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27/03/24

Staff Wellbeing lunch is ready - we love how brilliant our staff are here! Thank you for all that you do for our children. pic.twitter.com/SplNtUe9ci

26/03/24

KS2 have really enjoyed thinking about the wonderful community we have in Buntingford. The children have used their Computing skills to create a summary of their work. pic.twitter.com/jHZdMm1Xxz

25/03/24

Really proud of our school choir performing, ‘This is Me,’ at our Easter assembly. pic.twitter.com/Nsl509EKau

20/03/24

We have been so lucky to have had a healthy foods workshop run by Aspens. We learnt about tasty, healthy snacks and all the good they do for our bodies. We made a fruit and vegetable smoothly, which was delicious, healthy and sweet! We are allowed sweet treats, just not too many! pic.twitter.com/6q5Fr0nJCd

18/03/24

We have been learning about the importance of our wonderful community in Buntingford in our PSHE lessons recently. Year 3 and 4 have decided to get creative to make some Easter cards and gifts for our friends Layston Grove Care Home pic.twitter.com/wGqnsSng2F

18/03/24

We have had such a great time in after school club today with Mrs Garner, it was so much fun to bring our bikes and scooters to school to use! pic.twitter.com/XyvjMuVvTv

13/03/24

A sneak peak of tonight’s trust concert 🎶 pic.twitter.com/eI3uHG6obt

12/03/24

A sneak peak of tonight’s trust concert 🎶 pic.twitter.com/eI3uHG6obt

07/03/24

🚨 NEWS UPDATE! 🚨 Nursery have made a discovery… pic.twitter.com/R9IiBan4ZF

04/03/24

Houston, we have a problem… looks like Oak class will need to wear their detective hats this week! pic.twitter.com/A40QM4b5lM

01/03/24

KS2 worked extremely hard on their Lion King masks and we are so proud of the final result! They also created a dance to a favourite song from the film. Watch this space - coming soon to a screen near you! pic.twitter.com/1lTkWJ9Xq2

29/02/24

Recently, some of the children in Oak class have been interested in ninjas. Today they learnt how to move stealthily and calmly. They managed to sneak past Mrs Johnson and Mrs Murray to collect the ninjas! 🥷 pic.twitter.com/eNER4qmdzH

28/02/24

Year 2 enjoyed setting up a shop this morning as part of their learning about finding the change. pic.twitter.com/B0CRAMOdAJ

27/02/24

KS2 enjoyed learning about our sustainable school building today. We went around the school looking at the different features of the building that make it sustainable e.g. triple glazing, solar panels, air source heat pump, wildlife area with a pond, a living roof to name a few! pic.twitter.com/BfJuL8cxXI

26/02/24

🚨 Exclusive egg update from Oak class! 🚨 pic.twitter.com/zzmCp4pJQ1

23/02/24

BREAKING NEWS! 🚨 A space shuttle has landed in the nursery classroom! Inside is a large purple egg that looks like it’s hatching and lots of strange symbols… we can’t wait to see Oak class on Monday to help us figure out this mystery! pic.twitter.com/AuX3jNGA1M

15/02/24

The children had such a wonderful time at our Valentine’s disco. We had dancing, music, games, sweets, balloons, a photo booth and even glitter tattoos! Thank you to Miss Hunter and the PTA for organising such a great event for our children. pic.twitter.com/phZn5IftLY

08/02/24

In Oak class, the children love coming to school so much that they asked for their own miniature one! The children now have a mini classroom complete with a staff room and pretend photocopier ☺️❤️ pic.twitter.com/9kkdc850Pk

30/01/24

We heard from Jenny who lived in Cape Town during the drought and how her family managed to conserve water. KS2 are now creating their own PowerPoints to share some top tips on how to save water as part of our learning in ESR. pic.twitter.com/bvLlXSwYKy

30/01/24

Chico is back! He had such a wonderful time visiting Layston Grove Care Home for the winter holidays. He returned today with Paula, Eileen and John, to tell us all about his adventures. Oak class were so happy to see our friends and show them our own class bear! pic.twitter.com/9sr2aa9LRz

24/01/24

This morning the children in Oak class rescued a sapling that had been blown over in the storms. It was a lot of work and we even discovered a dinosaur tooth while digging! pic.twitter.com/MTK6sB0BK7

24/01/24

We are very excited to have a day of filming at school today! Next stop Hollywood! pic.twitter.com/Sp1gWFLNqn

23/01/24

We are really enjoying being creative at after school club today. We have played with the aqua beads, built a fairy garden and solved jigsaw puzzles. pic.twitter.com/R1hrCX0ovB

19/01/24

This week we have been very lucky to have the HSBC bank come into run workshops teaching children about the value of money. These sessions were lots of fun. We were then presented with a Smart Money Award for the support of financial education for young people. pic.twitter.com/w6VQLXdXEU

19/01/24

Thank you to our school council for a productive meeting discussing safeguarding at school. The next meeting will be to discuss the playground designs for our new equipment coming later this year. pic.twitter.com/4EQPvs7LCd

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Mathematics

Mathematics at Buntingford First School, the aim is to inspire young people to see the true beauty of mathematics as a study of patterns. We want students to develop a passion for mathematics; in collaboration with teachers; that results in high quality teaching and learning experiences, co-curricular activities and sustained academic success well above the National average. Our curriculum will aim to develop students’ logic and multiplicative reasoning in order to solve increasingly complex problems, alongside embedding fluency utilising mathematical procedures. As a result, students will see mathematics as interesting, relevant and accessible. We are determined students will continue to positively engage their mathematics knowledge and skills in their everyday life with the expectation that many students will pursue mathematical fields of study and careers once their formal education has concluded.

KS1

At Buntingford First School the principal focus of mathematics at Key Stage 1 will be to ensure that pupils develop confidence and mental fluency with whole numbers, counting and place value. This will involve working with numerals, words and the 4 operations: including with practical resources for example, concrete objects and measuring tools. Pupils will also be guided to learn their multiplication and division facts.

We'll support children in their learning by providing them with opportunities to use concrete objects and/or act out an idea or skill. They'll also use visual, pictorial representations e.g. bar models to represent problems as well as using abstract representation – the symbolic stage where there is an understanding of formal methods.

Ongoing teacher assessment is carried out in all areas of mathematics across Years 1 and 2 to measure progress, fluency, and attainment. Students will be formally assessed on both reasoning and arithmetic during the Summer Term of Year 2.

KS2

At Key Stage 2 students will become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, including through varied and frequent practice with increasingly complex problems over time, so that pupils have conceptual understanding and can recall and apply their knowledge rapidly and accurately to problems. Student gain knowledge on how to reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry, conjecturing relationships and generalisations, and developing an argument, justification or proof using mathematical language. The curriculum will enable our children to gain confidence with solving 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.

The principal focus of mathematics teaching in lower Key Stage 2 is to ensure that pupils become increasingly fluent with whole numbers and the four operations, including number facts and the concept of place value. This should ensure that pupils develop efficient written and mental methods and perform calculations accurately with increasingly large whole numbers.

Mathematics EYFS

Geometry and Measurement Skills

Number and Statistics Skills

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