Maths

At Bourton Meadow Academy, we recognise the importance of maths as a fundamental area of the curriculum. Maths gives children the opportunity to investigate, reason and solve problems and also gives them the tools to use across other areas of the curriculum.
We use the White Rose Maths scheme of work as a basis for our maths planning, which supports a mastery approach to the teaching of maths. This is enhanced with other high-quality resources, such as those from the NCETM (National Centre of Excellence for the Teaching of Mathematics).
The White Rose scheme ensures children learn and remember more by breaking skills down into small steps, enabling them to secure foundational knowledge before moving onto more complex ideas. Key aspects are regularly revisited, enabling children to secure and deepen their understanding and retain key knowledge. Within each unit of work there will be coverage of a range of reasoning, problem solving and fluency activities.

Concrete - Pictorial - Abstract

The White Rose Maths scheme supports a concrete-pictorial – abstract (CPA) approach to enable children to build competency. This approach builds on children’s existing knowledge by introducing abstract concepts in a concrete and tangible way. It involves moving from concrete materials (e.g. cubes) to pictorial representations (e.g. pictures/diagrams) to abstract symbols and problems. The use of concrete resources allows children to see the structures behind the mathematical concepts to allow them to have a deeper understanding of the why. Children will also be exposed to a variety of representations to ensure they have fully embedded the concept before moving on to more abstract approaches and challenges.
We endeavour to ensure that the maths curriculum we provide inspires children to be excited about maths, solve problems with a 'have a go' attitude and develop good fluency within their work enabling them to apply their mathematical learning with confidence.

Useful websites for parents - maths resources, games and activities

Nrich
https://nrich.maths.org/primary

Third space learning

https://thirdspacelearning.com/blog/fun-maths-games-activities-for-kids/