Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads C.E. Primary School
Maths Curriculum
Maths is full of essential information, from using money to telling the time and knowing about shapes to knowing how to add, subtract, multiply and divide. Using real-life problems is an excellent way to show pupils the validity of their maths knowledge and how it fits into the world around us.
White Rose Maths
At Holy Trinity we use White Rose Maths to support our learning journey. Following a Concrete, Pictorial, Abstract approach and using the White Rose philosophy and teaching resources, we are building a culture of deep understanding, confidence and competence in maths – a culture that produces strong, secure learning and real progress.
It is a whole-school primary maths programme that provides everything we need to support an approach to teaching and learning mathematics which is greater in depth and meets the expectations of the National Curriculum.
All ages (where necessary) work hands-on using a range of manipulatives including base 10 and place value counters as they learn and build on their knowledge of mathematical concepts.
Not all objectives are taught using the White Rose Maths scheme. Teachers are able to decide if using White Rose Maths is the best approach to a particular objective. Tthey may opt to use a different approach that suits the needs of the children better.
Assessment
At the end of each unit of work there is a mini assessment.
Key Stage 2 children also undertake a White Rose Maths progress assessment at the end of the Autumn and Spring Term.
What Maths looks like at Holy Trinity
Flashback 4
Children start their day by completing four maths questions called 'Flashback 4'. These are questions from White Rose Maths based on what they have been taught previously to ensure skills are practiced and revisited in a timely manner.
Pre-teach or practice session plus arithmetic skills
Children take part in either a practice session to reinforce key skills or a teacher-led pre-teach session at the beginning of the maths session. This is also the time to practice their times tables. and other year group arithmetic skills.
Main lesson
The main part of the lesson is split between teacher-led activities, whiteboard activities and group work. The children are exposed to lots of examples and worked through questions using the resources to help them. They will also encounter 'Tiny the Turtle' and help him identify where he has gone wrong!
Once the children are confident with the maths they have been learning, they will independently apply their knowledge to their own work by way of a challenge activity to consolidate and vary their learning.
We aim to make all our maths lessons as interactive and exciting as possible. All the children are able to use resources such as numicon, multi-link cubes, number lines and counters to help them understand the maths they are learning.
There will also be a linked Reasoning or Problem Solving question to allow the children to make relationships and links with their learning.
Homework is usually a consolidation of what the children have been learning about in class.
If you have any questions about what the children are learning, please do not hesitate to contact the class teacher or myself via the school office.
Mr Morris
White Rose Maths Yearly Overviews
| Name | Format | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Files | |||
| PRIMARY national curriculum Mathematics.pdf |
New Maths App
1-Minute Maths
Now available on the App Store or Google Play.
How does it work?
1-Minute Maths offers children engaging and easily accessible practice in basic number. There’s no specific route or starting point. Having chosen a topic, each user answers a series of randomly generated questions. A different set of questions every time means they learn the concept, not a sequence of answers.
When the one minute is up, the questions are automatically marked and presented on a breakdown screen, giving instant feedback on how they’ve done. If they’re struggling with a question, a ‘Hint’ button reformats the question as a familiar manipulative display that mirrors the approaches used in the White Rose Maths schemes of learning.
Parents/guardians
If you would like to know more about White Rose Maths, please do not hesitate to ask your class teacher or Mr Morris (Maths Subject Leader). Alternatively you can click the link below.
Helpful hints sheets to help children with their maths
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| year1helpfulhintssheet.pdf | |||
| year2helpfulhintssheet.pdf | |||
| year3helpfulhintssheet.pdf | |||
| year4helpfulhintssheet.pdf | |||
| year5helpfulhintssheet.pdf | |||
| year6helpfulhintssheet.pdf |
Key Learning in Mathematics
Multiplication Tables Check
Websites to help Year 4 children prepare for the multiplication tables check.
https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
There are many websites that can help your child with maths, these are just a few suggestions.
- https://ttrockstars.com/
- http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
- http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=SpeedChallenge
- http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html
- http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/
- http://uk.ixl.com/
- http://www.mathsisfun.com/
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/
- http://www.multiplication.com/
- http://mathszone.co.uk/
- http://www.ilovemathsgames.com/
- https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/maths-owl/fun-activities
- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
Maths Dictionary - An online maths dictionary for children.
Your child has their TT Rock Star details in the front of their reading record.
You can access the games via the internet on any device or download the app from the App store or from Google play.
Children can log on and play the games linked to their times tables.
The aim is for the children to become more confident and therefore quicker at answering their times table questions.
TT Rock Stars - click here to access the website on a computer or tablet.
It is so important that all children know their times tables. It will help them in all areas of maths, from fractions and decimals to division and ratio!