KS1 Maths
Intent
The aim of the curriculum is to develop a deep understanding of mathematical concepts in order for children to solve problems efficiently. This is often referred to as the ‘Mastery Curriculum.’ The principle focus of mathematics teaching in Key Stage One is to ensure that pupils develop confidence and mental fluency with whole numbers, counting and place value. Pupils develop their ability to recognise, describe, draw, compare and sort different shapes and use the related vocabulary. Pupils explore a range of measures to compare different quantities such as length, mass, capacity, time and money.
Key Skills and Knowledge Progression Grid:
Implementation
Our main scheme for teaching Mathematics is White Rose Maths. White Rose Maths is influenced, inspired and informed by the work of leading researchers and practitioners across the world. The approach of the scheme focuses on teaching maths for mastery.
When taught to master maths, children develop their mathematical fluency without resorting to rote learning and are able to solve maths problems without having to memorise procedures.
In Key Stage One, the curriculum is based on using the Concrete, Pictorial, Abstract (CPA) approach to solve problems. This allows children to become skilled in the use of using manipulatives, journaling and symbols to solve problems. Children complete a daily mathematics focused task and work mainly within their White Rose Maths workbooks. Children are often given time to practise and consolidate mathematical concepts, new skills or knowledge in their Mathematics journal books.
For more information on termly curriculum content and coverage of key skills and knowledge, please visit our class pages, where you will find termly Curriculum Information for Parents.
Impact
By the end of Key Stage One most children:
Number
- Count in steps of 2, 3, and 5 from 0, and in tens from any number, forward and backward
- Recognise the place value of each digit in two-digit numbers
- Have fluency in addition and subtraction facts within 10, through continued practice and can add and subtract across 10.
- Add and subtract within 100 by applying related one-digit addition and subtraction facts: add and subtract only ones or only tens to/from a two-digit number.
- Solve problems involving multiplication and division, using materials, arrays, repeated addition, mental methods, and multiplication and division facts, including problems in contexts.
- Recognise, find, name and write fractions, 1/3, 1/4, 2/4, 3/4 of a length, shape, set of objects or quantity and recognise the equivalence of 2/4 and 1/2 and write simple fractions for example, 1/2 of 6 =3
Measure
- Choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure length/height in any direction (m/cm); mass (kg/g); temperature (℃); capacity (litres/ml) to the nearest appropriate unit, using rulers, scales, thermometers and measuring vessels
- Compare and order lengths, mass, volume/capacity and record the results using >, < and =
- Recognise and use symbols for pounds (£) and pence (p); combine amounts to make a particular value and find different combinations of coins that equal the same amounts of money
- Solve simple problems in a practical context involving addition and subtraction of money of the same unit, including giving change
- Compare and sequence intervals of time, tell and write the time to five minutes, including quarter past/to the hour and draw the hands on a clock face to show these times
- Know the number of minutes in an hour and the number of hours in a day
Geometry
- Identify and describe the properties of 2-D shapes, including the number of sides and line symmetry in a vertical line
- Recognise and name common 3-D shapes, identifying 2-D shapes on the surface of 3-D shapes, [for example, a circle on a cylinder and a triangle on a pyramid]
- Compare and sort common 3-D shapes and everyday objects
- Order and arrange combinations of mathematical objects in patterns and sequences
- Use mathematical vocabulary to describe position, direction and movement, including movement in a straight line and rotation as a turn and in terms of right angles for quarter, half and three-quarter turns (clockwise and anticlockwise)
Statistics
- Interpret and construct simple pictograms, tally charts, block diagrams and simple tables
- Ask and answer simple questions by counting the number of objects in each category and sorting the categories by quantity
