Mathematics at St George's School
Key Concepts taught through our mathematics curriculum
Our mathematics curriculum at St George's School has been designed and sequenced so that the children build upon their knowledge through key concepts that are taught throughout the mathematics curriculum from EYFS to Year 6.
Our key concepts are as follows:
- Number and Place Value
- Addition and Subtraction
- Multiplication and Division
- Fractions, Percentages and Decimals
- Geometry
- Statistics
- Measure
- Algebra
Our Maths Ethos
At St George's School, our aim is to inspire an intrinsic love of maths in our children. We value the importance of developing a range of mathematical skills including reasoning; problem solving and mental arithmetic.
Our problem solving and sophisticated questioning across the school encourages our children to make connections between different mathematical concepts and explain their reasoning behind problems that they face. We value the importance of challenge and encourage our children to challenge their own abilities to continually improve and build on their existing knowledge.
We provide our children with a wealth of learning equipment to support their visual understanding in lessons.
Times Table Rockstars
Log in to compete against yourself, your peers and across the school to beat your time!
Your teacher will be able to give you your username and password.
You can access this online via the web address below or alternatively, download the app to your android/ smartphone.
https://play.ttrockstars.com/
Upcoming Events:
More details to follow...
3rd February 2023 NSPCC Number Day
23rd March 2023 World Maths Day
Vocabulary at St George's School
At St George's Primary School, we are committed to ensuring that the correct mathematical terminology is introduced and used right from the beginning of the learning journey. By using the correct vocabulary right from the beginning, we avoid placing any barriers between children and their understanding of mathematical concepts. In unison with this, we actively encourage children to discuss their ideas and methods towards tackling mathematical problems. When children learn to talk purposefully together about maths, barriers are broken down and they grow in confidence, skills and understanding. Building a healthy culture of vocabulary in our classrooms is key.
How can I support my child at home?
On YouTube, Maths 4 Kids is a great channel that shows a wide variety of techniques involved in maths. Subscribe to their channel, you wont regret it!
It is a brand new channel aimed at showing you all that Maths can be fun and something everyone can do.
You might be a child wanting a bit of extra help; a parent wanting to understand the methods taught in school today.
BBC maths is also great with learning games to engage your child: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z826n39
Mad4Maths - fun numeracy games
Cool Maths games website for pupils
Mathszone website with hundreds of links to other websites – most resources are for KS2 with some for KS3.
Family learning a multiplication website with links to other websites full of times table games.
'Nrich' - is a Maths website which focuses entirely on problem solving. It is used in Maths throughout our school, but can also be accessed at home. There are always 'live' problems which the children can try to solve and submit their solutions online.
'Maths is fun' can be very useful for providing demonstrations and examples of how to perform different calculations. It also has a wide range of activities you can print out for children to complete.
ICT games website full of good maths games
Top marks website is full of maths interactive games for 3-5,5-7 and 7-11 years children.