Each lesson focuses on a learning objective. Once the intended outcomes have been determined, a decision is made by the class teacher on how to organize or group the children. The boys are taught as a class, in groups and individually as appropriate.

 

Maths lessons follow our two year syllabus and allow time for revision, the introduction of new concepts, consolidation and extension. They are closely allied to Key Stage 1 of the National Curriculum.

 

During the first year in the Annexe, most children learn to solve problems involving counting, adding, subtracting or halving in the context of numbers, measures or money. E.g. to pay and ‘give change’. They learn to compare and order numbers to twenty and beyond and to position these numbers on a number line. They also learn to use the vocabulary related to addition and subtraction. In the first year most children are able to visualize and name common 2D shapes and 3D solids and use them to make patterns, pictures and models. They learn to estimate, measure, weigh and compare objects using at first non standard and then standard units and measuring instruments. They are encouraged to record and present data using pictures, block graphs or pictograms, often as part of an ICT lesson.

 

In the second year, most children will be taught to solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication or division in contexts of numbers, measures or pounds and pence. At first they deal with numbers to 20, then 100 and later 1000 learning to total in multiples of 10. They learn by rote multiples of 2, 5 and 10 and use their knowledge of number facts and operations to estimate and check answers. In shape, the children are taught to visualise common 2D and 3D solids and to sort, make and describe shapes referring to their properties. They begin to identify symmetry in patterns and shapes. They also learn to read and tell the time to the quarter hour; measure lines to the nearest centimeter and estimate and compare and measure lengths, weights and capacities using standard units (m, cm, kg, litre). In the second year the boys are also taught to use lists, tables and diagrams to sort objects when handling data.

 

We encourage all the boys to improve and develop their different aspects of learning – enquiry, problem solving, creative thinking, information processing, reasoning, evaluation and communication – all in a stimulating and challenging environment.