Subject Vison

‘Woodfield academy is a place where our day to day mission is to ignite a passion to learn and a desire to succeed in an environment that nurtures all.’

It is a place where learners are taught through our curriculum, to make informed choices and to be responsible for their own actions, through the teaching of four core values; Compassion, Respect, Resilience and Responsibility.

Mathematics is central to everyday life, unlocking the world around us. From the concrete to the abstract, pupils will understand the necessity of mathematics to not only their everyday learning, but how the subject unlocks understanding and answers in practical subjects and is crucial to being financially literate.

At Woodfield Academy, the mathematics curriculum is broad, ambitious and rigorous and covers each of the major topic areas (Number, Algebra, Geometry, Measures and Data Handling). This pitch and pace at which pupils work is sensitive to the rate at which pupils learn and enables pupils to have a deep understanding of the content. Expectations are kept high and progress is made by all pupils.

Our aim is to ensure that all pupils continuously develop their numerical skills, knowledge and vocabulary in order to become confident mathematicians, fluent in mathematical reasoning and problem solving. Pupils will be consistently challenged by exploring a full range of mathematical processes and concepts, to ensure that they are not only SATs and High School ready, but so they can independently transfer key knowledge across the curriculum, particularly into STEM subjects.

Lessons at both KS2 and KS3 are taught using the same lesson structure, to ensure consistency throughout the school. These consist of:

• Retrieval – Used to revisit subject knowledge previously taught
• Key Instant Recall Facts (KIRFs) – Used to practise a core skill for a few minutes
• Anchor – Used to assess knowledge of a new concept/ subject content
• Main teaching input – Teach a new skill/ further develop a known skill
• Do it – Fluency activities
• Twist it – Fluency activities presented in an alternative way
• Deepen it – Reasoning and problem solving involving the skill being taught

Our well planned and sequenced curriculum, built on a clear sense of progression, will enable all pupils to appreciate the power of mathematics, readying them for further education and the wider world.

“The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics”. Paul Holmes

Mathematics – Primary National Curriculum

Mathematics – Secondary National Curriculum