At Tintwistle, our pupils are encouraged by the belief that all can succeed. Our Maths teaching for mastery rejects the idea that a large proportion of people 'just can't do maths' and instead adopts an ethos where all can thrive. Pupils are taught through whole-class interactive teaching, where the focus is on all pupils working together on the same lesson content at the same time. This ensures that all can master concepts before moving to the next part of the curriculum sequence, allowing no pupil to be left behind.
Using the NCETM mastery materials, and with support from the Maths Hub, we have identified the new concepts to be taught, the key points, the difficult points and crafted a carefully sequenced journey through the learning from Nursery to Year 6. Our lessons are designed to be active and episodic: a space for children to be inquisitive and problem solve by making links to the wider world. Significant time is spent developing knowledge of the key ideas that are needed to underpin future learning.
The structure and connections within the mathematics are emphasised, so that pupils develop deep learning that can be sustained. Key facts such as multiplication tables and addition facts within 10 are learnt to automaticity to avoid cognitive overload and enable pupils to focus on new concepts so that they can continue to flourish as confident, independent and enthusiastic learners.