At St Catherine’s of Siena developing a love of Mathematics is of high priority. Each classroom uses a consistent approach to teaching Mathematics, in line with the Vision for Instruction. Each session consists of a Daily Review and slides which incorporate Key Vocabulary, Accessing Prior Knowledge and Worked Examples (following an I do, We do and You do model), leading to students being able to independently practice the skills taught in the lesson.
The collection of data is a key component to targeting the needs of our students. Throughout the year data is collected from whole school formal assessments such as PAT-M (both Adaptive and Linear), Acadience and Westwood. Unit specific assessments are also created to know students’ current understanding of a topic and what areas students need more support in. This allows our teachers to work in small focus groups to support their students’ learning.