Hurst Green Primary School
Maths
Mathematics
Purpose of study
Mathematics is a creative and highly inter-connected discipline that has been developed over centuries, providing the solution to some of history’s most intriguing problems. It is essential to everyday life, critical to science, technology and engineering, and necessary for financial literacy and most forms of employment. A high-quality mathematics education therefore provides a foundation for understanding the world, the ability to reason mathematically, an appreciation of the beauty and power of mathematics, and a sense of enjoyment and curiosity about the subject.
Aims
The National Curriculum for Mathematics aims to ensure that all pupils:
- Become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, including through varied and frequent practice with increasingly complex problems over time, so that pupils develop conceptual understanding and the ability to recall and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately.
- Reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry, conjecturing relationships and generalisations, and developing an argument, justification or proof using mathematical language.
- Can solve problems by applying their mathematics to a variety of routine and non-routine problems with increasing sophistication, including breaking down problems into a series of simpler steps and persevering in seeking solutions.
Our maths ambassadors
If you have any suggestions for websites, resources or even challenges for our website, please seek out Mr Rees or our two ambassadors in Year's 5 and 6.
KS2 Challenge of the Month -
Send your solutions down to Mr Rees or a Maths Ambassador before 31/01/26 for a chance to win 5 track-it points for aspiration. Only correct solutions will be entered into the draw!
I have fifteen cards numbered .
I put down seven of them on the table in a row.
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The numbers on the first two cards add to .
The numbers on the second and third cards add to .
The numbers on the third and fourth cards add to .
The numbers on the fourth and fifth cards add to .
The numbers on the fifth and sixth cards add to .
The numbers on the sixth and seventh cards add to .
What are my cards?
https://nrich.maths.org/problems/fifteen-cards
KS1 Challenge of the month -
Send your solutions down to Mr Rees or a Maths Ambassador before 31/01/26 for a chance to win 5 track-it points for aspiration. Only correct solutions will be entered into the draw!
In the picture below, a number is being put into the box. Inside the box, something happens to the number, and then a new number is tipped out of the box.
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The first time this happens, 10 is put into the box. What happens inside the box to get the number 18?
Now three more numbers go into the box, one at a time. The box does the same thing that it did before, and the numbers that are tipped out of the box are:
12
8
15
What were the three new numbers that went in? Remember that the same thing as before happened to all three of those numbers.
https://nrich.maths.org/problems/what-was-box
Examples of marvellous maths throughout school
Dudley Maths Championship - 2025
In February, a team of Year 5 and 6 children attended the first heat of the Dudley Maths Championship, where they successfully came in second place. As a result, they have been invited back to the finals in June. Good luck team!
Online maths Games and Resources to Support Learning at Home
Below are a variety of free online resources and games that will support your child in their maths learning at home. Please explore the links and enjoy! If you have any websites which you think would be perfect to add to this list, then please email in your suggestions to the school office.
Math Playground
Polypad - Great for manipulatives, models and games!
Battleships - Perfect for practising co-ordinates
Chess - Ideal for developing reasoning skills