Mathematics

At St Paul’s C of E Primary School we believe a high quality Mathematics education not only develops basic skills but gives opportunities for reasoning, problem solving and generalising. We believe all children have the potential to reach the expected level for their year group, operating a ‘keep up, not catch up’ approach, providing children with additional high quality interventions to maintain this, if required.

Children can sometimes find Maths difficult because it is abstract. Maths is taught at St Paul’s C of E Primary using the ‘Concrete, Pictorial, Abstract’ (CPA) approach.

This approach builds on children’s knowledge by firstly introducing abstract concepts in a concrete, or practical, way, giving children the opportunity to handle physical objects – the ‘doing’ stage. The pictorial, or ‘seeing’ stage involved represents problems visually, through drawing pictures to represent the problem. When children demonstrate a good understanding of the concrete and pictorial model of a problem, the abstract, ‘symbolic’ stage is introduced. Children then begin to use of symbols, including numbers, notation and mathematical symbols (+, -, x, ÷), to represent addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

For more information about the teaching & learning of Mathematics, please contact our Maths Leader, Mrs Evans, via the School Office.

Maths Long Term Plan Information for parents re. MTC Addition and Subtraction Calculation Policy Multiplication and Division Policy

Useful Links for Parents

Please find below helpful website links that can support Mathematics learning at home:

Times Table Rock Stars

Doodle Maths