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Mathematics


Our Maths Curriculum

 

Our ambitious curriculum aims to develop pupils that can investigate, hypothesize, prove and generalise using the overarching mathematical components; number explorations, geometric reasoning, proportional investigations and graphical representations. This spiral curriculum fully fosters a mastery approach to learning, to which knowledge is challenged, developed and secured by providing pupils with tasks that promote depth rather than breadth of learning. We encourage students to use models and manipulatives to support the development of the mathematical components. The curriculum provides opportunities to develop mathematics in the wider world including application to financial, career, logic and cross curriculum topics. Sequencing of tasks have been designed to maximise interleaving strategies by encouraging cross topics links and application. Pupils’ progress will be tracked and monitored through frequent, accurate and effective formative and summative assessments. These will inform the pupils learning over time and inform teachers of next steps in their planning and teaching.  

 

To support our learning over time, we use the national platform "Sparx." This is a online platform, that supports pupils home learning - as well as provide a sequence of learning that builds knowledge over time. Revision for each term is provided, and can also be found as links on this page. Year 11 have bespoke revision guides under the 5 big ideas: Geometry, Ratio and proportion, Algebra, Probability, Statistics and Number. 

 

In Mathematics, our students ‘grow in wisdom’ through the Curriculum which incorporates the different strands of Mathematics - Number, Geometry, Algebra, Statistics and Ratio. Students ‘grow in stature’ as they explore concepts and ideas that are relevant to our everyday life, such as use of trigonometry and Pythagoras in the real world and financial maths. Spirituality is developed through many topics studied and touches on the wonders of maths in nature with Fibonacci sequences and spirals.

Maths Big Ideas

Maths Staffing

 

Subject Leader for Maths

Mrs D Hathaway

Teachers of Maths

Mrs J Cliff

Mr A Cassell (AHT)

Mrs C Witterick (AHT)

Mrs C Trebble (AHT)

Mrs S Perry

Mr S Jones

Mr C Bodea

 

 

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