Overview
At Vale of Evesham School, we aim to produce competent, confident, independent learners who are provided with the appropriate mathematical skills, understanding and experiences for their future. Our maths motto is – “Maths is Everywhere”. Wherever you look in the world there is maths, and we aim to equip students with the knowledge, financial literacy and, more importantly, the skills to fully participate in our society at their level.
It is known as Thinking skills and Numeracy on the Semi-formal pathway, Thinking and Mathematics in EYFS and Maths on the Formal Pathway.
The maths curriculum at Vale of Evesham provides pupils with a Spiral Curriculum, that revisits, builds and broadens prior learning. Each time a topic is revisited it is studied a greater depth, and the level of challenge is increased. This enables pupils to rehearse and embed skills and knowledge to their long-term memory. Our aim is to lay a broad and secure foundation to enable our learners to apply their maths skills in problem-solving situations encountered every day, whilst making Mathematics enjoyable.
We use a scheme to support teaching and learning throughout the school, this is CanDoMaths. For those who it is appropriate they can also be entered for relevant Accreditation in Maths in Year 11.
It is our purpose in teaching mathematics, to:
- Encourage confidence, enjoyment and challenge to all students in the learning of mathematics irrespective of prior attainment;
- Provide a curriculum that builds on prior knowledge and consolidates previous work, to improve long term recall of key information and processes;
- Develop students’ ability to solve problems in a variety of contexts, building their confidence to tackle unfamiliar problems in new situations;
- Develop an understanding of the language and notation associated with mathematics, enabling them to think mathematically and communicate mathematically in a subject that has extensive real-life applications;
- Make students aware of the use of mathematics in everyday life and to build awareness and skills related to financial matters that will be important to them as they develop into young adults.
- Signpost where maths skills are utilised in other subjects and their everyday lives as part of our Learning for Life approach.
