Red Oak Primary School, Lowestoft, Suffolk

Here at Red Oak Primary School our children use a carefully designed programme called Maths Makes Sense (MMS) to learn Maths. They use physical actions, concrete objects such as cups and special vocabulary to help them become self-assured mathematicians.

For the children to have the best chance of being confident mathematicians it is important that they repeatedly practice basic number skills so that eventually the children will know the skills by heart and be able to use them with ease.

Maths Makes Sense identifies the key concepts children need to learn to achieve success in Maths. These are known as the '10 Big Ideas' - addition, subtraction, equals, multiplication, division, denomination, ratio, infinity, the symbols speak to you and the language tells you the answer. Children are taught these concepts and use them consistently so that understanding grows over time and they are able to apply Maths successfully to real life examples. 

Click here for more information about Maths Makes Sense.

Please click on the individual Year Group tabs to find MMS Games you can play at home.

The documents below provide the following information:

• An Overview of Maths Makes Sense
• Progress Ladders showing long-term progression by strand
• Medium-term planning showing end of block objectives and cross-curricular links

1. Math Makes Sense Overview

2. Arithmetic 1 Progress Ladder

3. Geometry Progress Ladder

4. Data and Measure Progress Ladder

5. Arithmetic 2 Progress Ladder

6. Reasoning Progress Ladder

7. MMS 1 Medium Term Plan

8. MMS 2 Medium Term Plan

9. MMS 3 Medium Term Plan

10. MMS 4 Medium Term Plan

11. MMS 5 Medium Term Plan