Math Curriculum Overview

 Math Curriculum

About Cambridge Primary Mathematics (0096)

Cambridge Primary Mathematics encourages life-long enthusiasm for analytical and rational thinking. Learners develop a holistic understanding of the subject, focussing on principles, patterns, systems, functions and relationships. Learners become mathematically competent and fluent in computation, which they can apply to everyday situations

A unique feature of our primary mathematics curriculum is ‘Thinking and Working Mathematically’, which comprises of eight characteristics that are intertwined and interdependent: specialising, generalising, conjecturing, convincing, characterising, classifying, critiquing and improving.

A high-quality mathematics task may draw on one or more of these characteristics. The process of thinking and working mathematically 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.

2nd Grade Mathematics, which is called Stage 3 in the Cambridge Curriculum, focuses on these main STANDARDS:

The Stage 3 curriculum is organized around these five strands: 

• Number:

• Counting and Ordering: Recite and write numbers up to 1000 and count in steps of 2, 3, 4, and 5. 

• Place Value: Understand the value of each digit in a three-digit number and partition numbers into hundreds, tens, and units. 

• Operations: Expand multiplication and division skills to include the 3 and 4 times tables and dividing by 3, 4, and 5. 

• Fractions: Understand and use fraction notation, recognizing fractions as parts of a whole, and identify equivalent fractions using diagrams. 

• Estimation: Group numbers in tens to give sensible estimates and round two-digit and three-digit numbers. 

• Geometry:

• Position and Movement: Learn vocabulary like "clockwise" and "anticlockwise" to describe movement and position. 

• Angles: Identify and draw right angles and compare other angles to right angles. 

• Measure:

• Develop deeper comprehension of measurement concepts and properties of shapes. 

• Data Handling:

• Focus shifts to interpreting and working with data. 

• Problem-Solving:

• Apply mathematical knowledge to solve problems presented in worded questions and puzzles, developing logical thinking.