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Mathematics

      “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able

     to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Aristotle

 

 

At St Mary's, we use Power Maths resources throughout the school from Reception to Year 6. Mathematics is all about critical thinking. Power Maths uses a Maths Mastery approach and creates consistency, ensuring each child builds secure foundations, allowing them to progressively construct and extend their mathematical understanding as they move through the school.  Every lesson is divided into sections that involve and encourage discovery, sharing, collaboration, practice and reflection. Children are encouraged to solve problems each day through the use of concrete resources, pictorial representations and abstract thinking. 

Power Maths is written specifically for UK curriculum classrooms by leading mastery experts from around the world and recommended by the UK’s Department for Education.

 

 

 

Journaling 

 

What is journaling?  Maybe your child has talked about ‘journaling’ or you may have noticed your child drawing Maths for fun.  Journaling is an integral part of each Maths lessons and is an opportunity for each child to independently explore and record their own learning and understanding of Maths for that day.  This may range from ‘How many ways can I show the number 7?’ in Year 1 to ‘Which method works best for me when solving this problem?’ in Year 6.

 

Journaling allows each child to create their own links between the practical resources we use in class and the abstract representations of mathematical concepts.  Encouraging children to visualise and draw their own understanding is essential, as well as developing their use of mathematical vocabulary when reasoning and explaining their understanding.

 

 

 

An Introduction to Power Maths

Key instant Recall Facts (KIRFS) are designed to support the development of the mental skills and key knowledge that underpin much of the maths work here at St Mary's. Each half term, the children will focus on a new area of KIRF. These will be taught in school, but also need to be practised at home as well. 

We believe it is important that the children know these facts thoroughly and can recall them instantly. The KIRFs are designed to be a set of facts that need to be learnt thoroughly. The key facts are built upon each year, so that every year is essential. Our ambition is that every child will know their KIRFs with instant recall.

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