“Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers.”
Shakuntala Devi – Indian female writer known as the human-computer.
Maths at Thornley focuses on the fundamental skills of fluency (recalling facts), reasoning (applying logical and critical thinking, explaining) and problem-solving (intellectual challenges to enhance understanding). It is a creative, curious and interconnected subject which provides many opportunities to reason and explain. It provides a foundation for understanding the world and is essential to everyday life. Within the everyday teaching of Maths lessons, we aim for all children to become confident mathematicians achieved through the use of a range of resources and practical equipment to present Maths in many different contexts.
Maths is taught daily and is structured in block teaching where each of the learning strands (for example, addition) is a sequenced journey of maths lessons. Small steps in learning ensure children have time to deepen their understanding and can articulate this with developed confidence. Stranded blocks are progressive, allowing the children to develop an ability to use their knowledge of mathematical concepts and ideas to a greater depth of understanding and complexity. We have decided to use the White Rose small step progression to ensure a consistent teaching approach within Mathematics across school.
Structure of Maths learning:
5 daily lessons of Maths including starter tasks that continuously recap and revisit our previous learning.
Times Tables Rockstars: A focus on multiplication tables. This is a current focus of development.
Maths LTP – 2s to Year 6 – 2023-24
