Mathematics Department
Curriculum overview
Reception
Autumn Term
• Counting and ordering
• Recognise numerals 0 to 10
• Formation of numerals 0 to 10
• One more/one less
• Shape - 2D and 3D
• Measures - length
• Patterns - repeating
• Time - days of the week
• Money - 1p, 2p, 5p
Spring Term
• Counting and ordering numbers
• Addition within 10
• Subtraction within 10
• Position
• Sorting
• Measuring - weight
• Money - role play to pay
• Time - days of the week, months of the year
• Number bonds to 5
Summer Term
• Counting and ordering numbers
• Additions
• Subtraction
• Shape and space - language to describe shapes
• Order - order of size
• Sorting and matching
• Measuring - capacity
• Money - 1p, 2p,5p,10p,20p,50p, £1, £2
• Time - O'Clock, half past, quarter past, quarter to
• Number bonds to 10
Year 1
Y1 Mathematics Curriculum Overview
Autumn Term
• Number sequence to 20
• Number names
• Ordering numbers before/after/between
• Addition to 10 including addition of 3 numbers
• Doubles/near doubles
• Money - recognition of coins to £1, totals of coins 1p,2p,5p,10,20p, select coins for exact amount
• Length - non-standard /standard unit metre stick; cm
• 3D Shapes - cube, cylinder, cone, cuboid, sphere - language associated with, position (near, beside,above,below, under etc)
• Compare numbers - largest/smallest
• Introduce subtraction
• Days of the week
• Sorting, matching, relationships,
• Subtraction to 10
Spring Term
• Even/odd numbers
• Comparing and ordering numbers
• 1,2,10 more or less than a given number.
• Subtraction to 20
• Beginning place value- number to 100 (extension)
• Addition and subtraction facts to 10
• Subtraction within 10p
• Weight - balance/language associated with 2D Shape/properties/introduce hexagon
• Time- O'Clock/half past/analogue digital
• Number names 11-20
• Ordinal numbers
• Subtraction facts for 6+7, 8+9, to 10
• Subtraction comparison - difference, how many more
• Money - give change (extension) real-life problems
• Capacity
• Sorting/Matching sets
• Extension - Multiplication as repeated addition.
Summer Term
• Numbers to 100 - in 10s/partition tens and ones
• Counting in 2's,3's,5's,10's
• Order numbers
• Solve practical problems using mental strategies - doubles/near doubles
• Addition beyond 10
• Capacity
• 2D/3D Shape, symmetry, moving forward, backward, left, right, whole and half turns.
• Counting sequences/multiples
• Money problems/giving change
• Subtraction beyond 10
• Time/durations/digital/analogue
• Data handling - graphs
• Extension - multiplication/sharing/number problems/inverse addition
• Also Challenges
• Investigations
• Spotlight Extension Activities
Year 2
Autumn Term
• Number sequences to 100
• Place value for 2-digit numbers
• Addition facts to 10
• Adding 10 to a single-digit number
• Adding a single digit to a ‘teens' number and totals to 20
• Adding two single digit numbers by bridging ten/using doubles/near doubles
• Addition facts to 15, 20
• Money using 1p, 2p, 5p, 10, 20p
• 3D shapes-pyramid, sphere, cube, cuboid, cone, cylinder
• Properties of 3D shapes- faces, corners, edges
• Counting in twos
• Subtraction facts to 10
• Subtraction from a teens number and 20
• Subtraction facts for 11 to 15
• Bar graphs
• Two times table
• Multiplication facts for 5 & 10 times tables
• Fractions - half & quarter of shapes
• Time, months of the year
• Length - metre & centimetre
• Number problems
Spring Term
• Counting in threes, fours and fives
• Comparing and ordering numbers
• Addition of a single digit and a two-digit number
• Addition of a multiple of ten and a two-digit number
• Addition of a single digit and a two-digit number with bridging
• Addition of a teens number and a two-digit number
• Addition of three numbers
• Using the 50p
• 2D shapes-recognise circle, rectangle, square, triangle, hexagon, pentagon, octagon
• Simple properties of these shapes- corners, edges
• Using shapes to create patterns
• Numbers between and halfway between two given numbers
• Rounding numbers to the nearest ten
• Subtraction facts for 16-20
• Problems involving money
• Revising ‘o' clock and half past times on analogue and digital clocks
• Quarter past and quarter to times on the analogue and digital clocks
• Carroll and Venn diagrams
Summer Term
• Counting backwards and forwards to 1000 in tens, ones, hundreds
• Ordering of 3-digit numbers and finding halfway between pairs of numbers
• Addition & subtraction in 100's
• Mental addition of a single digit number & a multiple of 100
• Subtracting a single digit, tens, tens and units
• £1 coin
• Capacity - litre
• Calculations using litres
• 2D shapes - clockwise and anti-clockwise
• Right angle
• 2D shapes - lines of symmetry
• Equal sharing, grouping -.- sign
• Dividing by 2 - halving
• Dividing by 10 - using 10 times table
• Half & quarter of shapes & number
• Time - 15 or 30 minutes before/after analogue or digital times
• Finding 15 or 30 minutes or whole hours between given digital or analogue times
• Carroll & Venn diagrams
Year 3
Autumn Term
• Place Value for 3-digit numbers
• Comparing 3-digit numbers
• Adding single digit numbers or 10
• Adding a teens number and a single digit number
• Consolidating subtraction facts to 20
• Subtracting teens numbers from teens numbers or 20
• Coin collections with £1
• Using the £2 coin
• Amounts in pounds and pence
• Practise using multiplication tables (2, 5 & 10 times tables)
• Counting in twos, threes, fours and fives
• Revising o'clock, quarter past, half past & quarter to
• Half and hour before/after
• Ordering times - am and pm
• Organising and interpreting data using frequency tables and bar charts
• Begin to divide by 2 and 10 using knowledge of tables
• Revising half and quarter of shapes and introducing thirds, tenths, fifths, sixths and eighths
• Adding 9/11 (near multiples of 10)
• Subtracting 9/11 (near multiples of 10)
• Adding/subtracting 9/19/29 etc & 11/21/31 etc
• Adding a 2-digit number and a teens number
• Addition of two 2-digit numbers, without bridging
Spring Term
• Subtracting a single digit from a 2-digit number without bridging
• Subtracting a multiple of 10 from a 2-digit number
• Revise number sequence to 100
• Introduce number sequence to 1000
• Sequences: 10 more/less, 100 more/less
• Adding/subtracting 10/100, multiples of 10/100
• Writing times - analogue, words, digital
• Introducing the time, past and to, in 5 minute intervals
• Durations of time, beginning with 15/30 minutes before/after
• The Calendar - revising months of the year
• Subtracting a teens number from a 2-digit number
• Subtracting a 2-digit number from a 2-digit number
• Introducing grid references
• Revise clockwise and anti-clockwise movements
• Recognise right angles
• Introduce the 4-point compass
• Adding a 2-digit number and a single digit, with bridging
• Adding a 2-digit number and a teens number, with bridging
Summer Term
• Revising adding a 2-digit number and a single digit, with bridging
• Revising adding a 2-digit number and a teens number, with bridging
• Adding two 2-digit numbers, with bridging
• Subtracting single-digit numbers, bridging multiples of 10
• Subtracting a teens number, bridging a multiple of 10
• Subtracting a 2-digit number, bridging a multiple of 10
• Dividing by 5, 3 & 4 (using knowledge of multiplication tables)
• Linking multiplication and division
• Solve word problems involving numbers in ‘real life', money, measures, using one or more steps
• Explain how problem has been solved
• Revision of rounding, estimating and ordering numbers
• Revision of 2D & 3D shapes and their properties
• Revision of symmetry
• Doubling and halving - revising multiplication and division by 2
• Introducing doubles for 50, 100, 150,...500 and halves for 100, 200, 300,....1000
• Linking multiplication and division involving 10 & 100
• Using and applying remainders
• Introducing £5, £10 & £20 - finding totals
• Giving change from £1, £2, £5 or £10
• Using and applying with money
Websites
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Year 4
Topics covered each term:
„X Mental maths
„X Times tables
„X Investigations
„X Maths games and puzzles
Autumn Term
„X Addition and subtraction - mental strategies
„X Place value - numbers to 10 000
„X Negative numbers
„X Multiplying by 10/100
„X Decimals - tenths
„X 3D shape
„X Tally charts and bar graphs
„X Time
Spring Term
„X Addition and subtraction of 3-digit numbers - mental and written methods
„X Fractions
„X Sequences
„X Multiplying a 2-digit number by 2, 3, 4 or 5
„X Dividing by 10/100
„X Money
„X 2D shape
„X Symmetry
„X Length
„X Weight
„X Area
Summer Term
„X Addition and subtraction of 3-digit numbers - written methods
„X Fractions
„X Word problems
„X Estimating and rounding
„X Written multiplication and division
„X Money
„X Grid references and co-ordinates
„X Angles
„X Carroll and venn diagrams
„X Time - timetables
„X Length
„X Capacity
Year 5
Topics covered each term:
„X Mental maths
„X Times tables
„X Investigations
„X Maths games and puzzles
Autumn Term
„X Addition and subtraction - mental strategies
„X Fractions - improper fractions, mixed numbers and equivalent fractions
„X Place value - numbers to millions
„X Multiplying by 10/100
„X Decimals - tenths, rounding to whole numbers
„X Tally charts and bar graphs
„X Length
„X Perimeter
„X Weight - reading scales
Spring Term
„X Addition and subtraction of 3-digit numbers - mental and written methods
„X Negative numbers
„X Sequences
„X Dividing by 10/100
„X Decimals - hundredths, comparing and ordering, addition and subtraction
„X Lines and triangles
„X Symmetry
„X Area
„X Time - 24 hour clock
Summer Term
„X Inverse operations (+ & -)
„X Word problems
„X Percentages of amounts
„X Estimating and rounding
„X Written multiplication and division
„X Doubling and halving
„X Co-ordinates
„X Angles
„X Probability
„X Time - durations, times before/after
„X Capacity
„X Volume
Year 6
Topics covered each term:
„X Mental maths
„X Times tables
„X Investigations
„X Maths games and puzzles
Autumn Term
„X Addition and subtraction - mental strategies
„X Fractions - improper fractions, mixed numbers and equivalent fractions
„X Place value - numbers to millions
„X Multiplying by 10/100
„X Decimals - tenths, rounding to whole numbers
„X Tally charts and bar graphs
„X Length
„X Perimeter
„X Weight - reading scales
Spring Term
„X Addition and subtraction of 3-digit numbers - mental and written methods
„X Negative numbers
„X Sequences
„X Dividing by 10/100
„X Decimals - hundredths, comparing and ordering, addition and subtraction
„X Lines and triangles
„X Symmetry
„X Area
„X Time - 24 hour clock
Summer Term
„X Inverse operations (+ & -)
„X Word problems
„X Percentages of amounts
„X Estimating and rounding
„X Written multiplication and division
„X Doubling and halving
„X Co-ordinates
„X Angles
„X Probability
„X Time - durations, times before/after
„X Capacity
„X Volume
Year 7
Topics covered each term:
„X Mental maths
„X Investigations
„X Maths games and puzzles
Autumn Term
„X +/-/x/÷
„X Graphs
„X Fractions, Decimals & Percentages
„X Transformations
„X Time
„X Algebra
„X Area & Perimeter
„X Construction
Spring Term
„X Number Properties
„X Angles
„X Fractions, Decimals & Percentages
„X Circles
„X Algebra
„X Probability
„X Handling Data
Summer Term
„X Fractions, Decimals & Percentages
„X Algebra
„X Handling Data
„X Polygons
„X Ratio
„X Volume
„X Measurement
„X Enlargement
„X Bearings & Scale Drawing
„X Sequences
„X Straight Line graphs
„X Speed calculations
Year 8
Topics covered each term:
„X Mental maths
Autumn Term
„X Complete & extend CE topics from year 7 overview as required
„X Practice past CE papers
„X Start topic based CE question sheets
Spring Term
„X Continue with topic based CE question sheets
„X More practice past CE papers
„X mocks
Summer Term
„X Preparation for CE mental arithmetic exam
„X Final revision for CE
„X Concentrated past paper practice
„X CE exams
„X Investigations
„X Maths games and puzzles
Additional Scholarship topics
„X Negative indices & square roots
„X Standard Form (not examined)
„X Quadratic sequence rules
„X Degree of accuracy
„X Proportion
„X Compound interest & finding the original amount
„X +/-/x/÷ of mixed numbers
„X Recurring decimals
„X Equations with x on both sides
„X Simplifying algebraic fractions
„X Solving equations involving fractions
„X Multiplying out 2 brackets & simplifying the resultant quadratic
„X Solving quadratics by factorising
„X Using algebra to solve problems
„X Pythagoras
„X Plotting quadratic graphs
„X Simultaneous equations
„X Inequalities
„X Trial & Improvement
„X Rearranging formulae
„X Average speed of multi-stage journeys
„X Area & volume of prisms
„X Enlargement by a fractional scale factor
„X Tree diagrams; ‘and' & ‘or'
„X Comparing distributions & selecting most appropriate average
„X Trigonometry (not examined)