Maths

Our aim in mathematics is that each child leaves Danegrove with the skills to meet the demands of everyday life in the modern world. We want all children to use and apply their mathematical skills confidently, use mathematical language effectively and to be fluent mathematical thinkers. We will achieve this by maximising speaking and listening opportunities, by giving the children time to investigate and by providing problem-solving situations. 

Our provision in EYFS ensures that early maths is both taught daily, and forms part of both the inside and outside continuous provision, establishing maths as an essential part of a child's learning from the start.  As children move into year 1 they will continue to access maths via a continuous provision, alongside taught lessons, that further develop their mathematical understanding and problem solving skills.  

Maths from years two to six is predominantly taught using White Rose Primary Maths.  White Rose is designed to instil a deeper understanding of mathematical concepts within both KS1 and KS2, including times tables, the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division), basic decimals and fractions, percentages, number system use and space and measure.

The school follows the concrete, pictorial, abstract (CPA) approach to teaching maths, which is a system of learning that uses physical and visual aids to help develop a child's understanding of abstract topics. 

Pupils are introduced to a new mathematical concept through the use of concrete resources (e.g. fruit, Dienes blocks etc). When they are comfortable solving problems with physical aids, they are given problems with pictures – usually pictorial representations of the concrete objects they were using. Then they are asked to solve problems where they only have the abstract i.e. numbers or other symbols.

Building these steps across a lesson can help pupils better understand the relationship between numbers and the real world, and therefore helps secure their understanding of the mathematical concept they are learning.