Mathematics

MATHEMATICS

Developing Confident Mathematicians

At Roscoe Primary School, we are passionate about developing confident, numerate, and inquisitive mathematicians. Our Mathematics curriculum follows the National Curriculum for Mathematics, ensuring comprehensive coverage of essential skills and knowledge across all year groups.

Click here to view the National Curriculum Programme of Study for Mathematics.

Our Mastery Approach

We are committed to a mastery approach to Mathematics, which focuses on deep understanding and sustained learning for all pupils. We achieve this by:

White Rose Maths: Utilising the high-quality White Rose Maths Scheme of Learning as our core framework.
Challenging Resources: Supplementing our teaching with challenging resources from Testbase, NCETM, and other leading providers.
Expert Teaching: Our dedicated staff possess strong subject knowledge, enabling them to deliver high-quality, inspiring lessons that cater to every pupil's needs and ensure their success. We set clear, high expectations for all, believing there is no ceiling to what any child can learn and achieve in Maths.
Collaborative Development: As part of the Northwest Three Maths Hub – Developing Mastery Workgroup, Roscoe Primary actively shares best practice with other schools and benefits from the support of mastery specialist teachers.

Children develop their mathematical skills through consistent revision, consolidation, and extension, applying their knowledge to real-life scenarios. This approach broadens their horizons, preparing them not only for further education but also for applying Maths in the wider world.

Supporting Every Learner

We believe all children should have the opportunity to achieve at the mastery level in Mathematics for their age group. To ensure this:

Staff diligently identify any barriers to learning and tailor their teaching to meet the needs of each individual child.
We use daily formative assessment and termly summative assessments, followed by termly pupil performance meetings.
Gap analysis is used to pinpoint specific learning barriers, guiding our intervention planning.
Our planning always incorporates problem-solving within all elements of Maths, fostering strong mathematical thinking skills.

Our Vision for Mathematics

By teaching Mathematics in this way, we empower our children with a powerful set of tools to understand and engage with the world. These tools include fluency, reasoning, and problem-solving, enabling our children to think critically and abstractly.

We recognise that Mathematics is essential in everyday life and are enthusiastic about promoting this importance. Our passionate staff encourage children to develop positive and enthusiastic attitudes towards the subject, boosting their confidence and enabling them to achieve.

Our ultimate aim at Roscoe Primary is to deliver a well-rounded, high-quality Maths curriculum that nurtures children to be numerate, creative, independent, inquisitive, and confident.

SUBJECT CONTENT

BY THE END OF KEY STAGE 2 PUPILS AT ROSCOE SHOULD:

NUMBER AND PLACE VALUE

Read, write, order and compare numbers up to 10 000 000 and determine the value of each digit.
Round any whole number to a degree of accuracy.
Use negative numbers in context and calculate across zero.

ADDITION, SUBTRACTION, MULTIPLICATION & DIVISION

Multiply multi-digit numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method of long multiplication.
Divide numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method of long division, and interpret remainders as whole number remainders, fractions, or by rounding, as appropriate for the context.
Divide numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit number using the formal written method of short division where appropriate, interpreting remainders according to the context.
Perform mental calculations, including with mixed operations and large numbers.
Identify common factors, common multiples and prime numbers.
Use their knowledge of the order of operations to carry out calculations involving the four operations.
Solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why.
Use estimation to check answers to calculations and determine, in the context of a problem, an appropriate degree of accuracy.
Solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

NUMBER - FRACTIONS (INCLUDING DECIMALS & PERCENTAGES)

Use common factors to simplify fractions: use common multiples to express fractions in the same denomination.
Compare and order fractions, including 1.
Add and Subtract fractions with different denominators and mixed numbers.
Multiply simple pairs of proper fractions.
Divide proper fractions by whole numbers.
Identify the value of each digit in numbers given to three decimal places and multiply and divide numbers by 10, 100 and 1000.
Multiply one-digit numbers with up to decimal places by whole numbers.
Use written division methods in cases where the answer has up to two decimal places.
Solve problems which require answers to be rounded to specified degrees of accuracy.

RATIO & PROPORTION

Solve problems involving the relative sizes of two quantities where missing values can be found by using integer multiplication and division facts.
Solve problems involving the calculation of percentages.
Solve problems involving similar shapes where the scale factor is known or can be found.
Solve problems involving unequal sharing and grouping using knowledge of fractions and multiples.

Algebra

Use simple formulae
Generate and describe linear number sequences
Express missing number problems algebraically
Find pairs of numbers that satisfy an equation with two unknowns
Enumerate possibilities of combinations of two variables

Measurement

Solve problems involving the calculation and conversion of units of measure, using decimal notation up to three decimal places where appropriate.
Use, read, write and convert between standard units, converting measurements of length, mass, volume and time from a smaller unit of measure to a larger unit, and vice versa, using decimal notation to up to three decimal places.
Convert between miles and kilometres.
Recognise that shapes with the same areas can have different perimeters and vice versa.
Recognise when it is possible to use formulae for area and volume of shapes.
Calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles.
Calculate, estimate and compare volume of cubes and cuboids using standard units, including cubic centimetres.

Geometry

Draw 2-D shapes using given dimensions and angles.
Recognise, describe and build simple 3-D shapes, including making nets.
Compare and classify geometric shapes based on their properties and sizes and find unknown angles in any triangles, quadrilaterals, and regular polygons.
Illustrate and name parts of circles, including radius, diameter and circumference and know that the diameter is twice the radius.
Recognise angles where they meet at a point, are on a straight line, or are vertically opposite, and find missing angles.