Mathematics 

Intent

Mathematics is important in everyday life and this will continue to be the case long after our pupils leave Coppettswood Primary School.  A high-quality mathematics education therefore provides a foundation for understanding the world, the ability to reason mathematically, an appreciation of the beauty and power of mathematics, and a sense of enjoyment and curiosity about the subject.

With this in mind, we approach maths as an opportunity to solve problems, to reason, and to think with increasing levels of logic and accuracy. Pupils take on the role of questioners and explorers. They learn to work practically and systematically; to understand new concepts in a concrete way. Moving from the concrete to pictorial means that, as children arrive at more abstract work, their understanding and learning is embedded in a way that is secure and can be built on. It is our aim to support children in seeing links between maths and other areas of the curriculum as much as possible.

Our goal is for all pupils to:

• become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics so that they develop conceptual understanding and the ability to recall and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately.
• be able to solve problems by applying their mathematics to a variety of problems with increasing sophistication, including in unfamiliar contexts and to model real-life scenarios
• reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry and develop and present a justification, argument or proof using mathematical language.
• have an appreciation of number and number operations, which enables mental calculations and written procedures to be performed efficiently, fluently and accurately to be successful in mathematics.

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