In addition to White Rose Maths teaching, Year 1 and Year 2 will be teaching an additional 10 minutes of maths teaching a day designed by the NCETM to build number sense. It is fully funded by the NCETM. FS will use a blend of the NCETM Number Sense scheme and White Rose. See overviews for Number Sense below.
For further information regarding the Number Sense scheme, use the link below:
https://www.ncetm.org.uk/maths-hubs-projects/mastering-number/
We know how important it is to reduce cognitive load therefore we invest in Times Tables Rock Stars. This program allows the children to rehearse their number facts and memorising times tables makes it far quicker for children to work out mental maths problems in their heads. We recommended using Times Tables Rock Stars for three minutes a day as practise little and often will move this knowledge into our long term memories.
We also use Doodle Maths for children to rehearse a wide variety of other areas of Maths at home. Using technology in this way additionally helps us to reduce the amount of paper being consumed by the school.