Maths

Intent

• Classrooms are rich, engaging maths environments
• Children are equipped with a wide range of written and mental maths strategies
• Maths is explored with creativity, in practical and dynamic ways
• Real-life links are made by and with the children, providing opportunity to apply taught skills
• Children choose and use resources to support depth of understanding and reasoning
• Confident teachers and learners

Implementation

• Daily lessons, with a range of learning opportunities throughout the week
• NCETM Mastering Early Number: 4 sessions per week for Reception, Year One and Year Two (from Sep 2023).
• White Rose Maths long-term curriculum and small steps used to guide planning of daily sessions from Year 1 to Year 6.

Teacher CPD 2023-24: Focus on lesson design; planning learning for fluency, reasoning and problem-solving; vocabulary and stem sentences.

Quality First Teaching Approaches

• Explicit focus on vocabulary including pre-teaching and oral rehearsal.
• Adaptive teaching with scaffolded support for inclusive and aspirational teaching.
• Key questions planned and shared with TAs/LSAs.
• Modelling from teacher: use of resources, visualiser, exercise book.
• ‘I Do, We Do, You Do’ approach for transferring learning responsibility.
• Pre-planning for misconceptions and cognitive load.
• Manipulatives are used as scaffolding.
• Examples and non-examples of new Maths concepts to stretch thinking and understanding.
• Visual cues and representations.
• Variety of recording methods.