EYFS Maths

Mount Carmel
Catholic School

EYFS CURRICULUM-maths

Our EYFS Curriculum

'I have come so that they may have life and have it to the full.'
Mark 10:10

Mount Carmel Values

Our aim is for every child to leave here an Ambassador of Christ.
Our values are deeply rooted in the high expectations that we have of each child in the school. Our Values permeate across the school through children's learning, friendships, behaviour and leadership.
Our values come from the Church.

C - consideration
H - helpfulness
U - unity
R - respect
C - commitment
H - honesty

Our British Values

Our children learn about our British Values through 5 areas. These are discussed at whole school liturgies and during lunch times. We are committed to serving our community, with the strong belief that we are one school for all.

Our Power Values

Our aim is for every child to leave with the power to make a positive change in the world. Through our subjects there are five themes that we believe are integral with teaching children how to become powerful adults.

We ensure that these themes run through our subjects. Children learn about 5 areas of power - Education, Religion, Resources, People and Legacy.

cHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE LEARNING

Playing and Exploring
Children investigate and experience things and 'have a go'. Children who actively participate in their own play, develop a larger store of information and experiences to draw on which positively supports their learning.

Active Learning
Children concentrate and keep on trying if they encounter difficulties. They are proud of their own achievements. For children to develop into self-regulating, lifelong learners, they are required to take ownership, accept challenges and learn persistence.

Creating and Thinking Critically
Children develop their own ideas and make links between these ideas. They think flexibly and rationally, drawing on previous experiences which helped them to solve problems and reach conclusions.

Unique child: Every child is unique and has the potential to be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured.
Positive relationships: Children flourish with warm, strong and positive partnerships between all staff and parents/carers. This promote independence across the EYFS curriculum. Children and practitioners are not alone – embrace each community.
Enabling environments: Children learn and develop well in safe and secure environments when routines are established and where adults respond to their individual needs and passions and help them build upon their learning overtime.
Learning and development: Children develop and learn at different rates (not in different ways as stated in 2017). We must be aware of children who need greater support than others.

Developing a strong grounding in number is essential so that all children develop the necessary building blocks to excel mathematically. Children should be able to count confidently, develop a deep understanding of the numbers to 10, the relationship between them and patterns within those numbers. By providing frequent and varied opportunities to build and apply this understanding - such as using manipulatives including, small pebbles and tens frames for organising counting - children will develop a secure base knowledge and vocabulary from which mastery of mathematics is built. In addition, it is important that the curriculum includes rich opportunities for children to develop their spatial reasoning skills across all areas of mathematics, including shape space and measures. It is important that children develop positive attitudes and interests in mathematics, look for patterns and relationships, spot connections, 'have a go', talk to adults and peers about what they notice and not be afraid to make mistakes.

Area of Learning - Maths

How you can help as parents

To become a marvelous mathematician who can show a deep understanding numbers to 10, recognise patterns within the number system, subitise. compare quantities and recal number bonds to 5.

Around the house

Cooking: measure ingredients and set the timer together.
Find the same amount of different items to help your child understand what numbers mean. For example, find 3 spoons, 3 hats or 3 socks.
Put items in order. You could do this by weight, height or size. Ask your child to help you organise items around the house.
Solve problems. Work out “how many altogether” and “how many more”. Ask your child questions such as: “We have 3 red apples and 2 green apples, so how many apples do we have altogether?”

Out and about

Go on a shape hunt at the park or while you’re out and about. How many circles, squares, rectangles or triangles can your child find? Try getting your child to look for patterns.
Look for numbers on doors, buses, cars, signs, at the shops – anywhere! Remember to talk about what the numbers mean when you see them.
Count things. For example – how many lampposts are on our street? How many houses have a red door? How many dogs can you count in a day?
Talk about time. How long does it take to walk to the shop, or to school?

Our curriculum goal

Nursery - maths

Number

I can recognise name and match colours.
I can sort by attribute.
I can recite the numbers to five.
I can talk about one.
I can give one item on request.
I can count how many people are in my immediate family.

Shape and Space

I can identify attributes such as long, tall, short, high, heavy, full, big, enormous, small.
I can identify and name squares, rectangles, circles and triangles.

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Number

I can talk about two.
I can give two items on request.
I can recognise one or two objects by subitising.
I know that a quantity changes if something is added or taken away.

Shape and Space

I can copy a two-part pattern.
I can understand and use the language 'in, on, under'.
I can understand and use the language 'big/small'.

Nursery - maths

Number

I can talk about three. 
I could recognise one, two or three objects, when subitising.
I can recite the numbers one to ten. 
I can give three items on request. 
I can compare quantities using 'more than' and 'fewer/less than'.

Shape and Space

I can find shapes in the environment; circles, squares, triangles and rectangles.
I can use 3-D shapes to build and use the words 'straight, flat, round, sides and corners'.
I can talk about long and short.
I can understand and use 'up, down, across, above, over'. 
I can understand and follow 'forwards, backwards'.

Spring 1

Spring 2

Number

I can talk about four.
I can give four items on request.
I can recognise one, two, three and four objects when is subitising.
I can count to 10 from a given number.
I can partition three or four objects.

Shape and Space

I can continue a two-part pattern.
I can make my own pattern.
I can describe 2-D shapes using the words 'curved, straight'.
I can make comparisons between objects relating to height and capacity.
I can talk about full and empty