Our Lady Of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary School

Maths 

Our Vision for Mathematics                                                                                                                            
At Our Lady’s we believe that Mathematics is an important creative discipline that helps usto understand and change the world. We want all pupils at Our Lady’s to experience thebeauty, power and enjoyment of mathematics and develop a sense of curiosity about thesubject with a clear understanding.
Intent
At Our Lady‘s we believe all children can achieve in mathematics and teach for secure and deep    understanding of mathematical concepts through manageable steps. We use mistakes and misconceptions  as an  essential part of learning and provide challenge through rich and sophisticated problems.
Implementation
At Our Lady’s we implement a progressive Mathematics curriculum that builds on prior
knowledge and skills year on year. To ensure whole consistency and progression, the school
uses the White Rose scheme. Through their lessons pupils will :
• become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics so that they develop conceptual
understanding and the ability to recall and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately.
• be able to solve problems by applying their mathematics to a variety of problems with
increasing sophistication, including in unfamiliar contexts and to model real-life scenarios
• reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry and develop and present a
justification, argument or proof using mathematical language.
• have an appreciation of number and number operations, which enables mental
calculations and written procedures to be performed efficiently, fluently and accurately to
be successful in mathematics.
Impact
By the end of KS2 we aim for children to be fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics  with a    conceptual    understanding    and    the    ability    to    recall    and    apply    knowledge rapidly and accurately.    They    should    have    the    skills    to    solve    problems    by applying    their    mathematics    to    a    
variety    of    situations    with    increasing    sophistication,    including    in    unfamiliar    contexts    and    to    
model    real-life    scenarios. Children    will    be    able    to    reason    mathematically    by    following    a    line of    enquiry    and    develop    and    present    a    justification,    argument    or    proof    using    mathematical   
language.
“God used beautiful mathematics in creating the world” Paul Dirac

Addition and Subtraction Calculation Policy

Multiplication and Division Calculation Policy

Information Leaflet regarding 2022 Multiplication Tables Check

How Maths is taught

We follow the White Rose Scheme of Maths, but do include a variety of maths resources too.

A typical Maths lesson will provide the opportunity for all children, to work through Fluency, Reasoning and Problem Solving activities. A mathematical concept or skill has been mastered when a child can show it in multiple ways, using the mathematical language to explain their ideas, and can independently apply the concept to new problems in unfamiliar situations.

We believe that all pupils, when introduced to a key new concept, should have the opportunity to build competency in this topic by taking the concrete-pictorial-abstract approach. Objects and pictures are used to demonstrate and visualise abstract ideas, alongside numbers and symbols.

Concrete – pupils should have the opportunity to use concrete objects and manipulatives to help them understand what they are doing.

Pictorial – pupils should then build on this concrete approach by using pictorial representations. These representations can then be used to reason and solve problems.

Abstract – with the foundations firmly laid, pupils should be able to move to an abstract approach using numbers and key concepts with confidence.

 White Rose have made video parent guides. 

https://whiterosemaths.com/for-parents/maths-with-michael/