At St Mary Magdalene’s we have chosen to adopt a mastery approach to teaching Maths. This focuses on the idea that all pupils can achieve depth in their learning. We use the LPDS Red Rose Mastery Maths scheme to deliver our curriculum.

Key principles include:

• Representation and structure (effective pedagogies for modelling, concrete-pictorial-abstract approaches, effective use of manipulatives and transition between them)
• Coherence (curriculum design, progression of objectives, sequencing learning, small steps, contextualising learning between different areas of mathematics)
• Mathematical thinking (effective questioning, identifying patterns and relationships, deep understanding through reasoning and problem solving, supporting children to achieve
• Deeper learning where appropriate)
• Variation (progression through representations using conceptual variation, progression through questioning using procedural variation)
• Fluency (efficiency, accuracy, flexibility, developing unconscious competence)