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At St Mary’s we understand that Mathematics is an essential tool for everyday life. It is critical to science, technology and engineering, and is necessary for financial literacy and most forms of employment. It is a whole network of concepts and relationships which provide a way of viewing and making sense of the world. It is used to analyse and communicate information and ideas and to tackle a range of practical tasks and real life problems. It also provides the materials and means for creating new imaginative worlds to explore.
Using the basis of the National Curriculum and the Mathematics Guidance for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 2020 and supplemented by a range of resources including the White Rose Maths Scheme and Learning by Questions, we want our children to have:
- Access to an ambitious, wide and progressive maths curriculum in line with the National Curriculum 2014 and the updated Mathematics Guidance for Key Stage 1 and 2 (June 2020), in which they are given opportunities to develop a wide variety of maths skills and knowledge so that every child, including those with SEND have a positive attitude to mathematics, can achieve their full potential and develop an enthusiasm and love of maths showing and understanding of its importance in everyday life.
- Fluency and confidence in arithmetic skills including all key operations of number.
- Competence and confidence in their Mathematical knowledge, concepts and skills so that they can achieve well in Maths at various key stages throughout their school life.
- The skills and resilience needed to solve problems, to reason, to apply knowledge, to think logically and to work systematically and accurately.
- Confidence in choosing appropriate materials and apparatus that will aid their understanding and learning.
- Initiative and an ability to work both independently and in cooperation with others.
- An ability to communicate Mathematics and to confidently use age appropriate mathematical vocabulary.
- An ability to use and apply Mathematics across the curriculum and in real life situations and to demonstrate their ability to read confidently within Maths lessons.
- An understanding of Mathematics through a process of enquiry and experiment.
- The ability to use technology and IT to support their learning in Maths.
- A range of ‘cultural capital’ opportunities to enhance their learning experiences.
Our Maths Subject Leader is Mr L Jenkins.
