Maths Curriculum
Mathematics lessons at Booker Hill cover a wide variety of topics in accordance with the National Curriculum. These include: number and place value, arithmetic using all four operations, fractions, decimals and percentages, measures, geometry, statistics and algebra. Through these topics, pupils will develop skills in using and applying number; the number system and solving problems.
At Booker Hill we have adopted the White Rose Maths scheme to guide our planning. The scheme provides us with long term overviews, short term plans for each year group and ideas for daily lessons.
The scheme structures the learning so that we are able to ensure that we are covering all of the areas, skills and objectives from the Curriculum 14 guidance.
We continue to place a great deal of emphasis on developing pupils ability to use and apply their skills and knowledge so that they develop confidence and are able to transfer their learning into every day situations.
Number, or arithmetic, is a key component of this. Public perceptions of arithmetic often relate to the ability to calculate quickly and accurately – to add, subtract, multiply and divide, both mentally and using traditional written methods. But arithmetic taught well gives children so much more than this. Understanding about number, its structures and relationships, underpins progression from counting in nursery rhymes to calculating with and reasoning about numbers of all sizes, to working with measures, and establishing the foundations for algebraic thinking. These grow into the skills so valued by the world of industry and higher education, and are the best starting points for equipping children for their future lives.
