Numeracy

At St George’s Road Primary School, we believe that the purpose of mathematics education is to:

Develop our students’, parents’ and teachers’ knowledge, skills and attitudes for mathematics teaching and learning.
Support our students and families in understanding the imperative role that mathematics plays for future employability, life choices and quality of life.
Prime our students for their forthcoming pursuits beyond their primary education at our school.

When students learn mathematics at St George’s Road Primary School, they:

Believe that making and learning from mistakes are customary.
Work collaboratively to develop knowledge using language that explains, challenges, justifies and convinces others of their mathematical thinking.
Challenge themselves and their peers in positive, constructive ways as a means of strengthening their mathematical understandings and skills.
Set high expectations for themselves and demonstrate these by setting challenging learning goals for themselves.

When teachers teach mathematics at St George’s Road Primary School, they:

Promote positive attitudes towards mathematics.
Ask questions to engage, challenge and assess.
Plan lessons with curriculum requirements and student needs in mind.
Plan and use tasks that consider student interest and relevance.
Use data and knowledge of individual student learning to help plan tasks and activities.
Use warm up activities to stimulate, engage and tune in students to the lesson.
Anticipate student responses to tasks during planning and teaching.

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