Maths
Maths at Warfield"Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit." - Stefan Banach (Polish mathematician)
We strive to impart a well-rounded mathematical proficiency in students - one that goes beyond rote learning to enable application and transfer of skills to real world contexts. Our mathematics curriculum aims to develop conceptual fluency, adaptive reasoning, creative problem solving, precise communicating, and curious questioning.
The rationale is that mathematics is more than formulas and mechanics - it is a lens to make sense of reality, a tool to tackle daily challenges, and a language to express abstract ideas that uplift human thought and progress. Students equipped with mathematical empowerment can think more logically, question more intelligently, reason more systematically, and contribute more inventively.
Our commitment is to inspire students' mathematical confidence and competence so they are primed for excellence in the future.
How we deliver our curriculum
Children from Reception to Year 6 follow The White Rose programme: a programme to meet the criteria for high-quality teaching of mastery in England. This is complimented with other resources such as Third Space Learning.
All of our resources follow an exciting growth mind set and problem-solving approach. All children are encouraged to believe in their ability to master maths and are empowered to succeed through curiosity and persistence, while tackling the same concepts at the same time and progressing together as a whole class. The 'small step approach' allows children to keep up not catch up.
Also, within each unit that is covered, the 'concrete - pictorial - abstract' approach to mastery maths is used.
The use of manipulatives allows children to have a tangible link to their learning.
The use of pictorial representations enables children to understand how the focus maths skills can be represented in a number of different ways - mastering the small steps to learning and ensuring the learning is not just 'discrete'.
From this process, children are then able to approach the maths in a more abstract manner but, by using their previous knowledge and skills, can apply the small steps to understanding and solving the problem.
How we support everyone to learn
We believe all children are capable of achieving to a high standard and therefore never put glass ceilings upon their learning. We understand that high-quality teaching practice is the best proven method for supporting all children to succeed.
Teachers will use resources tailored to individuals needs to support them in their learning so that they are able to achieve the same outcomes as all. Additionally, many concepts in maths are taught alongside the use of manipulatives (concrete resources) which allows children to be hands-on and to 'see' the maths that they are learning.
Curriculum Documents
Useful Links
White Rose Maths have produced videos for use at home which work alongside what your children are learning in school.
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Times Table Rockstars (TTRS) is a fantastic programme which we use to support the children's development of multiplication fluency.
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Numbots, just like TTRS, is a programme that children within Year 1 and Year 2 use to develop their fluency of number.
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Sing and learn all of your numbers at Numberblocks!
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