Mathematics

At Middlewich Primary School, we use Power Maths to deliver maths lessons in years 1-5. A combination of White Rose, CGP and Target Maths is used to support teaching and learning in year 6 to reinforce key concepts and further develop subject knowledge.

What do you like about maths at Middlewich Primary School?

• "I enjoy exploring written methods in maths, particularly long multiplication and long division." (year 6 pupil) 

• "I've enjoyed learning about shapes and exploring nets by making them." (year 6 pupil) 

• "I absolutely love Arithmetic Fridays as I love practising lots of calculations." (year  5 pupil) 

• "I love getting to the challenges in Power Maths - they really get me thinking!" (year 5 pupil) 

• "I like that we have different levels of challenge within a lesson to help us to build our confidence." (year 4 pupil) 

• "I find the word problems interesting to solve." (year 4 pupil) 

• "I like learning my times tables in maths lessons." (year 3 pupil) 

• "I like learning about money. I used subtraction to help me to find how much change I would have." (year 3 pupil)

• "I absolutely love maths - it's the best subject!" (year 2 pupil) 

• "Maths is enjoyable and fun. I have liked adding, taking away and learning to tell the time this year." (year 2 pupil)

• "I like finding out new number facts." (year 1 pupil) 

• "In Maths, we do lots of fun things like adding numbers. I like using numberlines to help me to do this." (year 1 pupil) 

• "I like using ten frames to help us to make number bonds." (EYFS pupil) 

• "I like saying numbers that are doubles." (EYFS pupil) 

What does maths look like at Middlewich Primary School?

The documents below explain how Power Maths introduces methods for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in their maths lessons.  

Click the 'Maths Subject Overview' document below to find out more information about the key mathematical knowledge that is taught in each year group.