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Curriculum Principles
Curriculum Principles
Maths Curriculum Principles.pdfTeaching for Mastery
Teaching for Mastery
ncetm_five_big_ideas_updated_feb_2024.pdfSupport for Parents
Support for Parents
White Rose Maths
White Rose Maths
Using White Rose Maths (WRM), we teach Maths as a lifelong skill. We provide pupils with high quality lessons to develop mathematical fluency, as well as the confidence to solve a wide range of mathematical problems. We intend to build knowledge, skills and understanding by revisiting concepts at regular intervals, and by providing pupils with the opportunity to refresh and rehearse them through practice, consolidation and deepening at every age and stage.
Representations Used in Maths
Representations Used in Maths
At Great Torrington Bluecoat C of E Primary School, we use a range of representations in maths to help children understand concepts deeply and make connections in their learning. These include concrete resources (such as counters, cubes and place value charts), pictorial models (like bar models and number lines), and abstract methods (such as written calculations and symbols). By moving between these representations, pupils develop strong number sense and confidence in problem-solving.
WRM calculation policy 2024(web).pdfCalculation Policy - Overview and Foundation Stage(web)Calculation Policy – Supporting Consistent and Clear Maths Learning
Calculation Policy – Supporting Consistent and Clear Maths Learning
We have adopted the calculation policy from White Rose maths. The policy sets out the methods we use to teach addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division across the school. It ensures a consistent approach from year to year, helping children build on their knowledge step by step. The policy also explains how we use practical resources, visual models, and written methods to support understanding at each stage. By following this progression, children gain confidence, accuracy, and a deep understanding of how numbers work. This document is a helpful guide for parents too, so you can see how maths is taught and support your child at home with methods that match the classroom.
One Minute Maths
One Minute Maths
Designed for use both in class and at home, White Rose Maths 1-minute maths app helps children build greater number confidence and fluency. It’s all about targeted practice in engaging, one-minute chunks.
For a unique three-word access code, please speak to your child's class teacher.
Able Mathematicians
Able Mathematicians
What makes a good mathematician? What skills do you need in order to be efficient? What do you learn about in maths? Who helps you and how? We asked some of our mathematicians at Bluecoat School. Watch the films to find out their thoughts!
Thank you Megan, Will, Matthew and Hayden for your contributions.
Maths Research
Maths Research
During 2019, Dr Ruth Trundley and Dr Helen J. Williams worked in collaboration with two schools – Great Torrington Bluecoat Church of England Primary School in Devon, and St Ives Infant School in Cornwall – to investigate how variation theory (Marton & Tsui, 2005) might be applied to the teaching of early number in year 1 (children aged between five and six years old).
The project had three aims:
To increase understanding of how variation theory might be applied in relation to younger learners.
To further understanding of how variation might foster young children’s developing mathematics sense.
To develop pedagogical subject knowledge of the effects of conscious (and unconscious) decisions regarding resource-use.
The project ran during the spring and summer terms of 2019, and involved three teachers in three year 1 classes. The mathematical focus was on the move from ‘counting-all’ to ‘counting-on’, which research indicates is critical to numerical understanding (Nunes & Bryant, 2009).
https://www.atm.org.uk/write/MediaUploads/Journals/MT270/Ruth_Trundley_and_Helen_J_Williams.pdf
https://www.bera.ac.uk/publication/learning-from-variation
https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/what-is-variation-in-early-years-mathematics
Loughborough University: The role of problem format in word problem-solving performance
Loughborough University: The role of problem format in word problem-solving performance
During Summer 2022, Bluecoat is taking part in a research study carried out by Loughborough University investigating the role of problem format in word problem-solving performance. Please see the letter below with full details.
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