Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is an important creative discipline that helps us to understand and change the world. We want all pupils at Woolavington to experience the beauty, power and enjoyment of mathematics and develop a sense of curiosity about the subject.
We believe that all children can achieve in mathematics in our own ways. We ensure to give a range of opportunities for all children to do mathematics through concrete, pictorial and abstract and we teach for secure and deep understanding of mathematical concepts. We use misconceptions to guide our teaching and learning which helps us to provide challenge through rich and sophisticated problems before acceleration through new content.
We aim for all children to access the same opportunities and use fluency, problem solving and reasoning in order to gain a full understanding of mathematical concepts. We hope that these methods will inspire the children to deepen and widen their understanding in many ways and fully ‘master’ the concept as much as they can.
We aim for all pupils to:
- Become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics so that they develop conceptual understanding and the ability to recall and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately.
- Solve problems by applying their mathematics to a variety of problems, including in unfamiliar contexts and linking to real-life scenarios.
- Reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry and develop and present a justification or a contrasting argument using mathematical language.
- Have an appreciation of number and operations, which enables mental calculations and written procedures to be performed efficiently, fluently and accurately.
For children to be successful mathematicians teachers need to ensure
- Children have an opportunity on a daily basis to rehearse and recall basic mathematical facts (timetables, number bonds) through the Fast Maths approach.
- Maths is taught creatively wherever possible to provide context and ensure motivation, challenge and enjoyment.
- Children are clear about what they will be learning over the course of a unit of work and the different stages that they will encounter. This will mean every classroom has an Maths Learning wall that reflects this journey and is updated frequently.
- Planning for Maths lessons takes into account the Mastery approach adopted by the school and set out in detail in Appendix as well as the needs of individual children and the expectations of the curriculum for that year group.
- Teachers are continuously modelling high quality mathematical skills.
Videos to Support your Child's Learning
Year 1 - Comparing numbers to 50 https://vimeo.com/503102857
- Count in 2s https://vimeo.com/505658511
- Count in 5s https://vimeo.com/507075995
- Count in 10s https://vimeo.com/458895995
Year 2 - Count in 3s https://vimeo.com/458896278
- Understanding of 10s and 1s https://vimeo.com/455404236
- Making equal groups https://vimeo.com/492603961
Year 3 - Number to 1,000 https://vimeo.com/452145986
- Find 1, 10 or 100 more or less https://vimeo.com/454675288
- Add two and three-digit numbers https://vimeo.com/461794950
- The 4 times table https://vimeo.com/480759672 and 8 times table https://vimeo.com/480763110
Year 4 - Add and subtract two four-digit numbers https://vimeo.com/462718069 and https://vimeo.com/465337176
- Multiply by 10 https://vimeo.com/474994166 and divide by 10 https://vimeo.com/475113712
- Multiply and divide by 6 https://vimeo.com/478522348
Year 5 - Number to 10,000 https://vimeo.com/452570425
- Rounding to 10, 100 and 1,000 https://vimeo.com/452571114
- Negative number https://vimeo.com/457420739
Year 6 - Numbers to 10 million https://vimeo.com/452565177
- Multiply 4 digits by 2 digits https://vimeo.com/458926418
- Short division https://vimeo.com/461398248
- Order of operations https://vimeo.com/465421787