What Ofsted said about maths at St. Mary’s:
‘The teaching of Mathematics across the school in particularly effective. Teachers use a range of resources to provide pupils with explicit models to support their learning. Because of this, pupils can relate and apply what they have learned in a variety of contexts. This deepens pupils’ understanding.’
Maths Curriculum Statement
Cultural Capital in Maths
Maths Gallery
UKMT Junior Maths Challenge 2025
We are incredibly proud of our Year 6 pupils, who recently took part in the UK Mathematics Trust Junior Maths Challenge – a national competition typically aimed at pupils up to Year 9.
The questions were exceptionally challenging to and it is very unusual for children of their age to place in the competition. To have taken part, and performed so well, is a remarkable achievement.
This year, we are proud to announce that the children have been awarded a record number of certificates.
Congratulations to Urszula, Milosz, Akshayan, Alexia, Ramona and Faizah who achieved Bronze
. Oliver, Cameron and Milan who achieved silver 
and Miné who amazingly received ‘best in school’ and a gold award! 
Well done to all involved – your hard work, perseverance and mathematical thinking have truly paid off.
BBC Radio Stoke
Year 6 children took part in recording for BBC Radio Stoke’s ‘No Fuss Eleven Plus’ challenge. They had to test the public on their mathematical knowledge and see how well they would get on, if faced with the SATs questions that the children have to answer. We enjoyed meeting the presenters and having a tour of the station afterwards. Listen out for us on the radio!
Year 1 have had a fantastic NSPCC Number Day . We loved coming to school as rockstars and rappers and have had lots of fun exploring numbers. We used rekenrek, number lines, addition and subtraction number bones and cubes . We even made some links with Art, learning about symmetry and creating our very own Maths monsters ! #year1stm
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Year 6 had a fantastic day celebrating NSPCC Number Day. We kicked things off with some tricky reasoning problems, working brilliantly in pairs and explaining our thinking clearly.
Although our planned visit to the cemetery for outdoor maths had to be postponed due to the weather, it certainly didn’t dampen our spirits! Instead, we took part in a maths-based pub quiz in teams of six and really showed off the fantastic maths skills we’ve been developing. A great day of teamwork, problem solving and resilience! 💙🔢
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NSPCC Number Day! 💯 What a day Year 2 have had!! Filled with Maths activities, rock music and classroom carousel. We spent the day singing our times tables (rock style!), playing odd and even popcorn, creating pictures with 2D shapes, symmetry art and dance and so much more!
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Reception had a great time on number day going on a shape hunt, and enjoyed some dinosaur maths activities, which were linked to our theme this week.
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Year 3 had a fantastic time on NSPCC Number Day, learning and practising the dance moves to 5, 6, 7, 8! 💃🕺 Maths, music and movement all rolled into one – lots of smiles and great counting skills on show!
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Years 4, 5 and 6 kicked off NSPCC Number Day with one of Queen's classics… We Will Rock You! 🎸👨🎤.
This set is up in the right way – ready to enjoy all of our upcoming maths activities.
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This week, Year 4 have been learning how to divide numbers by 10 and 100. We’ve used place value grids, counters and stem sentences to help us see how digits move and why. The interactive resources gave pupils lots of opportunities to explore ideas and justify their reasoning using mathematical language. #mathsstm #year4stm … See MoreSee Less
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Just a polite reminder that Friday (6th Feb) is this year's NSPCC Number Day!
Children are invited to come dressed as either a rapper or a rockstar.
Donations can be made via Parent Pay at just £1 per family. All proceeds will be donated to the great work of the NSPCC.
We're excited to see your outfits on Friday! Here's a throwback to last year, when Mrs P rocked da house, to get you in the mood.
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Maths mastery at the ready! What a wonderful workshop. We were so grateful to all of the Year 1 families who took the time to join us to help them to understand what Maths mastery is, how we use it in school and how they can use it to support their child’s learning at home.
We received some fantastic feedback from parents, including: ‘Beautiful session. So helpful to understand the process. Really engaging, thank you’
‘Lovely session to help and show parents different ways which we can support children at home with their homework.’
‘The sessions presents parents with the knowledge to provide children with help at home and beyond.’
Thank you again for your support and we can’t wait to see you at the next workshop.
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