Mathematics
Mathematics Vision Statement
Maths is a cornerstone for our future and we believe that everybody counts.
Our goal is to provide mathematics instruction that will enthuse and encourage students to become accurate, efficient mathematicians and flexible problem solvers. We can no longer predict and plan for the problems that these students will need to solve in the future. Therefore, we must make sure that our students have the core knowledge, and the skills to apply that core knowledge, to a variety of situations that are known and unknown to us and them at this time.
A mathematical problem may be a hands-on exploration of a mathematical concept, a multi-step task, shorter problems with a single answer, or looking for patterns and/or repeated reasoning in discussions of arithmetic strategies. Students must have the chance to struggle with meaningful problems, discuss possible solutions with their peers and create mathematical arguments. During these problem-solving opportunities, students should demonstrate their ability to:
- Attend to problems and persevere in solving them.
- Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
- Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
- Model with mathematics.
- Use appropriate tools strategically.
- Attend to precision.
- Look for and make use of structure.
- Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
