Maths at Holway Park Primary School

At Holway Park Primary School we have adopted a mastery curriculum that aims to teach the children the mathematical knowledge, skills and concepts that they need to know through a series of small steps through each unit and year. These small steps all link into bigger threads or concepts throughout our maths curriculum that children recap and revisit as they move through their primary school journey all the way from EYFS until the end of year 6.

Intent:

• To promote a mastery approach to teaching maths through using the interconnected 5 big ideas: The use of visual representations and structures; conceptual and procedural variation; by developing mathematical thinking and making connections; developing fluency skill; and all in a coherent way that connects them together.
• To use the CPA approach of concrete, pictorial and then abstract explorations.
• To promote enjoyment of learning through practical activity, exploration and discussion.
• To develop confidence and competence with numbers and the number system through rapid recall of number and times table facts.
• To develop their conceptual understanding in order to solve problems through decision-making and reasoning in a range of contexts.
• To develop a practical understanding of the ways in which information is gathered and presented.
• To help children understand the importance of mathematics in everyday life.

Context:

Mathematics teaches children how to make sense of the world around them through developing their ability to calculate, reason and solve problems.

It is a core subject with a range of cross-curricular links but most often, is best taught discretely, using opportunities from other subjects to rehearse skills in a context.

Maths involves developing confidence and competence in number work; shape, space and measure; statistics and the application of these skills.

We aim to support children by equipping them with a range of computational skills and the ability to solve problems in a variety of contexts.

Maths Videos 

Use these websites to find out more about the maths that we teach at Holway Park Primary School. These websites have been created to support parents so that they can support their children with maths at home! 

Maths with Michael | Michael Underwood | White Rose Education

Videos and Worksheets – Corbettmaths Primary

Key Instant Recall Facts (KIRFS) 

These are math facts that children need to learn and be able to recall off by heart - speedily! Practise these as much as possible!

Times Table Rockstars is a great resource to practice multiplication. Pupils can access this though the link below. Use the individual login details provided by the school to play games and complete challenges. Keep practising and aim to become a Rock Legend! You could even be chosen by your teacher to get one of our half-termly special TT Rockstar certificates.

TTRockstars

If your child has forgotten their login details, please email their teacher to provide you this information.