Maths

At Bingham Primary School we firmly believe that a strong foundation in the basic skills of reading, writing and mathematics will open up the breadth of the wider curriculum for all our learners.

Children are the most successful learners when their curriculum is sequenced into a logical order that teaches what they need to know in the order they need to know it. If this is done well, children build a secure foundation and over time they will know more and remember more. If the sequence is strong, there is less likelihood that they will have gaps in their learning and more likely to be able to achieve their potential.

We have chosen to follow the White Rose Maths planning sequence. This clearly sets out the journey they need to take in all areas of maths to be able to cover the subject knowledge they need to meet, and hopefully exceed, the national expectation for the end of primary school.

When children start in Year 1 they will have already had in Reception year the high quality early maths learning experiences that they need to be able to meet the early learning goals. As a result of this, they are ready to start the national curriculum.

White Rose chunks the threads of mathematics into units of work across the year to make sure that all the areas are covered properly.

Alongside the curriculum content we will plan lessons that encourage all our learners to explore mathematical concepts through solving problems, applying strategies in real life contexts and learning to be confident manipulators of numbers. We will place high value on mental maths skills, learning key number facts such as tables and number bonds and we will aim to use these across other areas of the curriculum in subjects such as science, technology and computing.

Wherever possible we will encourage children to use mathematical equipment such as counting rods, place value rods and support aids to help them really understand the numbers they are using as the first step to learning how to manipulate numbers confidently. As they become more fluent in their number work, they will move away from using these resources.

It is our aim that all our children enjoy maths and feel able to approach it with confidence and without fear.

What will our curriculum look like?

When the school opens, we will have mixed year groups (Y1/2, Y3/4, Y5/6) and the planning we have put on the page reflects this.

The coverage for the year for each of the classes looks like this:

Years 1 and 2 mixed class:

weeks

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Autumn Term

Number: Place value

Y1 – numbers to 20

Y2 – numbers to 100

Number: addition and subtraction

Year 1 – Numbers within 20 (including recognising money)

Year 2 – Numbers within 100 (including money)

Number:

Year 1 - place value to 50 and multiplication

Year 2 - multiplication

Spring Term

Number – Y1 division & consolidation

Year 2 - division

Year 1 – place value to 100

Measure

Length

height

Geometry:

Year 1 – shape and consolidation

Year 2 – properties of shape

Number

Year 1 – fractions and consolidation

Year 2 - Fractions

Check

And

assess

Year 2 - statistics

Summer Term

Geometry

Position

And

direction

Measurement:

Time

Year 1 – place value recap

Measurement:

Year 1 – weight and volume

Year 2 – mass, capacity and temperature

Year 1 – four operations recap

 

Check

And

assess

Year 2 – problem solving

Year 2 – consolidation and investigations

 

Years 3 and 4 mixed class:

weeks

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Autumn Term

 

Number – Place value

 

Number: addition and subtraction

Number: multiplication and division

Spring Term

Number – multiplication and division

Measurement – length,  perimeter and area

 

Number: Fractions

Y3 – measurement mass and capacity

 

Check and assess

Y4 – Number: decimals

Summer Term

 

Number: Decimals

(including money)

 

Measurement:

time

 

statistics

 

Geometry – properties of shape (including Y4 position and direction)

Check and assess

 

Years 5 and 6 mixed class:

weeks

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Autumn Term

Number : Place value

Number: Four operations

Number: Fractions

Spring Term

Y5: Number, fractions

 

Number: Decimals and Percentages

Y5 – Number:

Decimals

Measurement

Converting

units

Measurement

Perimeter, area and volume

statistics

Y6: Number

ratio

 

Y6 – number:

Algebra

Summer Term

Geometry:

Properties of shape

Geometry

Position

And

direction

Year 5 – four operations

consolidation

Year 5 – fractions,

Decimals and percentages

consolidation

Year 5 – measure

consolidation

Check and assess

Y 6 Testing

 

Investigations

 

 

 

We have attached the schemes to show how this will be broken down into lessons so that the learning will be built over time.