At Cheapside School, we follow a scheme of learning called White Rose Maths. The culture of WRM is to create a whole school culture of deep understanding, confidence and competence in Maths.

Using the WRM scheme is part of a whole school drive to embrace a Maths Mastery approach whereby children’s understanding is not just rote, but that there is a layer of deeper understanding of ‘how and why’ supported by using visual cues and physical manipulatives in lessons.

Each academic year the key areas of Maths covered are Number, Geometry and Measurement. These areas comprise different components depending on the year group but always include Place Value, Multiplication & Division, Addition & Subtraction and Fractions in Number and within Geometry and Measurement topics such as Properties of Shapes, Time, Weight and Volume are revisited and developed on as pupils progress through the school.

Underpinning all of this we have also introduced the following to support children and parents in school and at home:

KIRFs – Key Instant Recall Facts – These are different for each half term in every class and they comprise a series of Maths facts and real-life activities that the children can practise at home in order to secure basic Maths knowledge.

TTRS – Times Tables Rockstars – We subscribe to this online times tables game in order to give children the confidence and speed to access their times tables to enable them to access

Key Stage 2 Maths more easily and to support children in the build-up to the government’s

Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) which children have to take in Year 4.

Daily Morning Maths – In order to underpin fluency skills, daily morning maths are given to each class to support fundamental calculation skills and recap on previously learnt material.

Power Of... - Maths interventions – These are used to support those pupils who need an additional boost to ensure that Maths basics are secured. These are run as short-term 1:1 interventions during the school day.

	Maths at Cheapside School	[pdf 117KB]
	Mathematics programmes of study- key stages 1 and 2	[pdf 818KB]
	White Rose Maths	Link
	Times Table Rockstars	Link