At Almondsbury, we follow a Mastery approach to teaching Maths. We have a clear lesson structure to ensure consistency and progression across the school.

 

Maths Lesson

Warm up – Range of weekly warm-ups consistent across school

• Mental Maths practise
• Guided problem solving
• Mastery Maths Attack
• Arithmetic challenges
• Number/Calculation of the week

 

Recap/Feedback – Revisit prior learning and address any common misconceptions

 

I do – Teacher models learning objective using appropriate visual aids and/or manipulatives

 

We do – Teacher and children work together using appropriate visual aids and/or manipulatives. Discussion opportunities for children to explain their understanding using STEM sentences

 

You do – Children given opportunity to answer questions independently. Chance for teacher to assess who needs extra support during the lesson.

 

Independent Task/ Guided group work for those children identified in the You do Section – One task for all Fluency/ Reasoning/ Problem Solving

 

Open ended challenges provide extra challenge for those who have completed the independent task.

 

Mini plenaries – to check understanding and provide extra challenge

 

Plenary – Recap key learning points from the lesson