At IQRA Primary Academy, our aim is for all pupils to be fluent and confident in the fundamental knowledge and skills of mathematics by the end of Year 6. We prioritise strong conceptual understanding alongside the ability to recall and apply mathematical knowledge efficiently and accurately.
Our mathematics curriculum is designed to ensure pupils develop a secure understanding through frequent, varied practice and a clear progression of skills and concepts. Teaching across all year groups follows a concrete–pictorial–abstract (CPA) approach, enabling pupils to build understanding, make connections and apply their learning to a range of problems. Pupils are explicitly taught to reason mathematically, follow lines of enquiry, and justify their thinking using precise mathematical vocabulary.
The design of our curriculum is informed by the National Curriculum for Mathematics and underpinned by the school’s aims and values. This ensures consistency, coherence and ambition for all learners.
In the EYFS, children begin to develop the foundational mathematical knowledge necessary for future learning. The Mastering Number programme, developed by the NCETM, is used from Reception through to Year 2 to secure firm foundations in number sense, with a particular focus on subitising, number relationships and early calculation.
From Reception to Year 6, White Rose Maths, supported by Grammarsaurus, is the core scheme used to structure teaching and learning. White Rose provides a carefully sequenced, connected and ambitious curriculum that is accessible to all pupils and supports high-quality pedagogy. At IQRA Primary Academy, Mastering Number and White Rose Maths are implemented alongside one another to ensure depth, consistency and progression across phases.
In addition to core mathematics teaching, pupils access a range of mathematics enhancement programmes. The school uses Numbots from EYFS through KS1 to support the development of fluency in number bonds and addition and subtraction. Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS) is available to all pupils and is actively promoted in Year 2 – Year 6 to develop fluency and automaticity in multiplication and division facts.
Through this structured and consistent approach, pupils are supported to develop mathematical fluency, reasoning and problem-solving skills, ensuring they are well prepared for the next stage of their education.
The best ways for you to support your child at home in maths is to help them learn their multiplication and division facts up to 12 x 12.
Children are using TT Rockstars in their classrooms this year and can also access this on-line learning site at home.
A Parent’s Guide to TT Rockstars
You can also support your child by pointing out the opportunities to use maths in everyday life such as adding amounts of money and calculating change when you go shopping, reading bus and train times tables and weighing and measuring ingredients whilst you are cooking.
As a school, we use White Rose Math hub scheme to support children. This provider also have a large bank of resources you can also use at home which mirror the work we do in school. The following link will direct you to some of their resources.
Click here to access home learning teaching videos
Here are some additional links for fun ways to practice mathematics: