Intent

At Lambton, we aim to equip pupils with the tools to understand maths and the importance is has in our daily lives.

These tools include reasoning, problem solving and the ability to think in abstract ways. Mathematics is integral to all aspects of life; with this in mind, we strive to ensure that our children develop a healthy and enthusiastic attitude towards mathematics that will stay with them and support them in the next stage of their education and beyond.

At each stage of learning, children are actively supported to reach their full potential as mathematicians. We aim to ensure children are fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, including through varied and frequent practice with increasingly complex problems over time, so that pupils develop conceptual understanding and the ability to recall and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately.

Implementation

All teachers follow a long-term plan, which is following a termly overview plan. Teachers are encouraged to design lessons using a range of resources, including but not limited to the White Rose Maths Scheme Small Steps.

A typical maths lesson provides the opportunity for all children regardless of their ability to become confident and capable learners. We are committed to building on prior learning and enabling our children to demonstrate a deep conceptual understanding of each topic that they can develop over time. 

Basic maths skills are taught daily, focussing on key mathematical skills including subitising, place value, counting, fact recall and calculation. Children are encouraged to develop fluency in their recall of key facts, and a whole-school approach to the teaching of calculation strategies is deployed across the school. 

Reasoning and problem-solving skills are explicitly taught to enable children to become independent learners who are prepared to take risks. 

Additional time is allocated to arithmetic to ensure key skills in calculation are retained. The teaching of multiplication facts continues to be a focus; the applications of these skills are essential for accessing other areas of mathematics.

Class teachers provide high quality maths lessons ensuring that there is emphasis on direct whole-class teaching, groups/partner work and independent work. We use a range of approaches: concrete, pictorial and abstract methods, and teaching mathematical concepts through small steps. 

Staff are expected to teach and model correct mathematical language, which scaffolds children’s reasoning and explanation skills – sentence stems and explicit use of key vocabulary are used to develop this. 

A range of resources are used to challenge all children and give them the opportunity to reason with their understanding.

Interventions are used to build on skills taught previously to reinforce learning as well as to provide preparation for upcoming lessons.

  Impact  

As a result of our Maths teaching at Lambton you will see

• Engaged children who are all challenged and enjoy maths
• Confident children who can all talk about Maths and their learning
• Curious children who are brave when taking on challenges
• That mistakes are celebrated as used a tool to progress learning further
• Lessons that use a variety of resources to support learning
• Different representations of mathematical concepts
• Learning that is tracked and monitored to ensure all children make good progress
• Collaborative teachers who work together to ensure the needs of every child are met