who have the ability to recall facts and procedures, including the recollection of times tables. The positive impact is evident in our data, showing that our students are well prepared for the next stages of their education, equipped with a love for Maths and the ability to apply their learning in diverse contexts.
We have high aspirations for all pupils, which will see them through to further study, work and be successful in their adult life.
KS2 Maths Presentation to parents February 2025
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