Mathematics

At Maldon Primary School, our maths curriculum aims to nurture a love of maths through mastering number fluency and providing children with skills to become confident at problem solving and reasoning while exploring links to the world around us. We aim for every child to enjoy and succeed in mathematics, regardless of background.

Every class follows the Maths Mastery programme which enables pupils to have a deeper understanding of mathematics. Units of work are mapped out across each year group for the academic year. Each unit consists of a unit overview, lesson resources (including suggestions for adaptation) and a planning guide.

Each lesson is broken down into six key elements to allow pupils to gain a richer understanding of that concept: Do now, New learning, Talk task/Let’s Explore, Deeper understanding, Independent task and a Plenary. Pupils are able to develop their communication skills and conceptual understanding through the use of the talk task and a concrete, pictorial, abstract approach in every lesson. 

They will also participate in maths meetings at least four times a week. These are used to secure and consolidate skills already learnt and embed new skills. We aim for these to be fun and engaging sessions full of songs, rhymes and problems for the children to solve.