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Brinkworth Earl Danby’s CE Primary School

Brinkworth Earl Danby’s CE Primary School

Believe to Achieve! "Roots will grow down into God's love and keep us strong" EPH 3:17

Maths

Subject Leader Mrs R Seton
Contact Details uppersite@brinkworthearldanbys.wilts.sch.uk for the attention of the Maths Subject Leader
Mission Sentence At Brinkworth Earl Danby's School we believe that Maths "is not about numbers, equations, computations, or algorithms: it is about understanding”, (William Paul Thurston).  We believe maths is vital for building children's ability to function in a numerate world. 
Inspiring Quotes
  • Mathematicians aren’t people who find Maths easy. They are people who enjoy the challenge. (Matt Parker)
  • Without mathematics, there’s nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers. (Shakuntala Devi)
  •  In mathematics the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it. (Georg Cantor)
  • The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics. (Paul Halmos)

Curriculum Overview

 

Some famous mathematicians we are inspired by...

Emmy Noether (1882-1935)

Katherine Johnson (1918-2020)

Shakuntala Devi (1929-2013)

Terence Tao (b. 1975)

Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727)