At Ben Jonson Primary School, we are committed to nurturing confident, curious, and capable mathematicians who are equipped with the skills and knowledge they need to thrive in an ever-changing world.
Our intent is to develop a high-quality mathematics curriculum that:
- Instills a love for learning maths and a belief that every child can succeed.
- Provides a solid foundation in mathematical concepts, fluency, reasoning, and problem-solving.
- Prepares pupils to apply mathematical skills in real-world contexts and across the wider curriculum.
- Ensures progression, coherence, and consistency from the Early Years Foundation Stage through to Year 6.
- Enables pupils to reason mathematically, identify patterns, and justify their thinking using precise language.
- Develops resilience, perseverance, and confidence in tackling mathematical challenges.
- Addresses gaps in knowledge and promotes inclusivity, ensuring all pupils, including those with additional needs, achieve their full potential.
Implementation:
- Curriculum design: Based on the National Curriculum, we use a mastery approach, breaking concepts into small, manageable steps to secure understanding.
- Daily lessons: Lessons include opportunities for fluency, reasoning, and problem-solving. Visual aids, manipulatives, and interactive tools are used to deepen understanding.
- Focus on Oracy: Key mathematical vocabulary are explicitly taught and sentence stems consistently used to encourage discussion to deepen their understanding.
- Assessment: Regularly assess and monitor pupil progress through formative and summative methods, adapting teaching strategies to address individual needs.
- Targeted Support: Offer targeted interventions and challenges for those who need extra support or extension.
- Mastering Number: Teach fluency systematically through Mastering Number in EYFS and KS1.
- Cross-curricular links: Embed opportunities for cross-curricular links, real-life problem solving, and collaborative learning.
- Professional development: Provide professional development for staff to stay current with best practices in mathematics education.
- Parental engagement: Workshops, resources and communications help parents support their children’s learning at home.
The impact of our mathematics curriculum:
- Pupils are confident, curious, and enthusiastic mathematicians.
- Pupils develop secure and flexible understanding of mathematical concepts, evidenced by strong outcomes in assessments.
- Pupils can articulate their reasoning and solve problems effectively, demonstrating resilience and deep understanding of Mathematics.
- Learners equipped with the skills needed for their next stage of education and for applying maths in everyday life.
- A reduction in learning gaps, ensuring all pupils, regardless of background or need, reach their full potential.
- Positive feedback from pupils, parents, and external stakeholders, reflecting the enjoyment and success of our maths curriculum.
By fostering a deep understanding of mathematics, we aim to empower our pupils with the skills to succeed academically, socially, and personally.
What will our mathematicians be able to do when they leave us?
By the end of their time at Ben Jonson Primary School, our mathematicians would have developed an appreciation of the beauty and power of mathematics. They will be curious mathematicians who think deeply about the world, approaching problems creatively and flexibly, including breaking problems down into a series of simpler steps and persevering in seeking solutions. Our mathematicians will be confident in taking risks, have range of strategies to draw upon and the resilience to tackle unknown challenges. They will have an understanding of the concepts which underpin procedures, the ability to reason mathematically and to make rich connections between the different mathematical domains. They will ‘know’ numbers; develop a number sense and be able to recall and apply knowledge rapidly, accurately and efficiently. They will be able to move fluently between different representations of mathematical ideas and will be able to use manipulatives to model their mathematical thinking.
Multiplication Tables Check for Year 4: This is a statutory Times Tables test for Year 4 pupils in June. Children will have 25 Times Table questions to answer on an iPad in 5 minutes. Each question will be shown to the pupil for 6 seconds before moving on to the next question. Our recommended method in preparing for this test is using the ‘Soundcheck’ feature on Times Table Rockstars which replicates the Multiplication Tables check. Parent workshops for Year 4 will be held around December which will give parents/carers more information on how this test will be delivered
Curriculum Overview
Maths Curriculum Overview