Maths Passport Why The John Wheeldon Maths Passport
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Maths Passport
Why? • The John Wheeldon Maths Passport is designed to equip children with essential facts needed to progress well in mathematics. • Its focus matches the first aim of the 2014 curriculum for maths - ensuring mathematical fluency. • The emphasis of the passports is instant recall of facts; they are known 'by heart', with no need for working out the answers. This allows children to calculate more efficiently and accurately as they progress in mathematics.
• Each child will be given a passport with a series of targets. • These targets get progressively more challenging through the school. • The passports track progression in basic number skills. • Children's passports reflect their mathematics knowledge and, as all children learn at different rates, they may be working in a different passport to their peers.
• All children will start at their attainment level and progress through the passports at their own pace. • The aim is to complete the passports by the end of Year 6. • At first, it may seem that the work they are doing is too easy but we want to check that all the children are secure at each objective.
• Children will be expected to answer a number of questions in a given time limit, depending on the number of questions. • The time limit is based upon an expectation of each answer being given within six seconds. • To achieve mastery level a child is expected to answer within 4 seconds.
• • • Stages EYFS – London Stage 1 – France Stage 2 – Italy Stage 3 – India Stage 4 – Japan Stage 5 – California Stage 6 – Australia Stage 7 – Solar System
Passport process: • The passport targets are incorporated into the mental arithmetic/fundamental part of the maths lesson at least twice a week • Three ticks next to the target indicates that the target has been achieved • Children continue to practice and be assessed on the remaining targets until all of the targets for that stage have been achieved.
• They then move on to the next Passport and a new set of targets. • We encourage parent/carer support and Maths passport help for parents/carers information sheets will be sent home with every new Passport.
