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Maths at St Peter's Catholic First School
At St Peter's, the goal of our maths curriculum is to help children become confident and skilled mathematicians. We focus on developing the essential skills and processes that allow children to apply their mathematical knowledge across various real-life situations. Our aim is to foster a love for maths and ensure that children gain a solid conceptual understanding before applying their learning to solve everyday problems. We adopt a 'teaching for mastery' approach, guiding students through a structured, step-by-step learning journey. This journey incorporates concrete, pictorial, and abstract methods to explore concepts, making connections and encouraging both support and challenge in their thinking. Mastery in maths is achieved when students have a deep, long-lasting, and flexible understanding of the subject.
Our aims:
- to promote enjoyment of learning through practical activity, exploration and discussion
- to promote confidence with numbers and the number system
- to develop the ability to solve problems through decision making and reasoning in a range of contexts
- to develop a practical understanding of ways in which information is gathered and presented
- to explore features of shape and space, and develop measuring skills in a range of contexts
- to understand the importance of mathematics in everyday life
How to Help your Child at Home
When it comes to times tables, both speed and accuracy are essential—the more facts your child remembers, the easier it becomes for them to tackle more complex calculations. Quick recall of times table facts is important for many areas of maths and can also boost a child's confidence. Here’s how you can help…
Times Table Rock Stars (TTRS)
Times Table Rock Stars is an engaging and challenging app created to help children master their timestables. Logins should be in the front of your child's reading record. If not, speak to your child's class teacher. The app is suitable for all learners as its question-based games adapt to each child's learning needs, serving as a building block for higher-level maths concepts.
Parent guide to TTRS
Parents & Carers – Times Tables Rock Stars
Multiplication Square Poster.pdf
Multiplication and Division facts for ALL times tables.pdf
Maths Frame- Multiplication Tables Check
This website offers children the opportunity to practise their times tables in a format similar to the DfE check, which is taken by Year 4 children in June. It is free to use and no login is required.
Multiplication Tables Check - Mathsframe
Hit the Button
This is an interactive maths game with quick fire questions on number bonds, times tables, doubling/halving, multiples, division facts and square numbers. Again, it is free to use and no login is required.
Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds
MathShed
MathShed provides teaching tools that follow White Rose Maths, as well as a variety of online games and learning tools. Logins should be in the front of your child's reading record. If not, speak to your child's class teacher.
MathShed - Mathematics game for school and home
Calculations at St Peter’s
In order for you to support your child’s maths learning, we have created some guides to show the way we solve and record calculations at St Peter’s. Our Calculation Policy shows the progression of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division throughout the school, with examples for each year group.