Maths
At Cottingley Primary Academy we want each and every child inspired to choose a Remarkable Life and so we have designed our maths curriculum to reflect this. We want our maths curriculum to provide the children with as many opportunities as possible to enable them to truly find their remarkable. Our school is about creating exciting and engaging learning opportunities for all children, so that they learn to love learning and create really special memories of their time in school.
Cottingley, as part of the AET Mathematics Community, hold the common vision that
It is our duty to inspire young people to see the true beauty of mathematics in the wider world by bringing mathematics alive, thereby making it exciting, relevant and easy
This vision is underpinned by our core principles of an AET Mathematics Education, which build on the aims of the National Curriculum to deliver opportunity and development for all:
Everyone can be a mathematician
Commitment to the ‘why’, not just the ‘how’
Always aiming for fluency with the unfamiliar
Relish and enjoy the challenge and exploration of the mathematical world
Engage the power of the learner, learning mathematics is a collaborative process
Mathematics is everywhere - it’s a universal language
Celebrate and explore different approaches
Mathematics is a creative discipline; the answer is only the start
As a consequence, an AET Mathematics Pupil will develop the following characteristics:
Be inquisitive
Be a resilient problem solver - have the confidence to try and try again
Make connections and find patterns, within mathematics and across the entire curriculum
Be open to different approaches, recognise the strengths and weaknesses of these and how this changes in different situations
Have a sense of accomplishment and pride - find satisfaction in solutions
Be fluent and aim for complete mastery
Be confident mathematical communicators; explain, justify and reason
Appreciate both the relevance of maths and its abstract beauty