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Welcome to Maths

Why do we learn maths?
Our approach
Reception
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6

Why do we learn maths?

At Ark Conway our reality is that all pupils leave Primary school with a rich understanding of Mathematics. The skills taught are mastered and built upon year on year to ensure that all children exude a confidence and a passion for Maths. We identify that Maths has a much wider impact on our children’s lives than just school and we use maths as a vehicle to create critical thinkers who can contribute to their communities and wider societies.

Our approach

Mathematics at Ark Conway is planned and taught using ‘Mathematics Mastery’. Teachers are carefully trained and developed in order to provide the highest quality Maths education to their students. Mastering skills is the foundation of our Mathematical success at Ark Conway and the children are provided with the experiences that allow them to deeply understand mathematical concepts rather than learning shortcuts or procedures. Once the children have demonstrated this core understanding they are immersed in the abstract representations that allow them be fluent in the Maths skills required to unlock and use problem solving skills in Maths lessons and real life contexts. Children demonstrate their understanding of what has been taught through high levels or Oracy skills. Full sentences and technical vocabulary are a standout feature of Maths at Conway. 

Our delivery of Maths content is supplemented by every day with Maths meetings and Arithmetic sessions. Maths meetings allow us to revisit previously taught objectives from the current year and previous year groups. We remember our prior learning though songs, chants and games to make sure our foundational knowledge of Mathematics stays strong. Arithmetic sessions allow our children to have the confidence of being fluent with numbers and operations. It allows them to access higher order thinking skills and spend more time problem solving and thinking conceptually during their Maths lessons.

Reception

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

This term, we will be developing our early mathematical understanding and understanding of patterns. We will be learning to: 

Sort different objects into groups 


Match equal sets to one another 


Compare objects according to size 


Order objects according to length 
and size. 


Recognising, copying, and creating 
patterns. 


Exploring the numbers one, two 
and three

This term we will be focusing on Shape, Space Measure and Time. We will be learning to:

Estimate, order compare, discuss and explore capacity, weight and lengths

Describe and sort 2D shapes using the words side, edge vertex and vertices.

Describe and sort 3D shapes using the words side, edge vertex and vertices.

Find describe and sort 2D and 3D shapes in the ‘real world’.

Describe the position of things accurately using the correct preposition (in, under, on, behind etc.)

Learn the days of the week and months of the year in order.

Spring 1 Spring 2

This term, we will be learning to:

Count up to ten objects reliably

Recognise up to ten objects reliably

Explore one more and one fewer within ten

Place numbers within ten in order

Apply knowledge of numbers to solve
mathematical problems

Use key vocabulary associated with ordinal
numbers 1st to 10th

In our Calendar and Time unit, we will be:

Exploring and discussing time and the seasons

Using everyday language to talk about and sequence daily events

Using ordinal language when sequencing events and measure short periods of time

This term, we will be learning to:

Count in equal groups and add them together.

Count in groups to find a total.

Explore grouping objects in tens.

Explore sharing objects into two equal
groups

Solve practical problems using sharing
and grouping.
In the ‘Number Patterns to 15’ unit, we will be:

Counting up to 15 objects and ordering them

Applying knowledge of one more or one fewer to answer problems.

Summer 1 Summer 2
 

 

All Reception subjects Next Reception Subject - English

Year 1

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

We will be developing ability to Represent and compare numbers within 10 with a focus on doubling, halving and knowledge of odd and even numbers. We build on this knowledge when we represent and explain addition and subtraction showing a deeper understanding of commutativity addition and subtraction facts. 

Our next topic will be exploring 2-D and 3-D shapes. We will be able to Identify, describe, sort and classify shapes. Moving on to investigating patterns and positional language. 

We will be developing ability to confidently identify, represent, compare and order numbers to 20. After we have improved our number sense of numbers within 20 we will then move onto building efficient strategies to add and subtract, including make ten and known facts.

Spring 1 Spring 2

We will be developing our understanding of time. By the end of the unit, we will be able to read, write and tell the time to o’clock and half past on analogue clock, sequence daily activities and understand how whole and half turns are linked to time.

Our next topic will be exploring calculation strategies within 20. We will be working towards everyone confidently being able to model, explain and choose efficient addition and subtraction strategies.

We will be developing our understanding of different strategies for addition and subtraction. By the end of the unit, we will be able to represent, sequence, explore, compare 2 digit numbers and apply ‘Make Ten’ strategy.

Our next topic will be the students first introduction to fractions where we will identify halves, quarters in shapes and quantities.

Summer 1 Summer 2

We will be developing our understanding of number to 50 and beyond. By the end of the unit, we will be able to identity numbers that are one or ten more and fewer and identify number patterns.

Our next topic will explore addition and subtraction involving 2-digit numbers and regrouping. Also, we will continue to practise our number bonds within 20.

We will be developing our understanding of money. By the end of the unit, we will be able to name the coins and notes. We will demonstrate our understanding of their value by being able to represent the same value using different coins. Finally, will be applying our knowledge of difference to find change.

Our next topic will be introducing the concept of multiplication and division. Then we will move onto our final topic of capacity and volume.

All Year 1 subjects Next Year 1 Subject - English

Year 2

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Numbers within 100

Read, write, represent, partition, compare and order numbers within 100

Explore patterns including odds and evens, tens and ones

Addition and subtraction of 2-digit numbers

Apply number bonds to add and subtract

Represent and explain addition and subtraction of two 2-digit numbers

Add three 1-digit numbers

Addition and subtraction word problems

Introduction to bar models as a representation

Create, label and sketch bar models to represent and solve word problems

Measures and lengths

Choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure length/height in any direction (m/cm) to the nearest appropriate unit, using rulers and scales

Compare and order length and record the results using >, < and =

Apply knowledge of numbers to 100 to read scales to the nearest appropriate standard unit in the context of length (m/cm)

Graphs

Interpret and construct simple pictograms, tally charts, block diagrams and simple tables

Ask and answer simple questions by counting the number of objects in each category and sorting the categories by quantity

Ask and answer questions about totalling and comparing categorical data

Multiplication and Division (2, 5 and 10)

Calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division and write them using the multiplication (×), division (÷) and equals (=) signs

Solve problems involving multiplication and division, using materials, arrays, repeated addition, mental methods, and multiplication and division facts, including problems in contexts

Show that multiplication of two numbers can be done in any order (commutative) and division of one number by another cannot

Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables, including recognising odd and even numbers

Spring 1 Spring 2

Multiplication and Division (2, 5 and 10)

Show that multiplication of two numbers can be done in any order (commutative) and division of one number by another cannot

Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables, including recognising odd and even numbers

Time

Tell the time on an analogue clock: quarter past, quarter to and five-minute intervals

Calculate durations of time in minutes and seconds

Sequence daily events

Minutes in an hour and hours in a day

Fractions

Explore part-whole relationships

Fractions as part of a whole or a whole set

Relating fractions to division

Equivalent fractions

Addition and subtraction of 2-digit numbers

Illustrate, represent and explain addition and subtraction involving regrouping including ‘Make Ten’, ‘Round and adjust’ and near doubles strategies

Addition and subtraction of 2-digit numbers

Illustrate, represent and explain addition and subtraction involving regrouping including ‘Make Ten’, ‘Round and adjust’ and near doubles strategies

Money

Recognise coins and notes

Use £ and p correctly

Add and subtract amounts

Calculate change

Faces, Shapes and Patterns; Lines and Turns

Explore, sort and describe 2D shapes

Lines of symmetry in 2D shapes

Identify 2D shapes on 3D shapes

Compare and sort 2D and 3D shapes

Use language to describe position, direction, and rotation to follow a route

Summer 1 Summer 2

Faces, Shapes and Patterns; Lines and Turns

Explore, sort and describe 2D shapes

Lines of symmetry in 2D shapes

Identify 2D shapes on 3D shapes

Compare and sort 2D and 3D shapes

Use language to describe position, direction, and rotation to follow a route

Numbers within 1000

Represent numbers in different ways

Compare numbers using symbols

Read scales of different increments

Measures: Capacity, volume and mass

Read and measure temperature

Estimate, measure and understand litres and millilitres

Compare and order capacities

Weigh and compare masses in grams and kilograms

Faces, Shapes and Patterns; Lines and Turns

Compare and sort 2D and 3D shapes

Use language to describe position, direction, and rotation  to follow a route

Numbers within 1000

Represent numbers in different ways

Compare numbers using symbols

Read scales of different increments

Measures: Capacity, volume and mass

Estimate, measure and understand litres and millilitres through practical work

Weigh and compare masses in grams and kilograms

Exploring Calculation Strategies

Apply addition and subtraction strategies to solve equations

Illustrate and explain addition and subtraction using the column method

All Year 2 subjects Next Year 2 Subject - English

Year 3

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Read, write, order and compare
numbers to 100

Calculate mentally using known facts,
round and adjust, near doubles, adding on to find the difference

Derive new facts from a known fact

Read, write, represent, partition, order
and compare 3-digit numbers

Find 10 and 100 more or less

Round to the nearest multiple of 10 and 100

Collect, interpret and present data using charts and tables.

Addition and Subtraction

Add and subtract numbers mentally, including: a three-digit number and ones; a three-digit number and tens; a three-digit number and hundreds

Add and subtract numbers with up to three digits, using formal written methods of columnar addition and subtraction

Estimate the answer to a calculation and use inverse operations to check answers

Solve problems, including missing number problems, using number facts, place value, and more complex addition and subtraction

Length and Perimeter

Measure, compare, add and subtract: lengths (m/cm/mm)

Solve problems, including missing number problems, using number facts, place value, and more complex addition and subtraction measure the perimeter of simple 2-d shapes

Continue to measure using the appropriate tools and units, progressing to using a wider range of measure

Spring 1 Spring 2

Multiplication and Division

Multiplication and division facts for 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10

Multiplicative structures: equal groups/parts, change and comparison, correspondence problems

Relationships: commutativity and inverse between multiplication and division

Multiply and divide by 10 and 100

Multiply a 2-digit number by 2, 3, 4, 5 and corresponding division situations

Divide 2-digit numbers by a 1-digit numbers

Time

Tell, record, write and order the time analogue and digital

12-hour, a.m., p.m.

Measure, calculate and compare durations

Fractions

Part-whole relationships

Fractions as part of a whole or a whole set and as a number

Add, subtract, compare and order fractions

Summer 1 Summer 2

Multiplication and division facts for 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10

Multiplicative structures: equal groups/parts, change and comparison, correspondence problems

Relationships: commutativity and inverse

Multiply and divide by 10 and 100

Multiply a 2-digit number by 2, 3, 4, 5 and
corresponding division situations

Divide 2-digit by a 1-digit

This term in Maths, we will begin by securing our knowledge of multiplication and division.

We will be looking at the following;

The links between multiplication and division

Solving problems involving the 6 and 8 multiplication tables

Multiplying 2-digit numbers by 6 and 8

After this topic, we will be moving on
to exploring calculation strategies and place value.

In this unit, we will:

Apply mental strategies for addition and subtraction

Apply mental strategies for multiplication and division

Explore 4-digit numbers

All Year 3 subjects Next Year 3 Subject - English

Year 4

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Reasoning with 4-digit numbers

Understand place-value up to the thousands

10, 100, or 1000 more or less

Rounding numbers

Addition and subtraction

Derive addition and subtraction facts

Choose an appropriate strategy for calculation

Column addition/subtraction for 4-digit numbers

Multiplication and Division

Deriving multiplication and division facts

Exploring short multiplication

Exploring mental division

Exploring short division

Multiplication Check

While the Year 4 Multiplication Check will not take place until the summer term, Year 4 will begin to prepare for this in class. In our Maths Meetings, we will continue rolling our numbers (up to the 12 times table) and will be testing our partners at different times in the day to build fluency of our times tables recall. At home, children can be introduced to the mathsframe website to improve their times tables. Search ‘mathsframe multiplication check’ to find this.

Multiplication and Division

Explore distributive property including multiplying by two-digit numbers and multiplying three 1-digit numbers.

Use mental multiplication and division strategies using place-value and known and derived facts

Use written, short multiplication and division methods

Represent word problems through multiplication calculations and solve these using written and mental methods

Discrete and Continuous Data

Read, interpret, and construct pictograms, bar charts, and time graphs

Compare tables, pictograms, and bar charts

Securing Multiplication Facts

Identify and explore patterns in multiplication tables including 7 and 9

Spring 1 Spring 2

Fractions

Recognise mixed numbers, improper fractions, and
convert these to one another

Add and subtract fractions with the same
denominator – with answers both less than and
greater than one

Solve problems involving both unit and non-unit
fractions

Solve multi-step problems by comparing non-unit
fractions

Time

Read analogue and digital clocks and use this to convert times from the 12- to the 24-hour clock

Convert hours/minutes/seconds and years/months/weeks/days and apply this to time- related problems

Decimals

Recognise and write decimal equivalent to any number of tenths

Compare numbers with one decimal place

Round decimals to the nearest whole number and
problem solve with this skill

Derive number bonds for numbers with one decimal place and use this to mentally add them together.

Decimals

Recognise and write decimal equivalent to any
number of tenths

Compare numbers with one decimal place

Round decimals to the nearest whole number and
problem solve with this skill

Derive number bonds for numbers with one
decimal place and use this to mentally add

Area and Perimeter

Explore the perimeter of rectangles in both centimetres and metres

Find the perimeter of composite rectilinear shapes

Understand area as a measure of surface using
square units

Calculate the area of a rectangle in square
centimetres and metres

Solving measure and money problems

Choose and use appropriate units of measure

Converting between different units of measure,
including length, mass, and capacity

Apply knowledge of units of measure to plan and
solve different multi-step problems

Summer 1 Summer 2

Solving measure and money problems

Explore units of measure and use these
appropriately

Covert between different units of measure

Apply knowledge of units to solve time, weight,
length, and mass problems

Apply knowledge of money to solve problems

Shape and symmetry

Develop understanding of acute, obtuse, and right
angles

Develop understanding of 2D shapes and classify
these as quadrilateral, equilateral, isosceles, and
scalene

Reason about symmetry and patterns of symmetry Multiplication Check

While the Year 4 Multiplication Check will not take place until the second half-term in summer, Year 4 will be continuing their preparations for this in class. Each morning, we will complete times tables practice on laptops in the classroom (up to the 12 times table); we will be testing our partners at different times in the day to ensure fluency of our times tables recall. At home, children can be using the mathsframe website to improve their times tables and reach the goal of answering 25 questions correctly in under 6 seconds for each question.

 

All Year 4 subjects Next Year 4 Subject - English

Year 5

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Pupils will practise reading, writing, ordering, and rounding numbers up to one million.

Pupils will develop their understanding of
Roman numerals up to M (1000).

We will investigate a range of mental and
written strategies to add and subtract integers and practise selecting the most efficient.

Pupils will look at line graphs, developing the skills needed to complete, read and interpret this data.

Multiplication and division

 

identify multiples and factors

recognise and use square numbers and the
notation for squared (2)

know and use the vocabulary of prime numbers,
prime factors and composite (non-prime)
numbers

solve problems involving multiplication and
division by using known facts

multiply numbers up to 4 digits by a one- or two-
digit number using a formal written method

divide numbers up to 4 digits by a one-digit
number using the formal written method

Perimeter and Area

calculate the perimeter of composite rectilinear shapes in centimetres and metres

calculate and compare the area of rectangles and estimate the area of non-rectilinear shapes

Spring 1 Spring 2

Fractions and decimals

Represent, read, write, order and compare fractions (including improper and minumbers)

Identify, name and write equivalent fractions

Calculate fractions of amounts

Read, write, order and compare decimals

Round decimals to the nearest whole number

Angles

Classify, compare and order angles

Measure and draw angles with a protractor

Understand and use angle facts to calculate
missing angles

Fractions and percentages

Add and subtract fractions with denominators that are multiples of the same number

Multiply fractions (and mixed numbers) by a whole number

Explore percentage, decimal, fraction equivalence

Transformations

Coordinates in all four quadrants

Translation and reflection

Calculation intervals across zero as a context
for negative numbers

Summer 1 Summer 2

Converting units of measure

Convert between metric units of length, mass,
and capacity and units of time

Know and use approximate conversion
between imperial and metric

Calculating with whole numbers and decimals

Mental strategies to add and subtract involving
decimals

Formal written strategies to add, subtract, and
multiply involving decimals

Multiply by 10, 100, and 1000 involving decimals

Derive multiplication facts involving decimals

2-D and 3-D shape

Classify 2-D shapes and reason about
regular and irregular polygons

Classify 3-D shapes and make 2-D
representations of them Volume

Use cube numbers and notation

Estimate and convert units of volume

Problem solving

Negative numbers and calculating
intervals across zero

Investigating numbers: consecutive,
palindromic, multiples

All Year 5 subjects Next Year 5 Subject - English

Year 6

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Integers and Decimals

Represent, read, write, order and compare numbers up to 10,000,000

Round numbers, make estimates and use this to solve problems in context

Solve multistep problems involving additions and subtraction

Multiplication and Division

Multiply larger integers and decimal numbers

Divide integers by one digit, and two digit numbers

Illustrate and explain, formal, multiplication and division strategies

All pupils will complete a weekly arithmetic quiz

Multiplication and division

Divide integers, buy one and two digit numbers,

Illustrate and explain, formal, multiplication and division strategies

Calculation problems

Understand the use of brackets

Use order of operations to solve calculations

Generate and describe, linear sequences

Fractions

Deepen understanding of equivalents

Order, simplify and compare fractions

Finding decimal quotient using short division

Add and subtract fractions

Spring 1 Spring 2

Fractions

Represents multiplication involving fractions

Multiply two proper fractions

Divide a fraction by an integer

Decimals and measure

Use, read, write, and convert between standard units of measures: length, mass, time, money, volume and imperial units.

Calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles.

Calculate, estimate and compare the volume of cuboids.

Missing angles and length

Compare and classify a range of geometric shapes.

Use angle facts to find unknown angles.

Percentages and statistics

Calculate and compare percentages of amounts, connected with fractions.

Calculate the mean

Construct, interpret and compare line graphs and pie charts,

Coordinates and shape

Describe, draw, translate and reflect shapes on a coordinate plane

Recognise and construct 3-D shapes

Name and illustrate parts of a circle.

Proportion problems

Use fractions to express proportion.

Identify ratio as a relationship between quantities and as a scale factor

Unequal sharing involving ratio

Summer 1 Summer 2
 

We will be consolidating many of our Year 5 and 6 maths topics as well as extending into some Year 7 work, through group project work and individual tasks.

For example, pupils will be given a brief to design a Theme Park, they must then consider the building costs, running costs, profit margins and overall expenditure – all staying within the original budget!

This is a great way to apply all their mathematical skills into a real-life example whilst challenging their mathematical thinking and business knowledge.

All Year 6 subjects Next Year 6 Subject - English

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