Maths
Curriculum Intent
At Wooburn Green Primary School, our mathematical curriculum is designed to ensure all children become fluent in the fundamentals of maths through varied and frequent practice. Using a mathematical mastery approach we aim to build strong conceptual understanding and secure the recall of key facts, allowing children to develop automaticity and fluency, so their working memory is freed for reasoning and problem-solving. By encouraging children to follow a line of enquiry, spot patterns and justify their thinking through clear oracy, we enable them to reason mathematically and make connections across their learning. Our ambition is to prepare pupils for success in the modern, technical world by equipping them with the skills and confidence to apply mathematics in a range of contexts. Above all, we want children to enjoy maths, feel inquisitive and see its value and relevance in everyday life.
Curriculum Content
Please find the overview of units taught in all year groups through White Rose Maths.
Curriculum Implementation
We implement our mathematics curriculum through a whole-school maths mastery approach. This whole-class learning enables pupils to achieve a deep, secure and adaptable understanding of mathematical concepts, rather than simply applying procedures, and encourages problem-solving to explore ideas mathematically. We use White Rose’s progression to ensure a structured curriculum that builds substantive knowledge through small, sequential steps, using a Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract (CPA) approach– using a wide range of manipulatives to explore and embed concepts before progressing through pictorial examples to abstract concepts. The CPA approach ensures deep understanding before moving onto new topics. The White Rose progression ensures cumulative learning, reinforcing previous concepts and linking them to new ones to build competency and confidence, ultimately aiming to develop strong problem-solving skills.
Curriculum Impact
Our structured, mastery approach ensures that all children build strong foundations and grow into confident, flexible and resilient mathematicians. Our children leave Year 6 with significantly improved outcomes, as shown through our end of Key Stage 2 assessments. They are well-prepared for the next stage of their education, with the skills and knowledge needed to thrive. Pupil voice highlights that children enjoy maths and feel confident in what they are learning, often recognising how their current work builds on prior knowledge. They demonstrate fluency in fact recall, such as multiplication, enabling them to tackle increasingly complex problems with ease. Pupils are able to choose efficient strategies, whether formal written methods or alternative approaches, and can explain their reasoning clearly. Through a strong focus on maths oracy children confidently articulate their mathematical and critical thinking, supporting deeper understanding and reasoning skills.
The Year 4 Multiplication Table Check
Learning times tables to recall them fluently is an extremely important skill which unlocks higher-level mathematical reasoning and confidence. This is why the MTC was brought in at the end of year 4.
When facts are fluent, confidence grows.
Each class will have a focus times table they will be learning inline with our Maths Curriculum, this also ensures all times tables are learnt prior to the MTC in June of Year 4.
In addition to this, we use the 99 Club and Times Tables RockStars which is tailored to each child's attainment to ensure they are practicing facts that are at their level. Your child's login for TTRS will be in the front of their reading record.
For more information on our Times Tables Strategy please see the document below.
Key Subject Documents
Below are links to the National Curriculum for Maths in KS1 and KS2, as well as our progression of knowledge and skills documents.
Useful Links for Home
In-depth information about the mastery approach to maths learning
Parents' guide at White Rose Education
Advice and guidance for parents | White Rose Maths (whiteroseeducation.com)
Maths Games
1 Minute Maths App - a phone app to support Maths in line with White Rose
BBC Bitesize Maths Games - BBC has some great online games to support Maths concepts.
Times tables songs and games - Songs and games to help with Timestables
TTRockStars - Online times tables game used in our school lessons, and can be used at home.