Mathematics

Mathematics is a key life skill that enables an individual to participate fully as a member of society. Mathematics is a creative and highly inter-connected discipline that has been developed over centuries, providing the solution to some of history’s most intriguing problems. It is essential to everyday life, critical to science, technology and engineering, and necessary for financial literacy and most forms of employment. A high-quality Mathematics education therefore provides a foundation for understanding the world, the ability to reason mathematically, an appreciation of the beauty and power of Mathematics, and a sense of enjoyment and curiosity about the subject.

Our Mathematics curriculum is based on the expectations and aims of the 2014 National Curriculum and the 2021 statutory framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage. Here, the aims are to support children to:

• Have rich and enjoyable experiences.
• Develop positive and confident attitudes.
• Reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry, conjecturing relationships and generalisations, and developing an argument, justification or proof.
• Solve problems by applying their mathematics to a variety of routine and non-routine problems with increasing sophistication, including breaking down problems into a series of simpler steps and persevering in seeking solutions.
• Develop the correct mathematical vocabulary with a deep understanding of what it means.
• Work independently and collaboratively.
• Use technology to develop mathematical concepts.
• Use and apply mathematical knowledge to real-life contexts.
• Become fluent in the fundamentals of Mathematics – declarative and procedural knowledge.

Content is then carefully sequenced to ensure that all National Curriculum programmes of study have been completed and mastered by the end of each year. This content includes all essential curriculum strands:

• Number – number and place value.
• Number – addition and subtraction.
• Number – multiplication and division.
• Number – fractions (including decimals and percentages).
• Ratio and proportion.
• Algebra.
• Measurement.
• Geometry – properties of shapes.
• Geometry – position and direction.
• Statistics.