Maths

Believe

In the teaching and learning of maths, we follow these principles:  

At Cockington Primary School, our philosophy is to create positive mathematical thinkers, not procedural calculators. We want all our children to understand and love mathematics and develop a natural curiosity about the subject. We empower our children with a ‘CAN DO’ attitude in mathematics. We encourage all children to explore their own mathematical understanding, and in doing so, develop their arithmetical proficiency, reasoning and problem-solving skills.  We want our children to be confident and competent mathematicians who understand the relevance of maths to everyday life. Our aim is to provide a maths curriculum that is fit for the future and prepares children for tomorrow’s economy.

We aim for all pupils to:

• Become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics so that they develop conceptual understanding and have the ability to recall and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately.
• Solve problems by applying their mathematics to a variety of problems with increasing sophistication, including in unfamiliar contexts and to model real-life scenarios.
• Reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry and develop and present a justification, argument or proof using mathematical language.  This will involve identifying the correlations/relationships between numbers and operations.  

At Cockington Primary School, we believe that through quality first teaching and intelligent practice, children learning together and immediate intervention, that all children have the potential to ‘go deeper’ and broaden their understanding of mathematical concepts.

We understand our maths curriculum needs one set of mathematical concepts and big ideas for all children in each year group. We use Maths No Problem from years 1-6 to support our expectation that all children will master key concepts at the same pace and be exposed to the interconnectivity of mathematical ideas so they have a deep and sustainable understanding.

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