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🔢 Mathematics.

Mathematical understanding and problem-solving across the school. The Maths Impact Team owns M.A.S.T.E.R. (Numbersense), Power Maths, White Rose Maths (EYFS), Numbots and TTRS — a coherent spine from number-sense to fluent reasoning.

Vocabulary & reading spine

Words we teach, books we read

GradeTier 2 vocabularyTier 3 vocabularySuggested reading
Nurserymore · less · samecount · pattern · shape
  • 1 2 3 to the Zoo — Eric CarleCounting + animals.
  • Ten Black Dots — Donald CrewsPictorial number sense.
LKGequal · compare · pairsubitise · tens frame · number bond
  • The Doorbell Rang — Pat HutchinsSharing and division concept.
  • Mouse Count — Ellen Stoll WalshCounting with story tension.
UKGestimate · betweenpart-whole · tens · ones
  • How Many Snails? — Paul Giganti Jr.Counting + classification.
  • One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab — April Pulley SayreComposing numbers.
Grade 1altogether · fewernumber bond · partition · array
  • Anno’s Counting Book — Mitsumasa AnnoWordless mathematical world.
Grade 2exchange · remainingcolumn method · regroup · commutative
  • The Greedy Triangle — Marilyn BurnsGeometry and identity.
Grade 3represent · comparemultiple · factor · fraction
  • The Boy Who Loved Math · Erdős — Deborah HeiligmanMaths as a way of being.
Grade 4systematic · efficientequivalent · decimal · denominator
  • The Number Devil — Hans Magnus EnzensbergerBig maths ideas, story-driven.
Grade 5justify · generaliseratio · proportion · percentage
  • The Phantom Tollbooth — Norton JusterWordplay, logic, Mathemagician.