Mathematics
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Mathematics holds a special place in our curriculum at Woodford Valley, providing learners with powerful ways to describe, analyse and explore the world. Children can experience a sense of wonder as they solve a problem for the first time, discover a more efficient solution and make links between different areas of mathematics and see how it impacts on us and the world we live in.
Our curriculum follows the challenge and progression as set out in the National Curriculum. We believe in a broad and balanced mathematics curriculum that challenges every learner and promotes an attitude of curiosity about the subject. We aim to foster positive attitudes, fascination and excitement of discovery through the teaching and learning of mathematical concepts.
The aims for our children:
- To develop a ‘can do’ attitude and perceive themselves as mathematicians
- To grow in understanding of number, logic and spatial relationships, and learn to apply this knowledge in predicting, checking and solving real life everyday problems
- To work, both mentally and when using informal and formal pencil and paper methods, with a range of strategies
- To explain their ideas and methods to peers and adults alike, both in words and in a written form
- To understand their strengths within the subject and choose appropriate challenges
- To provide a nurturing and supportive environment in which children are able take risks in their learning and tackle challenges with increasing confidence and independence
- For our children to use and understand mathematical language and recognise its importance as a language for communication and thinking
Mathematics makes a significant contribution to modern society; the basic skills of mathematics are vital for the life opportunities of our children, critical to a future of science, technology and engineering. It is necessary for financial literacy and most forms of employment as well as developing the mind and those highly valued cognitive skills. Learners at Woodford Valley Primary Academy study mathematics to become independent thinkers who are able to question and contribute to the world around them. We want to equip them to be people who persevere, feel confident and feel able to tackle the inevitable problems they may encounter.
Click on these links for each year’s termly plan for Maths:
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END OF YEAR EXPECTATIONS
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
Maths Updates from Mr. Reavill (Subject Leader):
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MATHS BADGES
We are thrilled to announce the re-launch of our Number Bond and Multiplication badges. Our maths governor has very kindly offered her time to help children achieve them – find a teacher during the week, or Mrs Knight on the playground on a Monday or Tuesday, if you’d like to take up the challenge! Good luck!
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MATHS WEEK 2017
Our whole school focus this year was fractions, so our Maths Week was an opportunity for the whole school to practise and deepen our fractions understanding. Mrs Reavill held ‘Fractions Workshops’ for each class, where children explored fractions through different activities; the younger children particularly enjoyed following fraction recipes to create their own pizzas! KS2 chidlren impressed with their fractions reasoning – lots of explanation as to ‘how they knew’ the answers.
Children also took part in a fractions trail around the playground at play times and prizes were handed out in assembly for the winners of our fractions challenges which children did at home. Well done and thank you to all who took part.
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Woodford Maths makes the Salisbury Journal!
Please click here the full article.
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MATHS WEEK 2016
This week was spent honing our problem solving skills, which was our whole school focus this year. We welcomed in the ‘Happy Puzzle Company’ who ran class workshops including lots of interactive problem solving puzzles.
Parents and families were invited to the family session after school too, where lots of families worked together and enjoyed testing their problem solving skills!
We set up a KS1 and KS2 maths trail around the playground which children enjoyed trying out at playtimes. It was lovely to see the KS2 children helping their KS1 buddies out – well done!
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REAL LIFE PROBLEM SOLVING! January 2016
A few of our Year 5s had the opportunity to solve some real life problems at the Diocesan Centre with some of our friends from Holy Trinity School – they had to put together a budget for potential work to the floors! Well done boys, it was tricky but you got there in the end! (See photo below of my maths stars!)
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BOOK WEEK MATHS – November 2015
To launch our new problem solving maths board, I set the children some Roald Dahl inspired challenges. Lots of fantastic mathematicians took part and some even won prizes for their problem solving skills.
