The Effective Maths calculation policy for addition and subtraction provides an overview of the content and methods taught in each year group from Year 1 to Year 6. For Years 1-4 it also includes the visual representations of the methods. (In Year 5 and 6 there are no new methods and the representations encountered are the same as in earlier years. What is different is the range of number that children work with.)

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For each year group in Years 1-4 the document provides:

(i) a content summary section;

(ii) details about the approaches used for teaching the above;

(iii) the representations used.

(For Year 5 and 6 the document contains (i) and (ii).)

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The content summary sections (i) and the details about the approaches used sections (ii) include content from:

• addition and subtraction units 1 and 2;

• the Block 3 calculation unit;

• money and decimals units;

• fractions unit 2 (Years 3-6).

The representations sections do not include the representations used in money/decimals units or fractions units. (These representations are essentially the same as those used in the main addition and subtraction units.)

The document is provided in several versions:

• whole school version;

• year group specific versions;

• a Key Stage 1 only version (for infant schools).

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For Years 1-4 there are two versions of each year group specific version:

• a landscape version, like a PowerPoint slide, containing (i), (ii) and (iii);

• a portrait version of the representations section (iii) with notes to support the representations.

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