Maths at Cuddington and Dinton School

The National Curriculum document. A new national curriculum was published in 2014. This guides how we teach maths in our school. Learning objectives are set out for each year group. How we teach the objectives is down to us. Formal assessment at the end of KS1- in year 2 and at the end of KS2- year 6 are set to ensure children have been taught the correct fundamentals.

Arithmetic paper for Year 2 (2016)

Arithmetic paper for Year 6 (2016)

Number fluency Speed Repetition Confidence Finding short cuts. Age related expectations booklets for each year group. Links will be available on the school website.

Solving problems and reasoning Which calculation do I use? Can I explain how I worked out the answer? What can I draw to help me?

Example of Sat Year 2 reasoning question (2016)

Methods children might use

Examples of Sat Year 6 reasoning (2016)

Examples of working:

How do we teach this? The Calculation policy underpins our work. The small steps required for maths understanding are broken down. Formal assessments are in Year 2 and Year 6, however teachers assess at the end of each unit of work- usually fortnightly. Children usually begin more formal written methods ‘traditional methods’ around Year 4/5. Why wait? So children develop a greater understanding of the meaning of number.

Maths mastery

Part-part whole model

10 10 5 10 1 8 2 3 5 9 2 3 10 2 8 4 Try these:

7 2 5 7 1.9 5.1 C 5.7 a b Bar modelling

Bar modelling at Key stage 1

Greater depth (eg Y4)

What can I do at home? Count the stairs, play number games, tell the time- both analogue and digital, read scales when cooking, measure quantities, make estimates, use money, pay for real items with coins, count change, round up and down, play more number games- snakes and ladders, track games, counting games, estimating and measuring games, dice games… Bedtime maths app What can I do at home?