Intent

At Holme, Our children will have the opportunity to develop fluency, reasoning and problem solving skills in everything they do in Mathematics in school in order for them to be able to leave us as confident Mathematicians, who are able to make

purposeful links to the everyday world.

Our aims are:

• to promote enjoyment of learning through practical activity, exploration and discussion;
• to promote confidence and competence with numbers and the number
• system and secure mental strategies;
• to develop the ability to solve problems through decision-making and reasoning in a range of contexts;
• to develop a practical understanding of the ways in which information is gathered and presented;
• to explore features of shape and space, and develop measuring skills in a range of contexts;
• to understand the importance of mathematics in everyday life.

Implementation

At Holme C of E Primary Academy our curriculum is well-structured and logically sequenced, building upon prior knowledge and hence showing clear progression of knowledge and skills over time. Planning is informed primarily by the use of White Rose, following a mastery approach to Maths. In addition to these teachers use ‘Tutor’ from Complete Maths to support learning where further practice is needed as well as resources from NCETM and NRICH.

We teach Maths as individual year groups to ensure the small steps are build up to ensure progression and success for children. A concrete-pictorial-abstract (CPA) approach provides a clear structure and progression for children to establish success in each step of their mathematical learning.

We understand that our pupils need to develop efficient yet confident written methods and we understand the pedagogy behind calculation, especially that children need to be secure in all of the stages of calculation before using the more formal methods (e.g. ignoring addition on a number line and focusing on column addition). Models and images are used to support the learning of calculation at all stages, e.g. Base 10 to support the progression to decomposition (column subtraction).

Impact

Our children will use mathematical language to explain mathematical thinking They will be able to use examples and relate this to every day life. Children will meet and some will exceed their targets and age related expectations and they will be able to fluently recall key number facts quickly. Children will enjoy Mathematics, they will

see purpose and will develop a curiosity around Mathematics and have a positive attitude towards Mathematics learning.