Our intent at Ringmer Primary and Nursery School is for all children to enjoy mathematics and have a secure understanding of the relevance of times tables and the recall of fluency. Through carefully planned sequential small steps out of time table progression documents we recognise the importance of ‘calculation’ through times tables and how this can be embedded in a variety of methods. 

Progression 

Our whole school approach is the ‘Chanting’ method for rapid recall, step counting or using a counting stick.

•  Chant twice a day to support rote learning.

•  Chant in small sections

• https://www.timestables.co.uk/flash-cards.html - verbal recall out of order 

• Fluency application games: times table bingo, times table songs and 1 minute maths. 

It is important for children to understand the relevance of times tables and the recall of fluency. In order to achieve this, their learning needs to be extended

through related number facts and real life problem solving/problems in context through the use of ‘Times Table Ninja’. It does this through ensuring that 

• Fractions

• Area 

• Word problems 

During fluency sessions Y1 will embed and have secure understanding of their number and addition facts before moving into Y2 to start fluency and times tables.