Ditcheat Primary School

We provide a maths curriculum that enables pupils to master they key skills needed at each age group. We teach for mastery which means children acquiring a deep, long-term, secure and adaptable understanding of maths. Across the school, we use White Rose materials as a basis using both the mixed and separate year group schemes.

However, classes also draw from other resources to enhance learning such as NCETM, NRICH, Numicon and I See Reasoning. Maths is nearly always taught in the morning and, where possible, through other areas of the curriculum where appropriate. For example, embedding statistics within science.

Lessons incorporate a range of concrete resources to establish and reinforce learning, pictorial representations and abstract work once a solid understanding has been established. Fluency, problem solving and reasoning work form the basis of learning in our maths lessons.

Teachers plan lessons to ensure that pupils have a fluent understanding of the maths, as well as be able to apply their knowledge and understanding through reasoning and problem solving activities. Throughout the year, we have maths mornings and celebrate maths fun day.