Statement of Intent:

At Harrietsham C of E Primary School, our intention is that children develop their curiosity about the world through mathematical learning, being met at their starting point, and that they are able to confidently use and apply mathematical concepts in a variety of situations. Children will develop their ability to clearly articulate their ideas, thoughts and reasoning processes, enabling deeper learning. We expect children to make mistakes, and to learn from them, justifying and explaining their methods as they do this. At each stage of learning, children should be able to demonstrate a deep, conceptual understanding of the topic and to be able to build on this over time. 

We aim to provide all children with direct teaching every day, which is interactive and stimulating. Our lessons are structured to provide opportunities for children to consolidate their previous learning, use and apply their knowledge, understanding and skills, to pose and ask questions, investigate mathematical ideas, reflect on their own learning and to make links with other work.  A typical lesson will comprise of a starter that helps to reinforce previous learning, a guided practice activity using manipulatives and paired work to support conceptual understanding and this will be followed by independent learning using the ‘White Rose’ programme where appropriate.