Welcome to our Mathematics Page!
At St. Francis’, we love Maths and we use as many cross-curricular opportunities as possible to foster a love and curiosity about Maths. We follow the White Rose Maths Scheme, adapting it to the needs of our children.
WHITE ROSE MATHS RESOURCES
Below are links to free workbooks, support guides and support videos all free, all linked to the work we do in school with your child. White Rose is a leading supportive curriculum programme for mastery that we use at St. Francis'. Please use the resources on here and on the White Rose website (see links below) to help support your child excel in maths.
FREE PARENT WORKBOOKS FROM WHITE ROSE MATHS
FREE White Rose Maths e-workbooks for Amazon Kindle
Scheme of Learning Advice and Guidance
WHITE ROSE MATHS SERIES
TO SUPPORT PARENTS UNDERSTANDING MATHS
Maths with Michael (mini series)
White Rose Maths have teamed up with TV presenter, teacher and parent Michael Underwood to bring you a mini-series called Maths with Michael. We understand that many parents feel like maths has changed and can sometimes find it difficult to keep up to date with modern teaching methods in maths. Well don’t worry, we’re here to help. With over 80% of Primary schools and a growing number of Secondary schools using our free schemes of learning, supporting resources and assessments, we can help you bridge the gap between school and home.
Episodes will give you an introduction to place value, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions and algebra. If popular and useful for parents and carers we may delve deeper into one of these topics in another mini-series. Now sit back and enjoy! See the supportive posters below
Maths with Michael videos for parents
Maths Support Parents
Aims
The national curriculum for mathematics aims to ensure that all pupils:
- Become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, including through varied and frequent practice with increasingly complex problems over time, so that pupils develop conceptual understanding and the ability to recall and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately.
- Reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry, conjecturing relationships and generalisations, and developing an argument, justification or proof using mathematical language.
- Can solve problems by applying their mathematics to a variety of routine and non-routine problems with increasing sophistication, including breaking down problems into a series of simpler steps and persevering in seeking solutions.
Mathematics is a creative and highly interconnected discipline that has been developed over centuries, solving some of history’s most intriguing problems. It is essential to everyday life, critical to science, technology, and engineering, and necessary for financial literacy and most forms of employment.
At St. Francis, a high-quality mathematics education provides pupils with:
- A foundation for understanding the world and applying maths in meaningful, real-life contexts.
- The ability to reason mathematically, explore ideas, and communicate using precise language.
- An appreciation of the beauty, power, and creativity of mathematics, fostering enjoyment and curiosity.
Mathematics is an interconnected subject. Pupils learn to move fluently between Concrete, Pictorial, and Abstract representations, making rich connections across ideas to develop number sense, fluency, reasoning, and problem-solving skills.
Our approach ensures that:
- The route to mastery is accessible to all, with progression based on secure understanding.
- Pupils who grasp concepts rapidly deepen their learning through rich and sophisticated problems, not acceleration.
- Those needing more time consolidate understanding through additional practice and support.
Maths in the real world
Investigating numbers – The number Six
What does six mean? We have been looking at numbers in class then took our learning outside. The children were Number Detectives and looked all around our environment for the number six. They found it everywhere!
Counting to ten and beyond
The children are given opportunities to collect interesting things to count. Here, we had an abundance of conkers. The children collected them together, then set them out in groups of ten to count.
3D Shapes
When you have such a beautiful environment surrounding us, the lessons naturally lead us outdoors.
The children have been looking at 2D and 3D shapes. Using a pile of wind fallen branches, they were challenged to create 3D shapes as accurately as possible.
We embrace active learning at St. Francis’ and use every opportunity to develop cross-curricular learning.
