MATHEMATICS
Cambridge Primary Mathematics (0096) encourages life-long enthusiasm for analytical and rational thinking. Learners develop a holistic understanding of the subject, focusing on principles, patterns, systems, functions and relationships. They become confident using mathematics, and develop skills that they can apply to everyday situations.
It encourages learners to talk with others, challenge ideas and to provide evidence that validates conjectures and solutions. When learners are thinking and working mathematically, they actively seek to make sense of ideas and build connections between different facts, procedures and concepts. This supports higher order thinking that helps them to view the world in a mathematical way.
Students learn to:
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Engage in creative mathematical thinking to generate elegant solutions
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Improve numerical fluency and knowledge of key mathematical concepts to make sense of numbers, patterns, shapes, measurements and data
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Develop a variety of mathematical skills, strategies and a way of thinking that will enable them to describe the world around them and play an active role in modern society
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Communicate solutions and ideas logically in spoken and written language using appropriate mathematical symbols, diagrams and representations
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Understand that technology provides a powerful way of communicating mathematics, one which is particularly important in an increasingly technological and digital world.