Why do we learn maths?
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Why do we learn maths?

Mathematics Intent  

Mathematics is a universal language that helps us to understand the world, and it is a core part of our curriculum. At Ark Victoria Academy we believe mathematics is essential to everyday life and it provides important tools for work in areas such as physics, architecture, medicine and business, enabling our pupils to have the foundations necessary for financial literacy and most forms of employment. Our high-quality mathematics education provides a sense of enjoyment and curiosity about the subject. It enables pupils to learn about numbers, shapes, statistics and patterns. It helps our pupils to develop logical and methodical thinking, to focus and to solve a wide range of mathematical problems.  

Aims of Our Mathematical Curriculum: 

The Ark Victoria Academy Mathematical curriculum aims to ensure that all pupils: 

  • become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, including through varied and frequent practice with increasingly complex problems over time, so that pupils develop conceptual understanding and the ability to recall and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately 

  • reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry, conjecturing relationships and generalisations, and developing an argument, justification or proof using mathematical language 

  • can solve problems by applying their mathematics to a variety of routine and non-routine problems with increasing sophistication, including breaking down problems into a series of simpler steps and persevering in seeking solutions 

Our cohesive and thoughtfully sequenced curriculum supports pupils to become secure in three types of knowledge. These are: 

  • declarative knowledge: facts, concepts, formulae 

  • procedural knowledge: methods, procedures, algorithms 

  • conditional knowledge: strategies formed from the combinations of facts and methods to reason and problem-solve 

(adapted from National Curriculum, 2014)  

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Nursery

Pupils develop key mathematical skills such as counting through songs, games and activities using concrete and pictorial representations. These early mathematical experiences are then rehearsed and applied to their own learning during exploration.

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
  • Comparison - more than fewer than, same
  • Shapes
  • Pattern
  • Counting
  • Numbers to five 
  • Hear and say number names

  • Order number names
Spring 1 Spring 2
  • Counting
  • Subitisng
  • Pattern
  • Position and shape
  • Subitisng
  • Counting
  • Matching
  • Comparison
Summer 1 Summer 2
  • Pattern
  • Subitising
  • Measure
  • Patterns
  • Counting
  • Comparison

Reception

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
  • Early number through play

  • Match, sort and compare
  • Counting  
  • Number through rhymes
  • Shape
Spring 1 Spring 2
  • Numbers to five
  • Mass and Capacity
  • Subitise to 5
  • 1 more 1 less
  • Doubling

  • Measures:

Length

Height

Oder and sequence

Time

  • Numbers to 10
  • Compare number
  • Number bonds
Summer 1 Summer 2
  • Build numbers beyond 10
  • Number patterns
  • Verbal counting to 20
  • Addition
  • Subtraction
  • Shapes 2D and 3D
  • Sharing
  • Grouping
  • Odds
  • Doubles

All Reception subjects Next Reception Subject - English

Year 1

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
  • Numbers to 10 (NU)
  • Addition and subtraction within 10 (FO)

  • Shape and patterns (GE)
  • Numbers to 20 (NU)
  • Addition and subtraction within 20 (FO)
Spring 1 Spring 2
  • Time (ME) 
  • Exploring calculation strategies within 20 (FO) 
  • Numbers to 50 (NU)
  • Addition and subtraction within 20 (FO)
  • Fractions (FDP)
  • Length & mass (ME)
Summer 1 Summer 2
  • Numbers 50 to 100 and beyond (NU)
  • Addition and subtraction (FO) 
  • Money (ME)
  • Multiplication and division (FO) 
  • Capacity and volume (ME)

 

All Year 1 subjects Next Year 1 Subject - English

Year 2

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
  • Numbers within 100 (NU)
  • Addition and subtraction of 2-digit numbers (FO)
  • Addition and subtraction word problems (FO)
  • Measures: Length (ME)
  • Graphs (ME)
  • Multiplication and division: 2, 5, and 10 (FO)
Spring 1 Spring 2
  • Time (ME) 
  • Fractions (FDP)
  • Addition and subtraction of 2-digit numbers (FO) 
  • Money (ME)
  • Face, shapes and patterns; lines and turns (GE) 
Summer 1 Summer 2
  • Numbers within 1000 (NU)
  • Measures: Capacity and volume (ME)
  • Measures: Mass (ME)
  • Exploring calculation strategies (FO)
  • Multiplication and division: 3 and 4 (FO)

All Year 2 subjects Next Year 2 Subject - English

Year 3

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
  • Number sense and exploring calculation strategies (NU)
  • Place value (NU)
  • Graphs (ST)
  • Addition and subtraction (FO)
  • Length and perimeter (ME)
Spring 1 Spring 2
  • Multiplication and division (FO)
  • Deriving multiplication and division facts (FO)
  • Time (ME)
  • Fractions (FDP)
Summer 1 Summer 2
  • Angles and shape (GE)
  • Measures (ME)
  • Securing multiplication and division (FO)
  • Exploring calculation strategies and place value (NU)

All Year 3 subjects Next Year 3 Subject - English

Year 4

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
  • Reasoning with large numbers (NU)
  • Addition and subtraction (FO)
  • Multiplication and division (FO)
  • Discrete and continuous data (ST)
Spring 1 Spring 2
  • Securing multiplication facts (FO)
  • Fractions (FDP)
  • Time (ME)
  • Decimals (NU)
  • Area and perimeter (ME)
Summer 1 Summer 2
  • Solving measures and money problems (ME)
  • Shape and symmetry (GE)
  • Position and direction (GE)
  • Reasoning with pattern and sequences 
  • 3-D shape (GE)

All Year 4 subjects Next Year 4 Subject - English

Year 5

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
  • Reasoning with large whole integers (NU) 
  • Integer addition and subtraction (FO)
  • Line graphs and timetables (ST)
  • Multiplication and division (FO)
  • Perimeter and area (ME)
Spring 1 Spring 2
  • Fractions and decimals (FDP)  
  • Angles (GE)
  • Fractions and percentages (FDP
  • Transformations (GE)
Summer 1 Summer 2
  • Converting units of measure (ME)
  • Calculating with whole numbers and decimals (NU)
  • 2-D and 3-D shape (GE) 
  • Volume (GE)
  • Problem solving

All Year 5 subjects Next Year 5 Subject - English

Year 6

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
  • Integers and decimals (NU)
  • Multiplication and division (FO)
  • Calculation problems (FO)
  • Fractions (FDP)
  • Missing angles and length (GE)
Spring 1 Spring 2
  • Coordinates and shapes (GE)
  • Fractions (FDP)
  • Decimals and measure (ME)
  • Percentage and statistics (GE)
  • Proportion problems (RP)
  • SATs Revision
Summer 1 Summer 2
  • SATs Revision
  • Problem Solving
  • Year 7 prep

All Year 6 subjects Next Year 6 Subject - English

Year 7

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
  • Fundamental Skills
  • Factors and Multiples (NU)
  • Order of Operations (FO)
  • Prime Factors (NU)
  • Conceptualising Fractions (FDP)
  • Fractions (FDP)
  • Calculations of Positive and Negative Numbers (FO)
Spring 1 Spring 2

  • Expressions, Equations and Inequalities (AL)

  • Co–ordinates (GE)
  • Angles (GE)
  • Classfying 2D shapes
Summer 1 Summer 2
  • Area of 2D shapes
  • Ratio and Proportion
  • Transforming 2D shapes

All Year 7 subjects Next Year 7 Subject - English

Year 8

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
  • Fundamental Skills
  • Sequences
  • Linear Graphs
  • Forming and Solving equations
  • Forming and Solving inequalities
  • Real life Graphs
  • Accuracy and Estimation
Spring 1 Spring 2
  • Ratio
  • Direct and inverse Proportion
  • Univariate Data
  • Bivariate Data
  • Angles in Polygons
Summer 1 Summer 2
  • Bearings
  • Circles
  • Volume and Surface Area of Prisms

All Year 8 subjects Next Year 8 Subject - English

Year 9

Foundation Maths

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
  • FDP Review
  • Ratio Review
  • Indices
  • Standard Form
  • Algebra Review
  • Linear Graphs
  • Solving equations and inequalites
  • Solving simultaneous equations algebrically and graphically
Spring 1 Spring 2
  • Pythagoras Theorem
  • Similiarity and Enlargement
  • Angle Review
  • Angles in polygons
  • Constructions, congruence and loci
Summer 1 Summer 2
  • Probability
  • Sets, Venns and Sample Space Diagrams
  • Quadratic expressions and equations

Higher Maths

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
  • FDP Review
  • Ratio Review
  • Indices
  • Standard Form
  • Surds
  • Algebra Review
  • Solving simultaneous equations algebrically
  • Solving Simultanesous equations graphically
Spring 1 Spring 2
  • Pythagoras Theorem
  • Similiarity and Enlargement
  • Trigonometry
  • Angles Review
  • Constructions, congruence and loci
Summer 1 Summer 2
  • Probability
  • Sets, Venns and Sample Space Diagrams
  • Quadratic expressions and equations

 

All Year 9 subjects Next Year 9 Subject - English

Year 10

Foundation

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
  • Integers, place value, indices, powers, factors multiples and primes (NU)
  • Fractions, decimals and percentages (NU)
  • Decimals (NU)
  • Algebra basics, expressions and substitution into formulae, 
  • Forming and solving equations (AL)
Spring 1 Spring 2
  • Ratio and Proportion (RP)
  • Angles – parallel lines, angle facts, interior and exterior angles (GE)
  • Percentages (NU)
  • Perimeter, Area and Volume (ME)
  • Pythagoras & Circles (GE)
Summer 1 Summer 2
  • Inequalities & Sequences (AL)
  • Averages (ST)
  • Straight line graphs, Real life graphs (AL)

Higher

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
  • Calculations, checking and rounding.  
  • Indices, roots reciprocals, Multiples, factors, Standard form, surds (NU)
  • Algebra Basics (AL)
  • Solving quadratic, simultaneous, inequalities equations. Linear Graphs and coordinate Geometry 
  • Quadratic, Cubic and other graphs (AL)
Spring 1 Spring 2
  • Transformations. (GE)
  • Fractions and Percentages (FDP)
  •  Ratio and Proportion (RP)
  • Multiplicative Reasoning (FO)
  • Proportion and graphs (RP)
  • Perimeter & area (ME)
  • Circles, 3D shapes and properties 
  • Polygons, angles and parallel lines (GE)
Summer 1 Summer 2
  • Accuracy and bounds (NU)
  • Circle Theorems (GE)
  • Similarity and congruence (GE)
  • Pythagoras and Trigonometry (GE)
  • Trigonometry graphs and further trigonometry (GE)

All Year 10 subjects Next Year 10 Subject - English

Year 11

Foundation

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
  • Algebra basics (AL)
  • Probability (ST)
  • Fractions and reciprocals (NU)
  • Indices and standard form (NU)
  • Pythagoras and trigonometry (GE)
  • Real life graphs (AL)
  • Straight line graphs (AL)
Spring 1 Spring 2
  • Properties of shape, parallel lines and angle facts, Interior and Exterior angles & Circles, Cylinders, cones and spheres (GE)
  • Ratio and proportion (RP)
  • Statistics, sampling and averages (ST)
  • Plans and Elevations & Similarity and Congruence (GE)
Summer 1 Summer 2
  • Revision
  • GCSE Exams

Higher

Autumn 1 Autumn 2
  • Basic Algebra, Solving quadratics, inequalities and simultaneous equations (AL)
  • Ratio and direct/inverse Proportion (RP)
  • Probability, Averages & Representing and interpreting data (ST)
Spring 1 Spring 2
  • Further trigonometry and graphs & Circle Theorems (GE)
  • Circle Geometry (AL)
  • Multiplicative Reasoning (RP)
  • Vectors and proof, Similarity and Congruence, Transformations and constructions (GE)
Summer 1 Summer 2
Revision GCSE Exams

All Year 11 subjects Next Year 11 Subject - English

Meet our Team

Faculty Director of Mathematics

Mrs Sehejpal

Lead Practitioner of Mathematics

Mr Amison

Deputy Director of Mathematics KS4

Mr Alipour

Deputy Director of Mathematics KS3

Mr Wahab

Teacher of Mathematics

Mr Miller

Teacher of Mathematics

Mrs Sadique

Teacher of Mathematics

Ms Mahmood

Teacher of Mathematics

Mrs Qin

Teacher of Mathematics/Careers Lead

Mr Hassan

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