Mathematics is important in ever day life. With this in mind we endeavour to ensure that children at Emerson Valley School develop a healthy and enthusiastic attitude towards mathematics that will stay with them.
At Emerson Valley School we aim to provide the children with a mathematics curriculum which will produce individuals who are numerate, creative, independent, inquisitive, enquiring and confident. We also aim to provide a stimulating environment with a range of resources so that pupils can develop their mathematical skills to their full potential. All classes follow the Primary Framework for Mathematics.
Our pupils should:
- Have a sense of the size of a number and where it fits into the number system
- Know by heart number facts such as number bonds, multiplication tables, doubles and halves
- Use what they know by heart to figure out problems mentally
- Calculate accurately and efficiently, both mentally, in jottings and on paper, by drawing on and applying a range of calculation strategies
- Recognise when it is appropriate to use a calculator and to know how to do so effectively
- Know how to make sense of number problems, including non-routine problems, and recognise the operations needed to solve them
- Know how to explain their methods and reasoning, using correct mathematical terms
- Be able to judge whether their answers are reasonable and have strategies for checking where necessary
- Understand and suggest suitable units for measuring and know how to make sensible estimates of measurements
- Be able to explain and make predictions from the numbers in graphs, diagrams, charts and tables
- Develop spatial awareness and an understanding of the properties of 2D and 3D shapes
We aim to produce mathematicians who:
- Can solve problems where they need to identify the calculations required and carry these out correctly
- Interpret and check their results in the context of the original problem they were seeking to solve
- Recall number facts and manipulate numbers confidently
- Explain their strategies and methods
- Estimate confidently and judge the reasonableness of their solutions
- Check their methods and answers
- Use calculators and ICT efficiently
- Use and make sense of information presented in tables, charts, diagrams and graphs
- Collect data, represent data pictorially and graphically, analyse data and make predictions
- Use the approaches they have been taught in mathematics to different subjects across the curriculum
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