Maths
We follow the ‘White Rose Maths Mastery’ (WRM) approach in Reception with an emphasis on studying key skills of number, calculation and shape so that pupils develop deep understanding and the acquisition of mathematical language. We supplement the WRM scheme with daily whole class fluency sessions supported by ‘NCETM Mastering Number’. Pupils learn through regular opportunities to play with and explore maths resources in independent learning, through games and through teacher led whole class and small group activities using concrete manipulatives. These collaborative and practical mathematical experiences are carefully designed to help pupils remember the content they have been taught and to support them with integrating their new knowledge across the breadth of their experiences and into larger concepts. Teaching mathematics in such a practical way supports our children to become logical problem solvers that can demonstrate resilience and justification when learning. This approach to teaching Maths ensures children gain progressive mathematical knowledge and skills as they continue their journey through KS1.
In partnership with yourselves, we will help your child to:
Number and Numerical Patterns
- Reliably count objects, actions and sounds
- Subitise (recognise small quantities without counting)
- Develop a deep understanding of the composition of numbers to 10
- Count beyond twenty
- Compare numbers (greater than, less than, equal to)
- Have an understanding of ‘one more than/one less than’ given numbers
- Recall number bonds for numbers to 5, and explore number bonds to 10,
- Explore number patterns, including odds and evens and double facts
Shape, Space and Measures
- Select, rotate and manipulate shapes in order to develop spatial reasoning skills
- Compose and decompose shapes, so that children recognise a shape can have other shapes within it, just as numbers can
- Continue, copy and create repeating patterns
- Compare length, weight and capacity