Our maths teaching encourages...
numbers and counting
Understanding how numbers are made, what value they have, and how numbers link to each other.
Understanding and using numbers when they are very small or very large.
Recognising the value and size of numbers, when the numbers are shown in different ways.
Recognising numbers when shown in more complex ways (for instance fractions, decimals and percentages).
calculating and relating
Understanding how calculations work, from concrete, through procedural to conceptual understanding.
Understanding the links between adding, taking away, multiplying and dividing.
How to understand calculations, from seeing and handling them, to organising them, and finally calculating them using 'traditional' methods.
shapes and measures
Measuring things in different ways, including time, weight, size and capacity.
Using the right way of describing the measures that are made.
Changing the recording of measures correctly when needed.
Recognising and describing shapes that are both two and three dimensional,
How to use mathematical skills to measure them in a problem.
Using and Applying Mathematics
Apply maths skills to word problems.
Think in more than one way to find a maths solution.
Uses several areas of maths at the same time to solve a problem.
Uses notes as a reminder to solve a problem.
Organises work sensibly and neatly.
Has a range of mental maths skills supporting activities.
Is confident with using times tables mentally.