Welcome to Maths

Subject Leader: Mr Nalton

Subject Governor: Paul Carron

At St Mary’s we use a Mastery approach to teaching maths.

This is a research driven teaching and learning method that meets the goals of the National Curriculum.

What does it mean in practice? In summary a mastery approach…

• Puts numbers first: Numbers are at the heart, because confidence with numbers is the first step to competency in the curriculum as a whole.
• Puts depth before breadth: we reinforce knowledge again and again.
• Encourages collaboration: children can progress through the schemes as a group, supporting each other as they learn.
• Focuses on fluency, reasoning and problem solving: it gives children the skills they need to become competent mathematicians

At St Mary’s we love to apply our Maths skills through Investigative Maths lessons. Here are a few pictures from some engaging Maths lessons.