Mathematics is used in everyday situations and our pupils are always encouraged to think about how learning will help them in real life situations. 

Mathematics comprises of:

• Information Handling: gathering, organising, displaying and interpreting

data.

• Number, Money and Measurement: learning to add, subtract, multiply and

divide, as well as to work with money, time, length, weight, area and volume.

• Shape, Position and Movement: learning about the properties of 2 and 3 dimensional shapes and to understand position and movement 

At Braehead we use a range of resource to support children's understanding and development of numeracy. However, our main resource across year groups is Numicon. 

What is Numicon?

Numicon is a concrete, visual approach to teaching mathematics using a Concrete, Picotiral, Abstract approach. Children make use of a range of materials, including plastic shapes, each representing a number from 1 to 10. These shapes have holes arranged in a way that visually represents the number and allows children to see relationships between numbers.

Concrete - Pictorial - Abstract
When learning or extending new concepts, staff try to use a wide range of concrete materials, including Numicon and pictorial demonstrations to support children to have a solid foundation of mathematical concepts. Staff will then introduce more abstract models of thinking about concepts, such as using numbers and symbols.

Numeracy across the Curriculum

Staff work very hard to make clear and relevant links between numeracy and other curricular areas. For instance, staff may bring in aspects of volume, shape, position and movement.