Maths
At Grangehurst, our intent is to provide a high-quality maths curriculum, rich in skills and knowledge, to enable children to make sense of the world around them.
Our aims include developing fluency in the fundamentals of mathematics; teaching pupils to reason and promoting their ability to solve problems in different contexts.
Through our approach , we hope to foster positive attitudes towards learning and to ensure that learning is accessible for all pupils, by gradually building on prior knowledge in a logical, sequenced way.
The White Rose Scheme of Learning organises objectives from the national curriculum into teaching blocks, as seen below. We use resources from this scheme to support our teaching of maths.
Arithmetic Fluency
It is imperative that pupils are confident with key number skills that can then be applied to new learning. This approach is taken to free up space in the working memory, so that pupils can concentrate on the main objective within the lesson. Fluency practise may happen at the beginning of the school day, or the beginning of a maths lesson, or wherever appropriate in the timetable. Pupils will be given a selection of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division calculations to practise.
Times Tables
At Grangehurst, it is recognised that times tables facts underpin much of the foundations within maths. It is important that pupils are taught their times tables in school, and then given plenty of opportunities to practise their recall as often as possible. The TimesTablesRockStars platform is a great tool to develop fluency in this area. Children in Early Years and Year 1 will use Numbots to develop number fluency, before progressing to TTRS.
Additional Resources
At Grangehurst, we have access to a number of tools to support our teaching, assessments and interventions within maths, ensuring that our pupils are given the opportunity to become confident and competent in the subject.
