St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Working Together for the Good of Each Other
Maths
At St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Personal, Social, Health, and Economic (PSHE) education is embedded within our
overarching curriculum that prepares our children for many different aspects of their lives.
Our overall goal is to help our children to become well-rounded individuals with strong character, who will eventually go out into the world of adults and be actively and positively involved in society. In order to do this, we are striving to create a conducive environment around the school and this year we have created our own specific Personal Development Curriculum that is entwined with our academic curriculum.
Our curriculum aims to provide engagement and enrichment and through this, we aim for all children to have equal opportunities to thrive together.
Zion Class
Maths Primary League Stars
We took part in a Primary Stars Premier League maths workshop where we learned about the important job of groundspeople at a football club. They look after the pitch and make sure it is safe and ready for matches. We discovered how maths is used in their work, especially when measuring area and perimeter to mark out the pitch and plan spaces. It was a fun way to see how maths is used in real life and in football.
Division
In Year 6, we have been learning how to use division in different ways, including solving more challenging problem-solving questions. We have practised dividing larger numbers using methods like long division and short division, and we are becoming more confident in checking our answers. Division has helped us solve real-life problems, such as sharing amounts equally and working out remainders. Overall, we are improving our understanding and using division to think more logically and carefully when solving problems.
Number and Place Value
We have been working in groups to improve our understanding of place value. By collaborating with our classmates, we have been able to discuss ideas, share strategies, and help each other understand tricky concepts. We have used practical resources and group activities to explore large numbers, decimals, and the value of each digit. Working together has made learning more engaging and has helped us build confidence in explaining our thinking.
Area & Perimeter
We have enjoyed working as a team to learn about area and perimeter. By collaborating with each other, we have solved problems involving different shapes and shared our methods and ideas. We have practised finding the perimeter by adding the lengths of sides and calculating the area by multiplying length and width. Working together has helped us understand the concepts more clearly, as we can support one another and explain our thinking.
Take a look at our work...
Take a look at some of our wonderful work and beautiful presentation! We take pride in presenting our work neatly and clearly, showing the effort we put into every lesson. Whether we are solving maths problems or working as a team, we always try our best to set out our work carefully. Our presentation reflects our understanding and helps us feel proud of what we achieve.
Jerusalem Class
Nazareth Class
Bethlehem Class
Number
The children enjoyed exploring numbers up to and including 10 and representing them in different ways-finding the number, using a tens frame, and drawing the amounts.
2D Shapes
The children have been exploring various shapes, including circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles, and sorting them based on the number of sides.
Cana Class
Gethsemane Class
In Bodhran class we have been learning about position and direction. We have worked especially hard remembering our left and right. This has involved lots of fun practical work. We have been silly with whole class renditions of the Cha Cha Slide and the Hokey Cokey (which the grown ups had to join in), follow the leader obstacle courses, follow the instructions drawings and working together to correctly direct the Bee Bots . We even got to spin on Mrs Cross’ chair to show a quarter turn, half turn, 3 quarter turn or a whole turn.
Using positional language in Flute Class.
Accordion Class
The children have been creating repeating patterns
Bodhran Class
Investigating volume and capacity.
Accordion Class...
The children have been looking at weight and comparing items to identify heavy and light.
Accordion Class...
Finding different representations of single digit numbers.
Accordion Class...
Using a numberline to add single digit numbers together.
Practical Mathematics in Harp Class
Multiplication Cup
Year 4 joined Emile website for a Multiplication Cup competition, which was joined by school across the country. The children were offered 25 questions at a time with 6 seconds a question, like the real MTC in June.
Maths in Bodhran Class
We have been using practical resources to explore our addition and subtraction skills.
Maths in Accordion Class.... Number Bingo
Maths in Accordion Class... Showing different representations of 4 and 5
Maths in Accordion Class..... Finding and painting Circles and Triangles
Maths in Flute Class
Finding Factors in Piano Class
Maths in Harp Class
We have been focusing on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Maths in Saxophone Class
In Saxophone Class, we've been mastering our arithmetic knowledge during morning maths which has been very successful! The majority of us have doubled our arithmetic scores since the start of the academic year and we are now using this in our maths lessons by applying it to some tricky word problems! Well done Saxophone Class! Keep up the hard work!
Maths in Bodhran Class
We worked together to create our very own ‘human number line’.
The children in Accordian Class have been looking at repeating patterns
Marvellous Mathematicians!
Take a look at some of our problem solving! This half term in maths we have focused on number and place value, addition and subtraction and plenty of problem solving! We’ve also used our morning maths skills during our weekly arithmetic tests and throughout our maths lessons! Well done year 6!
Problem Solving with Place Value in Piano Class
Maths in Bodhran Class
At the start of September we worked very hard on number recognition and correct number formation. Over the last few weeks the children in Bodhran Class have been working on their place value. The children have represented numbers, learnt to count on from any number, ordered numbers and found one more and one less. We always have lots of practical resources out to support our learning and we are really starting to use our classroom to help us.
Over the last few weeks, Flute Class have been working on their place value. They have represented numbers, partitioned them and ordered them.
Accordian Class
We have been looking at matching, sorting and ordering objects into different groups. The children used the autumn objects to link with the season/time of year which encouraged more communication and key vocabulary.
Maths in Harp Class
Looking at place value, comparing numbers / objects, Roman numerals and much more.
Academic Year 2023-2024
Bullseye Maths Competition
We had the opportunity to take part in a 'Bullseye Maths Competition.' We answered maths questions and linked this to playing darts. We even had the opportunity to meet a professional darts player. What a successful day!
Magic Maths
Our year 6 children created a board game based on year 1 learning objectives. They played these games with the year 1 children - what a success! Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves!
Year 4 Maths - calculating the perimeter
Year 4 discussed the meaning of a polygon, as well as what regular and irregular polygons look like. The children created their own shape using masking tape, measured each side and then calculated the perimeter. The children thoroughly enjoyed it.
Lionni Class
Hughes Class- Year 1
Hughes Class have been busy working on their place value skills. The children have used lot’s of practical resources to help them and they can now add two, 2-digit numbers together. Well done Hughes Class, you are all maths superstars!
Sendak Maths Challenge
Today, we worked in partners on our fraction problem solving! We challenged ourselves with different level questions and highlighted the important parts before even attempting it! We worked so hard!
Luionni Class have been learning all about 2D & 3D shapes and their properties.
Briggs Class...
This half term the children have been looking at numbers, 2D shapes and positional language.
The Division Competition
Today, we worked in pairs to answer as many division questions as possible. We put our remainders into fractions and decimals! What a competition!
A Maths Carousel - Prime numbers, square numbers, cube numbers and order of operations
In maths today, we worked with our talking partners to work on our problem solving skills involving prime, cube and square numbers.
Maths Potter Class
During this term we have been looking at place value and addition and subtraction. We have done this through our workbook, mentally and practically. They have all enjoyed doing practical math's to enhance their learning.
Maurice Sendak Class: Factors & Common Factors
Lionni Class- Place Value- Number bonds to 10 & 20.
Year 1- Shirley Hughes Class
At the start of year 1, Shirley Hughes Class were thinking about numbers and place value. We have now moved on (although we are ALWAYS thinking about numbers and place value) and we are looking at addition fact families and subtraction. We are really thinking about what +, - and = mean and how we use these signs in maths. We continue to do lots of activities using concrete resources to support our understanding of the part, part, whole models and number bonds to 10.
Year 5/6 Maths Revision Challenge
Our Maths lesson today involved working in pairs to complete a fractions, decimals and percentage challenge. The aim was to complete the task as quickly and accurately as possible. As always, the children rose to the challenge.
Daley Class Maths
Here are some pictures of how we do Maths in EYFS.
Maths in Year 1
Introducing equal groups in Year 1 - can you and your partner roll the dice and make two equal groups?
Counting in 2s
Sorting objects into different criteria
Using Numicon to make different representations of numbers to 50
Making groups of ten to help us count in tens
Naming 2D and 3D shapes & using these shapes to help us create repeating patterns.
Maths in Year 2
Statistics in King Class- We collected data in class today to make a tally chart then used the information collected to make a pictogram of our favourite fruit. We then played a game to collect data and made our own pictograms in groups.
King Class have been learning about money, the value of coins and how to make amounts.
Making 3D shapes and comparing their properties.
King Class have been learning all about the properties of 2D &3D shapes.
King Class have been learning how to find fractions of amounts.
Subtraction in King Class
Addition in King Class
Place value in King Class.
Maths in Year 3/4
Maths in Year 4/5
Fractions and Decimals in Pelé class
Multiplication and Division in Pelé Class
Addition and Subtraction in Pelé Class
Maths in Year 5/6
Problem solving and applying our arithmetic skills to word problems.
Year 1 have been looking at 3D shapes. Naming, sorting and discussing the difference between 2D and 3D...
Ordering objects from smallest to greatest in Year 1
Repeated patterns in Year 1
Calculating volume
Our Maths focus for this week is volume. Our session today was practical, making cube models and calculating the volume.
Volume in Shackleton Class
In Shackleton class, we have now moved on to finding the volume. It has been a hard work but we have risen to the challenge and used our problem solving skills!
Area and perimeter
Our Maths focus for this week is area and perimeter. To explore this more and embed our learning, we enjoyed completing an area and perimeter puzzle challenge.
Feedback from Cardinal Allen
Calculation workshop powerpoint
Photographs taken at our Year 1,2 and 3 calculation workshop for parents on Wednesday 7th November.
What do our KS2 children think of Maths in our school?
2017-2018 Documentation
Fleetwood High's Primary Maths Challenge
Congratulations to our winning team - Keira, Will, Harry and Izzi-Belle, who successfully competed and achieved first place in Fleetwood High's Primary Maths Challenge. Our Year 5 team were up against 9 other local schools and got a total of 87 points, beating Northfold in 2nd place with 70 points and Flakefleet with 55. They were clear winners and represented themselves and our school superbly!