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Welcome to Maths

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Our approach

The Ark Castledown Mastery Curriculum prepares our learners to be the fluent, confident mathematicians. It equips them with the problem solving, language skills and growth mindset they need to flourish in higher education or in a career of their choice.  

Our lessons engage, challenge and support all learners, to work through fluency, reasoning and problem solving activities. Our mastery curriculum supports our whole school focus on oracy.  We continue to nurture our pupils’ love of maths and develop their curiosity to express their mathematical thinking in eloquent, appropriate ways. 

Concrete, Pictorial and Abstract (CPA) representations are embedded into the mastery approach and teaching and learning at Ark Castledown. This supports learners in verbalising their mathematical thinking, exploring and connecting concepts and deepening their understanding. 

  • Concrete – pupils have the opportunity to use concrete objects and manipulatives to help them to understand and explain concepts. 
  • Pictorial – pupils then build on this concrete approach by using pictorial representations which can then be used to reason and solve problems. 
  • Abstract – with foundations firmly laid pupils can move to an abstract approach using numbers and key concepts with confidence.  

At Ark Castledown, we also have an afternoon Maths Meeting. These meetings cover a variety of content, are fast paced and ensure engagement and enjoyment of maths for all. To continue learning outside of the classroom, we have Times Table Rockstars for Key Stage 2 and 'Maths Play' events for all years.​

Reception

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Unit 1: Early Mathematical experiences. Provision        enhancements Baseline and assessments

Unit 2: Early pattern

Unit 3: Numbers within 6

Unit 5: Measure

Unit 4: Addition and Subtraction

Unit 6: Shapes and sorting

Unit 7: Numbers within 10

Unit 8: Calendar and Time Assessment

Spring 1 Spring 2

Unit 9: Addition and subtraction within 10

Unit 10: Grouping and sharing

Unit 11: Numbers within 15

Unit 12: Doubling and halving 

Unit 13: Shape and pattern

Unit 14: Securing addition and subtraction facts

Summer 1 Summer 2

Unit 15: Number patterns within 20

Unit 17: Money

Unit 18: Measures

Unit 16: Numbers beyond 20

Unit 19: Exploration of patterns within numbers

All Reception subjects Next Reception Subject - English

Year 1

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Unit 1: Numbers to 10

Unit 2: Addition and subtraction within 10

Unit 3: Shape and patterns

Unit 4: Numbers to 20

Unit 5: Addition and subtraction within 20

Spring 1 Spring 2

Unit 6: Time

Unit 7: Exploring calculation strategies within 20

Unit 8: Numbers to 50

Unit 9: Addition and subtraction within 20 (comparison)

Unit 10: Fractions

Unit 11: Measures (1): Length and mass

Summer 1 Summer 2

Unit 12: Numbers 50 to 100 and beyond

Unit 13: Addition and subtraction (applying strategies)

Unit 14: Money

Unit 14: Money

Unit 15: Multiplication and division

Unit 16: Measures (2): Capacity and volume

All Year 1 subjects Next Year 1 Subject - English

Year 2

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Unit 1: Number within 100 Unit

2: Addition and subtraction of 2-digit numbers

Unit 3: Addition and subtraction word problems

Unit 4: Measures: length 

Unit 5: Graphs 

Unit 6: Multiplication and division: 2, 5 and 10

Spring 1 Spring 2

Unit 7: Time

Unit 8: Fractions

Unit 9: Addition and subtraction of 2-digit numbers (regrouping and adjusting)

Unit 10: Money

Unit 11: Faces, shapes and patterns; lines and turns

Summer 1 Summer 2

Unit 12: Numbers within 1000

Unit 13: Measures: capacity and volume

Unit 14: Measures: Mass

Unit 15: Exploring calculation strategies

Unit 15: Exploring calculation strategies

Unit 16: Multiplication and division: 3 and 4

All Year 2 subjects Next Year 2 Subject - English

Year 3

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Unit 1: Number sense and exploring calculation strategies

Unit 2: Place Value

Unit 3: Graphs

Unit 4: Addition and subtraction

Unit 5: Length and perimeter

Spring 1 Spring 2

Unit 6: Multiplication and division

Unit 7: Deriving multiplication and division facts

Unit 8: Time

Unit 9: Fractions

Summer 1 Summer 2

Unit 10: Angles and Shape

Unit 11: Measures

Unit 11: Measures

Unit 12: Securing multiplication and division

All Year 3 subjects Next Year 3 Subject - English

Year 4

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Unit 1: Reasoning with 4-digit numbers

Unit 2: Addition and subtraction

Unit 3: Multiplication and division

Unit 4: Interpreting and presenting data

Spring 1 Spring 2

Unit 5: Securing multiplication facts

Unit 6: Fractions

Unit 7: Time

Unit 8: Decimals

Unit 9: Area and perimeter

Summer 1 Summer 2

Unit 10: Solving measure and money problem

Unit 11: 2-D Shape and Symmetry

Unit 11: 2-D Shape and Symmetry

Unit 12: Position and direction

Unit 13: Reasoning with patterns and sequence

Unit 14: 3D Shape

All Year 4 subjects Next Year 4 Subject - English

Year 5

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Unit 1: Reasoning with large whole numbers

Unit 2: Problem solving with integer addition and subtraction

Unit 3: Line graphs and timetables

Unit 4: Multiplication and division

Unit 5: Perimeter and area

Spring 1 Spring 2

Unit 6: Fractions and decimals

Unit 7: Angles

Unit 7: Angles

Unit 8: Fractions, decimals and percentages

Unit 9: Transformations

Summer 1 Summer 2

Unit 10: Converting units of measure

Unit 11: Calculating with whole numbers and decimals

Unit 12: 2-D and 3-D shape

Unit 13: Volume

Unit 14: Problem solving

All Year 5 subjects Next Year 5 Subject - English

Year 6

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Unit 1: Integers & decimals

Unit 2: Multiplication and division

Unit 3: Calculation problems

Unit 4: Fractions

Unit 5: Missing angles and lengths

Spring 1 Spring 2

Unit 6: Coordinates and shape

Unit 7: Fractions

Unit 8: Decimals and measures

Unit 9: Percentages and statistics

Unit 10: Proportion problems

Summer 1 Summer 2

Bridging units in preparation for Year 7

Bridging units in preparation for Year 7

All Year 6 subjects Next Year 6 Subject - English

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