Mathematics

At Hounslow Town Primary School we believe that Mathematics is a fundamental life skill. At Hounslow Town Primary School, we believe mathematics is an essential life skill, empowering pupils to understand and shape the world around them. We aim for all children to develop a deep, sustained understanding of mathematical concepts, enabling them to reason, solve problems, and build resilience and curiosity.

We follow a mastery approach in line with the National Curriculum. Our teaching ensures that all pupils:
- Become fluent through varied, frequent practice with increasingly complex problems.
- Reason mathematically by exploring relationships, developing arguments, and justifying thinking.
- Solve problems by applying mathematics to a range of familiar and unfamiliar contexts.

Curriculum Approach 

 

 

In Years 1 – 6, we use the White Rose maths scheme as the core framework, supplemented with resources from the NCETM and other high-quality sources. The curriculum design is informed by the DfE Ready-to-Progress criteria (2020).

In EYFS, we use Mastering Number at Key Stage 1 as our main curriculum. Mastering Number at Key Stage 1 is also implemented 3 times a week in Years 1 and 2 as a short session to improve both fluency and number-sense.. Mastering Number (KS2) is used in Year 4 and 5 to deepen children’s conceptual knowledge of multiplication and division.

 

Lesson Structure

 

Lessons consistently follow a structured approach across all year groups. Teachers use "ping-pong" style teaching to model, practise, and consolidate learning through whole-class teaching and independent work.

Ping Pongs 1-3 follow a progression of:

1 – an opportunity to practice new skills;

2 – application of the new skill in a different manner, through the use of precise variation;

3 – an opportunity to explore the new through reasoning and problem solving opportunities.
Each lesson typically includes:
- Direct teacher input, informed by Rosenshine’s principles of instructions. Manipulatives are introduced to help children understand the concept.
- Guided practice (whiteboard or oral tasks)
- Independent tasks focusing on varied fluency, reasoning, and problem-solving
- Extension challenges such as investigations for deepening understanding. I

                  Assessment and Homework

Surgeries before the next lesson, interventions, boosters and focus groups in class are strategies exploited to diminish the difference between and within groups, via effective deployment of all adults that work with children. Furthermore, learning walls are updated on a daily/weekly basis to develop their independence. These involve visual representations, questions and keywords. If a large number of children require support, then it is expected for the teacher to adapt their planning to tackle the new misconceptions that have arisen.

We use Times Table Rockstars and Mathletics to provide online out of school learning opportunities; teachers set tasks to consolidate or enrich learning on a weekly basis.