Maths
“Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas”. Albert Einstein
This information page contains various documentation relating to the teaching of maths at Queen’s Drive Primary School.
At Queen’s Drive, we aim to provide children with a high-quality maths education by using a ‘mastery curriculum’ approach which focuses on the idea that all pupils can achieve depth in their learning which can be accomplished by using key principles including:
- representation and structure (effective pedagogies for modelling, concrete-pictorial-abstract approaches, effective use of manipulatives and transition between them)
- coherence (curriculum design, progression of objectives, sequencing learning, small steps, contextualising learning between different areas of mathematics)
- mathematical thinking (effective questioning, identifying patterns and relationships, deep understanding through reasoning and problem solving, supporting children to achieve deeper learning where appropriate)
- variation (progression through representations using conceptual variation, progression through questioning using procedural variation)
- fluency (efficiency, accuracy, flexibility, developing unconscious competence).
At Queen’s Drive we want our maths curriculum to provide a foundation for understanding the world, the ability to reason mathematically, an appreciation of the beauty and power of mathematics, and a sense of enjoyment and curiosity about the subject.
The subject leaders for Mathematics are: Mr Noblet and Mr Lickley.