Maths

At Henwick, we aim to develop children’s mental and written calculations, while developing their love for number and problem solving, helping them to become more curious and enjoy mathematics. 

All classes have a daily mathematics lesson based upon the 2014 national curriculum objectives; we follow the White Rose Maths schemes. The mathematics curriculum is devised to develop fluency, reasoning and problem-solving in all areas of mathematics.

As Mathematics is such an important life skill, we have not only embraced the new curriculum, but have introduced a ‘Mastery’ approach to our lessons. What this means is spending greater time going into depth of all maths strands and operations. These operations would be addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. The key idea of mastery is that pupils gain a deeper understanding of the mathematical concept being taught, so that they can apply it to new situations and contexts.

Another feature of the mastery approach is the importance of high expectations - that all pupils are capable of achieving high standards and that the majority of learners will progress at the same pace, using the concrete, pictorial to abstract model.

Here is an example of the concrete, pictorial, abstract model:

Alongside this teaching and learning strategy, all pupils are encouraged to learn key number facts, such as number bonds to 5, 10, 20 and 100 and multiplication tables.

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