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Maths at Greenfields
Rationale
Mathematics is essential for everyday life, for understanding and engaging with our world. It enables the development of pupils’ natural ability to think logically, solve puzzles and apply these skills to real-life problems. At Greenfields, pupils learn to think creatively and make links between mathematical concepts through exploring patterns in the number system, shape, measures and statistics. They develop the skills, knowledge and efficient methods of calculation necessary to support their economic future and problem solving in daily life. Maths skills are a key element of preparing our pupils to have the confidence and resilience to make a successful transition to secondary school and the wider world.
Mastery
We began using a mastery approach to Mathematics in 2020. In consultation with teachers, we came up with the following definition of what we feel mastery in mathematics is at our school. At Greenfields Primary School we believe that mastery in mathematics is: where we challenge our pupils by going deeper rather than accelerating into new mathematical content; a curriculum for all to achieve. •involves knowing ‘why’ as well as knowing ‘that’ and ‘how’: deep structural knowledge of mathematics. •being able to use knowledge appropriately, flexibly and creatively and to apply it in new and unfamiliar situations; a life skill and an interdisciplinary subject.At Greenfields we use a mastery approach to teaching Maths. To support this, we use White Rose as our main resource alongside other materials such as NCETM and I See Reasoning. We have been supported in our Mastery journey by the SHaW Maths Hub ensuring we offer the best possible professional development opportunities for our teachers. To develop the teaching of the early skills in maths we use Mastering the Curriculum in EYFS. This ensures there is a depth of understanding across those early objectives to enable children to develop a secure understanding as they move through KS1 and 2. Across KS1 and 2 we use Numbots and TT Rockstars to support children to be confident in the rapid recall of number facts and time tables. We encourage children to be confident in having a go and exploring different ways to solve problems using efficient methods to find answers. We believe that all children can achieve in Maths through a purposeful engaging and encouraging environment. We actively encourage our children to deepen their understanding with the use of group work and the expectation to be able to explain their mathematical thinking in a concrete (use of manipulatives), pictorial (drawing their own pictures or representatives) or abstract (their thoughts) way.