Mathematics at Saltburn Primary School

Mathematics may not teach us to add love or subtract hate, but it gives us hope that every problem has a solution.

Aims

At Saltburn Primary School, we recognise that mathematics is essential to everyday life, integral to science, technology and engineering, and necessary for financial literacy and most forms of employment. A high-quality mathematics education develops the foundations for understanding the world, the ability to reason and fosters a sense of enjoyment and curiosity about the subject. We aim to make learning relevant to the lives of our children. Our intent is to nurture and inspire all children to make connections, develop fluency, think mathematically, reason and solve problems by applying their mathematical knowledge and to achieve success. With this in mind, we have reviewed the statutory national curriculum for mathematics, and adapted it to the needs of our children to ensure that each child gets what they need and deserve: the best bespoke curriculum possible.

We aim to develop core areas for our children as they engage in the study of mathematics with enjoyment and curiosity:

Attitudes
Exploration helps every child develop a positive attitude towards mathematics, fostering enjoyment whilst being challenged and developing a positive, confident and resilient mind-set.

Representing
Concepts are explored using concrete, pictorial and abstract representations allowing the children to make connections to previous learning and deepen conceptual understanding.

Rapid recall
Regular review and practice allows our children to rapidly and accurately recall number facts including number bonds and times tables and to choose efficient mental methods.

Concepts
Varied and frequent fluency with increasingly complex problems, will help children build a deep conceptual understanding and enable them to apply their knowledge in different contexts.

Reasoning and Problem solving
Children develop a sense of self-awareness as mathematicians who can break down problems into a series of simpler steps and persevere in seeking solutions and real-life contexts. Children follow lines of enquiry, developing an argument, justification or proof.

Language
Through speaking, listening, practical activities and recorded work, children develop mathematical communication and use mathematical language confidently and concisely to articulate, discuss and explain their thinking.

How will we enrich cultural capital?

We recognise that, while all children deserve the very best start in life, not all children receive the same opportunities as their peers around the country. Levels of disadvantage fluctuate from one school or class to another, and these differences can affect a child’s life chances in so many ways. We believe that it is our duty to enrich the lives of all children wherever possible to diminish this difference.

Our school community and the local area provide meaningful opportunities for children to apply their mathematical learning to relevant and practical life experiences.

Technology to enhance classroom learning
Enterprise Club – set up a business to make profit
Fundraising activities for charity
Extracurricular opportunities – STEM trips to local business, after school clubs including Coding
Practical experiences of mathematics across other subjects:
- Geography and PE (coordinates, position and direction in orienteering and map work).
- Design Technology (cooking, measuring)
- History (dates, years, timelines)
- Computing (spreadsheets, graphs and money)
- Science (measurement and statistics)
- MFL (numbers, counting, days of the week / months of the year etc.)
Mathematics challenges – applying problem solving to the real world
Professional visits / visitors from the world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics
Inter-school Times Tables Rock Stars competition

Progression from EYFS

In Early Years we provide an environment rich in opportunities to explore and learn about number. Mathematical experiences are embedded throughout the provision and areas of learning in Early Years, engaging tasks are planned for the children to develop their skills and explore through concrete and pictorial representations.

The EYFS framework is structured very differently to the national curriculum as it is organised across seven areas of learning. Below are the ‘Year 1 ready’ statements. These are statements bridge the Early Learning goals to the Y1 National Curriculum statements for Mathematics:

To be ‘Saltburn Ready’ for Mathematics in Y1 by the end of reception we aim for:

Our children to be confident with counting to 20 in numerical order verbally.
Our children to form numbers from 0-9 correctly in order to form other numbers.
Our children to understand the different way to compose and represent numbers up to 10.
Our children to be able to compare quantities stating if they are bigger/greater than, smaller/less than or the same/equal.
Our children to be able to measure using non-standard units of measures (cubes, bears) and use mathematical language linked to measurement and size (full, empty, nearly full, nearly empty, big, small, large, heavy, light).

The National Curriculum

Teaching of mathematics follows the National Curriculum and reflects changes introduced in 2014 for Key Stages 1 and 2. In EYFS, mathematics is delivered as a specific area of learning as outlined in the Statutory Framework for EYFS.

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Maths Curriculum Overviews

Our Calculation Policy

Saltburn Primary School Calculation Policy

Home learning

Play Times Tables Rockstars

Times Tables Rock Stars is a maths programme that takes all the worry out of learning times tables and has a proven track record of boosting children’s fluency and recall in multiplication and division. Your child will have an individual log-in to access the site. Please ask the class teacher if you do not have these details. To find out more about Times Tables Rock Stars, please watch the video guide to parents and carers: