Mathematics Vision Statement

Brookfield Primary School

– Be the best you can be!

“Without mathematics, there’s nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers.” Shakuntala Devi, Indian writer and mental calculator

Intent

At Brookfield Primary School we know that the basic skills of mathematics are vital for the life opportunities of our children. Our aim is for all of our children to think mathematically, enable them to reason, solve problems and to confidentially use mathematical language. We want our children to be able to recognise the importance of maths in everyday life, in science and technology, financial literacy and employment and to use their mathematical skills in a range of everyday contexts. We set high expectations of our children in each and every lesson and believe that they are all excellent mathematicians!

Aims

At Brookfield Primary School, we aim to:

•  Implement the current legal requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and the National Curriculum
• To foster positive attitudes, fascination and excitement of discovery through the teaching and learning of mathematical concepts
• Ensure that our pupils become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, developing conceptual knowledge and the ability to recall and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately
• Develop our children so that they have a ‘can do’ attitude and perceive themselves as mathematicians
• Broaden children’s knowledge and understanding of how mathematics is used in the wider word
• Ensure our children use and understand mathematical language and recognise its importance as a language for communication and thinking

Implementation

Maths Mastery Our mastery curriculum, for maths, has been developed to ensure every child can achieve excellence in mathematics. Children can experience a sense of awe and wonder as they solve a problem for the first time, discover different solutions and make links between different areas of mathematics. It provides pupils with a deep understanding of the subject through a concrete, pictorial and abstract approach. This ensures pupils fully understand what they are learning.

Impact

By the time our children leave Brookfield Primary School we want them confident and fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics with a conceptual understanding and the ability to recall and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately. They should have the skills to solve problems by applying their mathematics to a variety of situations with increasing sophistication, including in unfamiliar contexts and to model real-life scenarios. Children will be able to reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry and develop and present a justification, argument or proof using mathematical language. High standards at the end of KS2 will be maintained and pupils will be well prepared for the next stage in their education