Maths…Can you remember any of your maths lessons at school?

What were they like?

We understand that the strategies we were taught when we were in school are often very different to the ones we are using now, therefore we have arranged this evening to hopefully aid you in helping your child with their mathematics. There are many reasons why the strategies we are teaching have changed. The main reason is that we want children to understand what they are doing and explain their steps; rather than learn a trick that gets the right answer.

Numeracy in Reception

Fun

Practical

Personalised

Child centred Active

Focused objectives

Problem Solvers

Development MattersEarly Learning Goal - Numbers• Children count reliably with numbers from one to 20. • They place these numbers in order and say which

number is one more or one less than a given number.

• Using quantities and objects, they add and subtract two single-digit numbers and count on or back to find the answer.

• They solve problems, including doubling, halving and sharing.

Development Matters

Early Learning Goal – Shape Space and Measure• Children use everyday language to talk about

size, weight, capacity, position, distance, time and money to compare quantities and objects and to solve problems.

• They recognise, create and describe patterns. • They explore characteristics of everyday objects

and shapes and use mathematical language to describe them.

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Money

Containers

Key skills taught in the reception Year

We believe that children need to have a secure grasp of number, understanding concepts such as 1:1 counting and place value before they can move on to other areas such as addition and subtraction.We provide opportunities for repetition within lessons and throughout the year as children don’t always learn first time round. We don’t move on too fast in order to ensure the children are solid in their knowledge before moving to the next step.

Mental Maths• Mental Mathematics is a highly valued part of

mathematical learning at St James Infant School. It happens in each class every day for approximately 15 minutes (depending on year group). The activities are quick and practical. For example in reception the children sing number rhymes, solve simple problems, help with the date chart, work out how many children are having school dinners or packed lunch or find shapes in the classroom.

• An example of a mental Maths session in reception…

Maths in Key Stage 1

Fun

Practical

Personalised

Child centred Active

Focused objectives Challenging

Numeracy in KS1Scheme of work• We have produced a scheme of work that is progressive. • We provide opportunities for repetition within lessons and

throughout the year as children don’t always learn first time round.

• We don’t move on too fast in order to ensure the children are solid in their knowledge before moving to the next step.

• Our top priority is ensuring progression in the children’s maths skills, enabling them to use previous learning to explore new concepts.

• We believe it is important that skills are taught, practiced and embedded so that the children are secure in using these skills as they progress through the school.

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Number squares

Number lines

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Unifix cubes

Problem Solving• At St James' Infant school we love learning about

numbers, shape, space and measure in lots of different ways. One very important part of our maths learning is problem solving. As part of our creative curriculum, the children are set whole school maths investigations once every term alongside their usual topic based learning.

• Have a look on our website for some examples of maths problems we have solved so far…

Mental MathsIn Key stage one activities will be initially focused around quick recall of number facts. Beginning with finding pairs to 10 and 20 and then extended to quick fire addition and subtraction. This is also a good time to reinforce the focus group teaching of mental strategies taught in focus groups.

An example of a mental Maths session in Year 1 and Year 2