The teaching of Mathematics at Grendon Underwood School follows the statutory guidance of the National Curriculum. Details of the curriculum can be found below.

In addition, we strive to endow children with a love and enjoyment of exploring Mathematical pattern, seeking and exploring and gaining a sense of awe and wonder of the importance of Maths in our natural and man-made world. In Maths lessons, children are encouraged to develop Growth Mindset skills such as perseverance, and resilience which are crucial for later learning and life skill.

Mental Maths 

Revisiting mental work at different times during a daily maths lesson or even devoting a whole lesson to it from time to time, helps children to generate confidence in themselves and a feeling that they control calculations rather than the calculation controlling them. Opportunities should be made to introduce short periods of mental arithmetic and number facts in other lessons or outside lessons for example when changing lessons. Regular short practice is essential – 'if you don’t use it you will end up losing it!’ Teaching Children to Calculate Mentally - Department for Education 2010

The daily maths lesson contains a rich variety of mental maths skills. Children enjoy learning key ‘snappy facts’ through songs, games, quizzes and practise with their partners.

We actively encourage parent support with learning at home. Please see the 'snappy facts' overview grid to find out the skill or fact you could help your child improve this term.

Multiplication Tables Facts

Children are encouraged to begin learning their tables as soon as they are able to count in groups. 

The table below gives a rough idea of which age-specific tables are introduced.

Year	Table/group counting focus
EYFS	No tables – children practise counting in 1s, 2s and 10s
1	Begin to learn 2x and 10x tables continue counting forward/back in 1s, 2s, 10s
2	Recall the 2x, 5x and 10x tables with increasing speed and accuracy Begin to link related division facts
3	Recall the 3x 4x and 8x tables with increasing speed and accuracy Keep revising tables taught in previous years (1x 2x 5x 10x 3x,4x 8x)  Begin to link related division facts
4	Learn 6x,7x,9x,11x and 12x tables facts and related division facts Summer pupils sit the Term National Multiplication tables online check  (please see the government parent information leaflet)
5 & 6	Keep practising all tables and related division facts.  Begin to use tables facts to recall decimal multiplication facts and multiples of 10, 100 and 1,000.  Learn divisibility rules.

At the end of Year 4, children take part in the National Multiplication Tables online test. 

This online assessment consists of twenty 5-second multiplication facts, which children answer using iPads. The results are reported to County. The test data is also used to identify children requiring further support, consolidating the tables knowledge in Year 5.

The expectation is that the majority of pupils will move through the programmes of study at broadly the same pace.

However, decisions about when to progress should always be based on the security of pupils’ understanding and their readiness to progress to the next stage. Pupils who grasp concepts rapidly should be challenged through being offered rich and sophisticated problems before any acceleration through new content. Those who are not sufficiently fluent with earlier material should consolidate their understanding, including through additional practice, before moving on.

Progress in mathematics learning each year should be assessed according to the extent to which pupils are gaining a deep understanding of the content taught for that year, resulting in sustainable knowledge and skills. Key measures of this are the abilities to reason mathematically and to solve increasingly complex problems, doing so with fluency, as described in the aims of the National curriculum:

The National Curriculum for Mathematics aims to ensure that all pupils:

• Become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, including through varied and frequent practice with increasingly complex problems over time, so that pupils develop conceptual understanding and the ability to recall and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately
• Reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry, conjecturing relationships and generalisations, and developing an argument, justification or proof using mathematical language
• Can solve problems by applying their mathematics to a variety of routine and non-routine problems with increasing sophistication, including breaking down problems into a series of simpler steps and persevering in seeking solutions.

The Intention of our Mathematics Curriculum

The intention of the maths curriculum within The Warriner MAT is that children are taught to become competent mathematicians; we strive to embed the skills and processes necessary to enable children to use and apply their Maths learning in a variety of contexts.  We aim to develop children’s enjoyment of maths and provide opportunities for children to build a conceptual understanding of maths before applying their knowledge to everyday problems and challenges. Our approach to the teaching of mathematics develops children's ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team. Through mathematical talk, children will develop the ability to articulate and discuss their thinking. By the end of Key Stage Two, children will leave our school prepared for the next step in their mathematical education.

We recognise that in order for pupils to progress to deeper and more complex problems, children need to be confident and fluent across each yearly objective. To ensure consistent coverage across the school, we use a range of agreed materials and resources to provide age-appropriate tasks for our pupils: in turn, practising key skills and allowing children to become confident when working on key strategies, calculations or methods. To ensure our pupils acquire a deeper understanding in their mathematical learning journey, we supplement our resources by using the White Rose Maths Hub and NCETM Assessment materials to support the teaching of mathematics. 

Within the Maths hub schemes of learning, each National Curriculum objective is broken down into fluency, reasoning and problem solving; our teachers use the learning challenges to teach for mastery - an approach to extend and deepen the understanding of pupils within each year group. Our teaching staff use this document in conjunction with a range of high-quality resources such as NRich and NCETM to support, stretch and challenge all learners within the classroom. 

Mathematics Curriculum Statement:

https://www.gravenhillprimary.school/attachments/download.asp?file=103&type=pdf

White Rose Maths Primary Scheme of Learning:

https://www.warrinermultiacademytrust.co.uk/attachments/download.asp?file=440&type=pdf

Ultimate Maths Vocabulary List

Times Table Games

GUCS Maths Policy

Calculation Policy - Multiplication and Division

Calculation Policy - Addition and Subtraction