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At St. Joseph and St. Bede, we are aware of the importance of Maths in so much of our lives and the vital role it plays in helping children to learn to be independent and skilled adults. We endeavour to ensure that our children develop a positive and enthusiastic attitude towards Mathematics that will stay with them through life. Maths is taught in accordance with the National Curriculum while taking account of the specific needs and learning styles of the children in our school. Combined with our Calculation Policies and White Rose Hub Progression Map, this ensures continuity, progression and high expectations in Mathematics in all areas, including fluency, reasoning and problem solving. We strive for children to be fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, which will enable them to:
- reason mathematically
- follow lines of enquiry
- solve problems through application of their knowledge across the mathematics and wider, curriculum.
At St Joseph and St Bede, our Mathematics curriculum has the following aims:
- To develop confidence in mathematical knowledge and concepts through the explicit teaching and progression in factual (declarative – I know that…), procedural (I know how…) and conditional knowledge (I know when…)
- To develop our children’s ability to solve problems, to reason, to think logically and to work systematically and accurately, tackling increasingly complex problems over time
- To develop the ability to reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry, conjecturing relationships and generalisations, and developing an argument, justification or proof using mathematical language.
- To enable a confident, use the ‘language’ of maths through explicit teaching of ‘sticky vocabulary.’
- To develop the ability to use and apply mathematics across the curriculum and in real life with conceptual confidence. To develop conceptual understanding and the ability to recall and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately.
- To ensure children make good progress in mathematics at each key stage
- To increase confidence and ability in preparation for transition to KS3 and beyond.
Our Maths Subject Lead is Mrs H Daly.
Please click here to view the National Curriculum for Mathematics.
See below for Maths Latest News:
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As part of #nopensday in Class 11 we used our knowledge of factors, multiples, square numbers and primes to take part in tricky reasoning challenges. The harder the better for these ambitious mathematicians! #sjsbmaths
Year 2 have been learning to recall number bonds to 10 today. We used lots of different equipment to show our learning. We also tried very hard to use our known facts to work out the inverse. @StJosephStBede #sjsbMaths
