Scoresby Primary School has a whole school approach to Mathematics. We aim to provide 5 hours of Mathematics sessions per week. Sessions are structured using open ended tasks, problem solving or investigation tasks. In line with the Victorian Curriculum, Scoresby Primary School has a strong focus on developing numeracy skills and the use of the proficiency strands of fluency, understanding, problem-solving and reasoning to scaffold students’ understanding in mathematics.
Students are explicitly taught and exposed to concepts from the three strands of Mathematics:
Foundation
During Foundation, the focus for students’ is developing their number sense and developing a deep understanding of numbers to at least 20.
Learning experiences provide the essential foundations that underpin students’ mathematical understanding. Students begin to link verbal language with concrete materials and written numbers.
Years 1 and 2
In Years 1 and 2, students continue to build their numerical knowledge by exploring fundamental mathematical ideas and solidifying their understanding of number operations and concepts. Students work with numbers and develop a sound understanding of 2-digit place value.
Teaching experiences build on foundational skills to allow students to explore a range of concepts, with an emphasis on the use of games and concrete materials to effectively visualise and communicate ideas.
Years 3 and 4
In Years 3 and 4, students apply their mathematical understanding in a range of new contexts. Students develop efficient mental strategies for computation and apply their mathematical knowledge to rich application tasks.Â
Students continue using a range of materials to communicate their understandings as well as beginning to represent equations using formal algorithms. Students are working with 3 & 4 digit numbers and place value concepts up to 10 000. The multiplication and division facts 10×10 are key concepts for this level.Â
Years 5 and 6
In Years 5 and 6, students apply their mathematical knowledge in familiar and unfamiliar situations to solve problems efficiently.  Concepts of fractions, decimals, percentages, integers, time, geometry, data are all features of the work in these years. Â
The students apply multiple concepts across a range of tasks that showcase their individual understandings and begin to select from their range of mathematical strategies to create and solve problems.
Rainbow Maths is a skill-based mathematics program we have developed at Scoresby PS based on the sequential developmental continuum of maths understanding. Rainbow Maths begins in Foundation with subitising and working with numbers up to 5, and ends with times tables knowledge and fraction understandings. The program covers mathematical concepts from Foundation to Year 4.
Students work through skills sets practicing number facts and concepts until they have automaticity of the skill. Each colour of the rainbow is represented in our program, and each colour has 5 levels of achievement before a child masters the Rainbow colour and moves onto the next level.
Daily Rainbow Maths practice is conducted each morning during our Rigor Session. Each student has their individual skill set to practice and the teacher is regularly checking the knowledge and progress during the 20-minute session.
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