The national curriculum for mathematics aims to ensure that all pupils:

• become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, including through varied and frequent practice with increasingly complex problems over time, so that pupils develop conceptual understanding and the ability to recall and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately.
• reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry, conjecturing relationships and generalisations, and developing an argument, justification or proof using mathematical language
• can solve problems by applying their mathematics to a variety of routine and non-routine problems with increasing sophistication, including breaking down problems into a series of simpler steps and persevering in seeking solutions.

At Our Lady’s Catholic Primary School, we believe that Maths is a journey and long-term goal, achieved through exploration, clarification, practice and application over time. At each stage of learning, children should be able to demonstrate a deep, conceptual understanding of the topic and be able to build on this over time. As our pupils progress, we intend for our pupils to be able to understand the world, have the ability to reason mathematically, have an appreciation of mathematics, and a sense of enjoyment and curiosity about the subject.

Please click on the links below to view curriculum overviews

Websites to use at home

www.multiplication.com – lots of fun games to play to improve skills                            

www.mathszone.co.uk – lots of games and puzzles to improve skills

www.uk.ixl.com – learn new skills                                                                       

www.nrich.maths.org – puzzles and problems to improve maths skills

www.bbc.co.uk – KS1 maths puzzles and games                                                          

www.bbc.co.uk – KS2 maths puzzles and games

www.topmarks.co.uk – lots of fun maths games to play                                               

Mad4maths.com – Games for KS2 and advice for parents