Ashurst Primary School

Maths Leader - Miss Fildes - Maths Mastery Specialist

Miss Fildes has trained with NCETM and is a Primary Teaching Mastery Specialist, supporting colleagues in Ashurst Primary and beyond to develop mastery approaches to math's teaching. Miss Fildes is a classroom-based practitioner who develops expertise in mastery and leads Work Groups to support other schools and teachers within North West Three Maths Hub.

Teaching for Mastery at Ashurst Primary

We want all our pupils to experience deep, sustained understanding so that they become happy and confident mathematicians, throughout their learning and into their adult life.

Through a positive, caring environment, we nurture confidence and a love of mathematics, to enable every child to reach their full potential. We promote a ‘can do’ attitude to maths without a fear of making mistakes. Children will be given time, support and resources to develop a depth of understanding in maths, because we believe that every child is entitled to a good mathematical education.

In September 2018, we started our journey towards a mastery approach to the teaching and learning of mathematics.  The rationale behind changing our approach to teaching mathematics arose from our involvement in the NCETM Maths Hub and Teaching for Mastery Programme and our belief in the philosophy that all children can achieve, as well as the 2014 National Curriculum, which states:

• The expectation is that most pupils will move through the programmes of study at broadly the same pace.
• Pupils who grasp concepts rapidly should be challenged through being offered rich and sophisticated problems before any acceleration through new content.
• Those who are not sufficiently fluent with earlier material should consolidate their understanding, including through additional practice, before moving on.

Other Information

Mastering Number - Reception, Year 1 and Year 2

 At Ashurst Primary, teachers in KS1, deliver a daily session of 10 to 15 minutes in addition to their daily math's lesson, of  Mastering Number. This programme offered by the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) aims to develop solid number sense, including fluency and flexibility with number facts, which will have a lasting impact on future learning for all children. The aim over time is that children will leave KS1 with fluency in calculation and a confidence and flexibility with number.

Mastering Number Year 3

We know that for pupils to make good progress through the Key Stage 2 mathematics curriculum, they need to have a secure understanding of the additive relationship and have secured addition and related subtraction facts within 20, as detailed in the table on page 332 of the DfE Curriculum Guidance. Mastering number sessions support Year 3 teachers (and other teachers in Key Stage 2) to ensure that all pupils have these secure foundations.

Mastering Number Year 4 and 5

We know that knowledge of multiplication and division and its applications forms the single most important aspect of the KS2 curriculum, and is the gateway to success at secondary school. These sessions enable pupils in Years 4 and 5 to develop fluency in multiplication and division facts, and a confidence and flexibility with number that exemplifies good number sense.

Supporting  your child with Maths at home

The following documents have been included for reference for parents and carers:

Please use the links below to support home learning for maths:

CBeebies Numberblocks

BCC Bitesize Maths KS 2

 Times Table Rockstars

Maths Oxford Owl

TopMarks

MathsFrame

ICT Educational Games

MathsZone

Maths Playground

White Rose Maths have produced a range of work booklets for parents and children to use at home. These booklets can be found on Amazon for the Kindle or downloaded below on their website.  There is one booklet for each topic for Y1 to Y6.

Homework Booklets