Welcome to KSS Mathematics!

Mathematics - our intent

At Kirkstall St Stephen's we believe Maths is at the heart of everyday life. It helps us make sense of our world. Mathematics provides us with tools to tackle real-life problems, communicate information and develop skills, which are essential in most areas of the curriculum. At KSS, we want to foster an environment in Maths that encourages questioning at every stage of a child's learning journey. Reasoning skills are embedded from Reception as children are taught to explain clearly how they have tackled a problem and why they have used a particular strategy with clear modelling of stem sentences and vocabulary used by our teachers. We do this using the Mastery approach to teaching and learning maths. Our KSI teachers have entered their second year of the Mastering number programme, where they continue to develop tools and strategies to equip our children with the best building blocks to become fluent in key facts as they enter KS2. We strive to unlock a passion for maths by the time our children reach Year 6 and, with a growth mindset approach, encourage children to believe that they can achieve in maths and develop a lifelong love of the subject. This will give them a good foundation in Maths so that, when they move to secondary school, they will have developed a positive approach to the subject which should help to ensure success at both KS3 and GCSE.

Please see the attached overview document that explains the curriculum and the knowledge, skills and vocabulary progression map from Reception to Year 6.

Online Mathematics Resources

We have searched for maths websites which have online games and printable sheets for pupils. Children from Year 1 to Year 6 all have a Timestable Rockstars login, which we encourage the pupils to use regularly - they may refer to it as TTRS.

Some of the websites have free access for a period of time and then may ask you to sign up/subscribe, please note we are not asking any parents to sign up for any subscriptions.

• https://ttrockstars.com/ (children have their own log in)
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/joinin/numberblocks-help-your-child-with-maths this is good for our youngest pupils
• https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/3-5-years/counting - all ages - click on the tabs
• http://primarygamesarena.com/Subjects/Maths
• https://mathsframe.co.uk/
• http://www.supermathsworld.com/
• http://www.counton.org/
• http://www.abcya.com/
• https://www.fuelthebrain.com/games/
• http://www.teacherled.com/
• http://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/
• https://maths.org/

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