Mathematics

All children have a daily mathematics lesson, following the National Numeracy Strategy Framework. The focus of daily mathematics lessons is for the children to develop their mental mathematical strategies. Differences in learning rates are also accommodated by 'setting', in which children of a broadly similar ability are drawn from classes and taught as a group. The children are encouraged to explain how they have tackled a problem and the methods / strategies they have used.

Children use a number of different recording formats which become more formal written methods as they progress through Key Stage 2. Skills are taught through direct teaching, developing concepts along carefully planned routes to provide experience, practice and consolidation within an interesting and attractive context.