Maths
At Shirley Junior School, we believe all children should have a deep understanding of all mathematical concepts. Number is at the heart of our curriculum and daily practice takes place in every year group to ensure fluency of number and facts to aid them with competence and confidence in mastery. Our mathematics curriculum fosters positive attitudes, fascination and excitement of discovery through teaching and learning. Alongside this, through quality teaching and our careful consideration of tasks, we aim to embellish a positive and resilient attitude towards maths and for children to have the ability to solve problems, reason, think logically and to work systematically and accurately. Furthermore, to enable the children to confidently reason about mathematics, we ensure children are exposed to a range of mathematical language, recognising its importance for deep thinking and understanding. Children at Shirley Junior School will understand that mathematics is integral to all aspects of life, and with this in mind, we endeavour to make rich and varied real life connections in our lessons to ensure that children become confident mathematicians. Finally, we believe that all children should have a range of strategies, working both collaboratively and independently, so that we create lifelong independent learners who take responsibility for their own learning.