Maths

Our Vision

Mathematics is fundamental for everyday life and teaches us how to make sense of the world around us through developing the ability to calculate, reason and solve problems. Our vision is to support all children to become fluent, independent mathematicians to prepare them for future achievements. We want our children to have a growth mindset and a sense of both enjoyment and curiosity towards this subject. Enriched mathematical talk is vital to develop mathematical concepts and deepen understanding in order to produce confident, skilled, resilient pupils who are not afraid of a challenge and are equipped to approach mathematics in the real world.

Statement of Intent

At Barley Mow Primary, we recognise that maths teaches us how to make sense of the world around us through developing a child’s ability to calculate, to reason and to solve problems. It enables children to understand and appreciate relationships and pattern in both number and space in their everyday lives.  Our intent is for children to leave us as confident, skilled and resilient mathematicians; who understand that mathematics is a fundamental part of everyday life and the world we live in.

Our school bases the core work in maths around the National Curriculum which aims to ensure that all pupils:

  • Become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, developing 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.
  • Understand the importance of maths in everyday life.

At Barley Mow Primary, we follow a mastery approach and teachers reinforce an expectation that all pupils are capable of achieving high standards in mathematics.  Our approach is underpinned by the Five Big Ideas of Mastery which is outlined below.

White Rose Maths  Schemes of Learning

Maths National Curriculum

Maths Policy

Maths Long Term Plans

Barley Mow Primary School EYFS Progression

Maths Progression -Primary

Maths Parent Home Guide

The Part-Whole Model

Year 1 have been learning that the part-whole model is a pictorial representation that shows the relationship between a whole and its parts. This is useful to help our understanding of addition and subtraction. We used children, beanbags, shapes and animals to...

Less than, greater than or equal to?

Year 1 have been introduced to Colin the Crocodile today he has been helping us to compare numbers using the vocabulary ‘Less than, great than and equal to.’ We have had lots of fun comparing numbers and feeding Colin the bigger number then reading the number...

It’s Raining!

Nursery have had a splash-tastic time this morning playing in the rain! Nursery loved exploring how jumping in the puddles made the water fly up into the air. We worked hard exploring colours by using powder paints and mixing them into the puddles. Nursery developed...

Muddy pies and sloppy soup!

It has been another jam packed week full of learning and exploring in Reception. We have been exploring our new outdoor area and learning how to use our new mud kitchen. We have been making muddy pies and sloppy soup, this role play is great for developing our gross...

Flexible Partitioning

As part of their place value unit in maths, Year Four spent some time understanding flexible partitioning of 4-digit numbers. They were able to use part-whole models and place value counters to help them partition the numbers in a range of different ways.

Numbers to 1,000

In maths we have been learning to represent numbers to 1,000 in different ways. We used base 10 equipment to make 3 digit numbers and used it to help us partition the numbers into hundreds, tens and ones.

Numbers to 100

Year 2 have made a super start in their maths lessons this week learning numbers to 100. Today the children played a game in pairs. One had to build a number using base ten and the other had to count the tens and ones to check if they were right.

Place Value Reasoning

Year 6 have been using their reasoning skills this morning to create a range of 7 digit number but only using 7 counters. They had to find the largest and smallest possible number using their counters before explaining their reasoning.

Making shapes

The children in Year 3 have been exploring shapes. The children used geoboards to create 2D shapes discussing the sides and corners of a shape and how we can have shapes which are regular and irregular. The children then explored 3D shapes and looked at edges and...

Nursery Love Vehicles!

Nursery started off this term by looking at different types of vehicles. In our phonics we have enjoyed singing vehicle based songs such as ‘The Wheels on the Bus’ and ‘Down by the Station’. In our small group we made our own vehicles! We focused on cars, Nursery...