Maths The aim of this evening is to share some strategies for how we teach the four Mathematical operations. To explain the theory behind the White Rose Maths programme and the mastery curriculum.

National Curriculum – Primary Aims 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.

Maths in the new curriculum Number and place value Addition and subtraction Multiplication and division Fractions Measurement Geometry Position and direction Statistics

Year 1 number facts to 10

Year 2 adding and subtraction part part whole

Multiplication We begin teaching multiplication through repeated addition. 2+2+2+2=4 lots of 2=4 x 2=8 We then teach arrays: Fingers can represent different amounts to help with counting in patterns of… This helps with solving times tables.

Division We teach division as the inverse of multiplication. 10 cakes shared between 5 people = 10÷5=2 5x2=10 15 divided by 3 =5 draw 3 circles and share 15 dots equally 3x5=15 Check your answers by doing the inverse calculation.

Strategies for mental calculation can be applied to solving other areas of maths: Fractions of numbers ( ½ of 10 , 1/3 of 12, ¾ of 20) Telling the time to 5 minutes Times tables Variety of measurements (ml, cl, l, cm, m, g, kg) Inverse operations Symbols such as more than and less than > <and =

Key vocabulary subtract take away minus count back less fewer addition plus and count on more sum total altogether Increase Divide division Share equally fraction subtract take away minus count back less fewer difference between Times Multiplications Lots of Groups of Array Repeated addition

Please look at our Maths Working walls in the classrooms. Top Tips If you have any worries, concerns or questions please feel free to come and see your child’s class teacher or myself as Maths coordinator and Sophie as English (Literacy) coordinator.