Maths – curriculum information
Our Curriculum Statement for Math’s
Our Long-term plan for Math’s
Our long-term plan is carefully designed to ensure every child develops a deep understanding of number and mathematical concepts from the very start of their learning journey.
Our Curriculum Progression Documents
Our Progression Maps are structured using the topic headings as they appear in the Early Years Foundations Stage Profile and National Curriculum. All programmes of study statements are included, and some appear twice. This is indicated in the text and occurs where the statement has central relevance to more than one subcategory within a topic or more than one mathematics topic.
Our calculation Policy also offers more information about the strategies children are taught to support their Mathematical calculations:
Supporting your child's mathematical fluency:
Securing early mathematical fluency helps ensure every child has a firm foundation on which to build mathematical success. We use Numbots and our Diamond Dash challenge to help children acquire these skills in a fun and engaging way.
Numbots
Numbots is an online learning platform designed to support children’s addition and subtraction skills. It adopts the best teaching practices to take children from counting on their fingers, to adding and subtracting two-digit numbers.
We recommend playing for at least 3 minutes a day, 4 or 5 days a week. As the children succeed they move through the story levels and are rewarded with certificates and their picture on our whole school display. Children who finish the program enter our ‘Hall of Fame’.
You can access the Numbots portal here.
Diamond Dash
As our children enter year 1 they begin to practice their times tables. Our Diamond dash challenge encourage pupils across Key Stage 1 to practice their times tables (and related division facts).
| Level |
Year Group Expectation |
Knowledge |
| Topaz |
Year 1 |
Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s to the 10th number in the sequence ie. In 2s to 20. |
| Emerald |
Year 1/Year 2 |
2, 5 and 10 times tables in written form ie. 7 x 2 =
(All answers to be correct)
|
| Pearl |
Year 2 |
- 2, 5 and 10 times tables in written form.
- Connected division facts
- Timed: 5 minutes.
- All correct answers within time.
|
| Ruby |
Year 2/Year 3 |
- 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 times tables in written form.
- Connected division facts
- Timed: 5 minutes.
- All correct answers within time.
|
The children are given regular opportunity to practice these within school but supporting with their practice at home will help them achieve their goals with greater confidence.
A certificate is awarded for completion of each level.
Year 2 children who attain pearl or Ruby level will have the opportunity to compete against other schools across the trust to become a key stage 1 Diamond dash champiom!
Practice Sheets to try at home…
