Kippax North Primary School

Maths

Through a rich diet of fluency, reasoning and problem solving on a daily basis, overall, children will learn to understand and clarify information; consider what they know that will help them to solve problems; organise information in a way that helps find patterns and solutions; investigate open ended challenges and to communicate and present their findings effectively. Children will expect and welcome challenges which push them to deepen their learning at all levels. 

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The Big 5’ is a set of key Mathematical principles and concepts and it underpins the teaching of Mathematics at Kippax North. They are:

  • Numerical reasoning
  • Classification
  • Equivalence
  • Place Value
  • Estimation

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The way we learn is based on:

  • the use of concrete, pictorial and abstract methods
  • fluency
  • reasoning and problem solving questions
  • a variety of questions that help children to progress to understanding with greater depth
  • where links can be made across units, we will endeavour to do so, in order to create a mathematics curriculum which is not compartmentalised.