Maths
At Cowick CE Primary School we believe Maths is a journey, achieved through the Love of learning, exploration, practice and the application of skills over time. At each stage of learning, children should be able to demonstrate a deep, conceptual understanding of the topic and be able to build on this over time.
We want children to make rich connections across mathematical ideas to develop fluency, mathematical reasoning and competence in solving increasingly sophisticated problems. We intend for our pupils to be able to apply their mathematical knowledge to English, science and other subjects.
As our pupils progress, we intend for our pupils to be able to understand the world, have the ability to reason mathematically, to give them the hope of striving for more, to have an appreciation of the beauty and power of Maths and a sense of enjoyment and curiosity about the subject.
Times Tables
During the summer term of Year 4 the children will complete a multiplication tables test set by the Standards and Testing Agency. Children are expected to know their times tables up to 12 X 12. At Cowick our children have access to Times Table Rockstars and IXL as online learning platforms that will help the children learn and practice their tables.
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[1064224]Federation Primary School Maths Policy | [pdf 211KB] |
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Calculation Policy | [pdf 11MB] |
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Maths Impact statement | [pdf 188KB] |
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Skills Progression Maps
Reasoning Skills Progression Maps
Below are our reasoning skills progression maps.
Pupil views
'Everyone helps me learn.' - Reception pupil, July 2026
Maths helps me to learn lots of things and it will help me when I am older. - Year 6 pupil, Jult 2026
'You use Maths all of the time'. - Year 5 pupil, July 2026
'I like counting. We use toys to count.' - Reception pupil, July 2026
'You learn about numbers doing maths'. - Year 4 Pupil, July 2026
'I love maths when it challenges you.' - Year 5 pupil, July 2026
'I love maths when we work with our friends.' - Year 1 pupil, July 2026
'I really like learning how to add really big numbers together.' - Year 3 Pupil July 2026
'I love doing doing halving and doubling - I know my doubles really well but halving is a little bit trickier.' - Year 2 pupil, July 2026
'I know that I have worked hard and listened really well when I can do things that I couldn't at the start of the lesson.' - Year 4 pupil July 2026
'I know I am doing really well in maths because my teacher tells me and encourages me in lessons.' - Year 5 pupil, July 2026
'Maths in my class can be really tricky - we get to do all different things with fractions like convert proper and improper fractions.' - Year 6 pupil, July 2026