Maths

What if we didn't know about AD (Anno Domini) and BC (Before Christ)?

Our mathematics curriculum, using Maths No Problem, enables all pupils to become fluent with mathematical processes and operations. There are 5 core competencies that the children will develop as they learn, these are: metacognition, visualisation, generalisation. number sense and communication. Children will have the opportunity to understand, apply and deepen their ability to recall facts and complete appropriate age related knowledge and skills through concrete, pictorial and abstract questioning, including practical enquiries, over practice and applying knowledge in a wide range of scenarios.

Children will be able to reason by following a line of enquiry, conjecturing relationships and generalisations, and developing an argument, justification or proof using mathematical skills and language.

We want pupils to solve problems by applying their knowledge to a variety of one-step and two-step problems. Pupils will reason problems with increasing sophistication, including breaking down problems into a series of simpler steps and persevering to find solutions.

Maths No Problem ensures everything in the scheme is intentful, purposeful and is organised clearly with no clutter to ensure pupils aren't exposed to confusing and unclear jargon. It is designed with a sprial approach ensuring all content is revisited with greater depth and further challenge as the children progress through school. All of the activities are age appropriate and are designed for whole class teaching. This means it is accessible to all learners, including those that are struggling and also for the pupils that need challenging.

The National curriculum aims are as follows:

 become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, including through varied and
frequent practice with increasingly complex problems over time, so that pupils develop
conceptual understanding and the ability to recall and apply knowledge rapidly and
accurately.
 reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry, conjecturing relationships and
generalisations, and developing an argument, justification or proof using mathematical
language
 can solve problems by applying their mathematics to a variety of routine and nonroutine problems with increasing sophistication, including breaking down problems into
a series of simpler steps and persevering in seeking solutions.

At Wharton C of E Primary School, all staff are competently able to teach the intended curriculum, inspire children, support, assess and make reasonable adjustments to the curriculum for those children that have specific SEND needs, to ensure that all pupils are accessing the curriculum and making progress.

Times tables

Please ensure children are regularly practicing their times tables at home. This may include: saying the whole number fact outloud, writing them down, drawing them out, singing songs, listening to the times tables, listening to times table songs, playing Hit the Button or TTrockstars.

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To support your child at home with maths, please use the following links which have lots of games and activities to do together supporting what they do in class:

"Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning." Proverbs 9:9

BBC Bitesize KS1 maths

BBC Bitesize KS2 maths

KS2 game Guardians: Defenders of Mathematica

Times table check game

Hit the button

Practical resources for multiplication tables check

Below are a list of websites that you may find useful for at home activities:

First4Maths http://www.first4maths.co.uk/product-category/free-resources/ Creative Maths at home for each year group

TT Rockstars https://ttrockstars.com/home

Primary Games https://www.primarygames.com/

Maths Shed https://www.mathshed.com/en-gb