Our approach
The Ark Castledown Mastery Curriculum prepares our learners to be the fluent, confident mathematicians of the 21st century. 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 |
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| Unit 1: Early Mathematical experiences. Provision enhancements Baseline and assessments Unit 2 Early pattern Unit3 Numbers within 6 Unit 5 Measure | Unit 4 Addition and Subtraction. 2 weeks Unit 6- Shapes and sorting Unit 7 Numbers within 10. Unit 8 Calendar and Time Assessment |
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Unit 9 Addition and subtraction within 10 (2 weeks) Unit 10 Grouping and sharing. (2 weeks) Unit 11 Numbers within 15. (10 days) |
Unit 12 Doubling and halving (2 weeks) Unit 13 Shape and pattern Unit 14 Securing addition and subtraction facts (2 weeks) Assessment week |
| Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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Unit 15 Number patterns within 20. (2 weeks) Unit 17 Money Unit 18 Measures |
Unit 19 Explorations of patterns within numbers. (2 weeks) Unit 16 Numbers beyond 20 (2 weeks) |
Year 1
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Unit 14: Money Unit 15: Multiplication and division Unit 16: Measures (2): Capacity and volume |
Year 2
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Year 3
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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 |
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Unit 6: Multiplication and division Unit 7: Deriving multiplication and division facts |
Unit 8: Time Unit 9: Fractions |
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Unit 10: Angles and Shape Unit 11: Measures |
Unit 11: Measures Unit 12: Securing multiplication and division |
Year 4
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Unit 1: Reasoning with 4-digit numbers Unit 2: Addition and subtraction |
Unit 3: Multiplication and division Unit 4: Interpreting and presenting data |
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Unit 5: Securing multiplication facts Unit 6: Fractions Unit 7: Time |
Unit 8: Decimals Unit 9: Area and perimeter |
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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 |
Year 5
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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 |
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Unit 6: Fractions and decimals Unit 7: Angles |
Unit 7: Angles Unit 8: Fractions, decimals and percentages Unit 9: Transformations |
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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 |
Year 6
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Unit 1: Integers & Decimals Unit 2: Multiplication and division |
Unit 3: Calculation problems Unit 4: Fractions Unit 5: Missing angles and lengths |
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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 |
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Bridging units in preparation for Year 7 |
Bridging units in preparation for Year 7 |