Maths
At Westminster Primary School, we are committed to ensuring that children have a positive and meaningful experience of Mathematics. We offer a curriculum that secures essential knowledge and skills, whilst giving the children many opportunities to use and apply their mathematical skills across the curriculum, through real life problem solving and mathematical investigations.
We use White Rose Maths to plan and teach from. A yearly overview for each year group suggests the teaching time needed for every block of learning. The schemes of learning have been carefully developed to ensure they are progressive and build on prior learning.
Times Tables
At Westminster Primary School we truly believe that ALL children need to know their times tables. From Y1 through to Y6, teachers provide opportunities for children to begin to count in ‘groups of’ progressing to being able to rapidly re-call their times tables.
In KS1 our expectations are that ALL children will be able to rapidly answer times tables questions from the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times table by the end of Year 2.
In KS2 our expectations are that ALL children leave school able to answer any times table question rapidly.
Numicon
In Reception and KS1 children enjoy using Numicon alongside many other resources to support their learning.
‘With research-based resources and rigorous teaching support Numicon provides everything we need to create confident mathematicians.’
Numicon aids us in exemplifying the principles of maths mastery with concrete apparatus and imagery to embed deep understanding, the planning tools embody the aims of the 2014 National Curriculum by developing conversation, reasoning and problem-solving, which support children in achieving a greater depth of understanding.
