Maths

Intent

At St Mary and St Michael Catholic Primary School, we place our children at the heart of everything we do and offer them an engaging Maths curriculum where every child has the right to high quality teaching and learning opportunities that help them develop essential mental and written maths skills. 

Our aim is to engender an enjoyment of mathematics, enabling our children to gain a secure and deep understanding of fundamental mathematical concepts and procedures in preparation for Key stage 3 and beyond. We want our children to see the mathematics that surrounds them every day and enjoy developing vital life skills in this subject

Statutory Requirements

Statutory requirements for the teaching and learning of Maths are laid out in the Bailiwick of Guernsey Curriculum, the Maths Entitlement Document (as of September 2024) and in the Development Matters document for Early Years.

Maths Bailiwick Curriculum Aims

• To ensure learners build a secure knowledge of the range of ways mathematics can solve practical problems, model situations, make sense of data and inform decision making.
• A secure knowledge of different types of numbers and what they represent.
• Understand how numbers can be used for measurement, quantification and comparison and applied to different contexts.
• How to use geometry to explore, understand and represent shape and space.
• Understand how likelihood and risk can be understood, quantified and used in everyday life.