Maths

"The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics." — Paul Halmos (Mathematician)

Herne View Maths Vision

Maths Subject Leads: James Seaton, Emily Soughton and George Musgrave

At Herne View Primary School, we aim for pupils to develop as mathematicians by allowing them to develop a long, deep and secure understanding of mathematical concepts.

We do this by:

·Taking small, manageable steps each lesson to help pupils access more difficult concepts.

·Exposing pupils to a variety of representations for different areas of maths.

·Helping pupils make connections, spot patterns and ask questions.

·Encouraging pupils to be clear in their reasoning about mathematics through self-explanations and written reasoning, using key vocabulary.

·Being fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, such as number bonds and times tables.

Because we want our pupils to develop a deep understanding of calculation, we believe that children need to understand the structure of the relationships between addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. This means that children should be introduced to these calculations through practical manipulatives, discussing relationships and looking at representations such as part-whole models or bar models. As children begin to understand the underlying ideas, they develop ways of recording to support their thinking and calculation methods, using correct mathematical symbols.

A secure understanding of each calculation allows pupils to develop secure mental methods. Written methods are complementary to mental methods and should not be seen as separate from them. It is important children acquire secure mental methods of calculation and one efficient written method for each calculation, which they know they can rely on when mental methods are not appropriate.

Maths Curriculum

Our Maths curriculum follows the White Rose Maths scheme. This provides detailed planning, a clear sequence and strong development with good differentiation, clear challenge and fair pace.

This is rooted in research and provides a clear progression from EYFS through to Year 6.

Our teachers supplement this with other resources and practical activities to ensure learning is concrete and progressive.

We try as much as possible to link Mathematics concepts and understanding to real life scenarios whilst exposing children to word based problems.

Long Term Plans

We use the White Rose Maths Long Term plans for each year group. These can be found at the link below.

Maths resources for teachers | White Rose Education

Below are links to our Maths progression document and Calculation Policy.

National-Curriculum-Progression-Primary.pdf

HV Calculation Policy.pdf

Maths Passports

At Herne View, we use Maths Passports to secure the foundation of fluency of number and arithmetic at each year group.

Below is a link to our Maths Passports.

Maths Passports 25.26.pdf

Maths web links and resources

Have fun exploring the following ‘Links for Learning’ found below. We highly recommend ‘Hit the Button’ as a tool for recalling addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts at a range of levels. This provides children with quick one minute games to test their knowledge against the clock.

Children also have their own Times Table Rockstars account in both KS1 and KS2 which also develops skills in this area.

There is also a link to Numbots where children can build on their foundation skills of number.

Maths Zone and ICT Games are also great websites full of interactive Maths games.