Fluency Reasoning Problem solving

Created by:Jon Davis (Moorlands Primary School), Nathan Wakefield (Sholing Junior School) Nic Cowen (Newlands Primary School)

Curriculum 2014 Aims

The three aims of the new maths curriculum are:

• Fluency• Reasoning• Problem solving

These feature at the top of every page of the planning toolkits.

Guess the Houses

What are you aiming to do?For the task:The team has to find the rule on the Ruler's card, using the minimum number of tests. A test is asking whether a particular house obeys the rule.

As a team:• finding out what others think• giving reasons for ideas• being concise• reflecting on what has been said• allowing everyone to contribute.

The dominoes are doubles

The sum of the spots is an even

number

There are three times as many spots on one

half as the other

The product of the spots on each half is

12

The sum of all the spots is a square

number

The number of spots on one half is a multiple of the

number of spots on the other

NCETM https://www.ncetm.org.uk/ Free to sign up website

A planning toolkit has been created for each year group from Years 1 – 6, using the guidance from the NCETM (National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics).

The toolkits give easy access to all the NCETM resources, using hyperlinks.

Key Strands • Number and place value • Addition and subtraction • Multiplication and division • Fractions • Ratio and proportion • Algebra • Measurement • Geometry: properties of shapes • Geometry: position and direction • Statistics

Each main strand heading has been hyperlinked back to the NCETM website, where all the resources can be found.

Objectives and Exemplification

The main objectives are in bold and underlined. The information underneath each objective refers to the linked exemplification, including questions and examples, to show what the children should be able to do.

These are similar questions to those found in the current pitch and expectation documents and include references to ITPs and models and images.

Flexibility

• The toolkits are a long term plan for the year to be used as a working document, which will need annotation.

• Coverage of the different strands will require monitoring by teachers and maths subject leaders.

• Each half term/ term can be ticked or highlighted when objectives have been covered.

• The week number / date could be added under the half term heading to show coverage of the objectives.

• The ‘Notes’ section allows space for comments about children’s ability and AfL.

Quick Links

Suggested Activities

Gives detailed outlines of each activityIncludes: lesson plans, resources, website links, practical resources

Nrich Overview

Overcoming Barriers

Articles

Reference to various articles, such as:

• TES• Nrich • Journals• Magazines• Websites

In this example the article leads to a concept cartoon.

Videos

Also links made to Teachers TV, STEM videos http://vimeo.com/83486224

Key stage 2 mathematicsSample question for 2016 assessments

Gaps and Misconceptions Tool

Mental Images

Resources and connections across the whole curriculum

• Resources (Years 1 - 6) Including: ITPs, practical resources, models and images, games, PE activities, real life models

• Cross-curricular and real life connections (including reference to resources and links)

• Making connections to other topics (links made within the maths curriculum e.g. number and place in fractions and measures)

Progression maps

Progression maps with reasoning (used for assessment)

Examples of written methods

Key stage 2 mathematicsSample question for 2016 assessments

QR code to access website

http://mathstoolkit.wix.com/mathstoolkit