Parent Maths Workshop St Bartholomews Primary School 201819

Parent Maths Workshop St Bartholomew’s Primary School 2018/19

Content of the Workshops • Workshop 1 – Addition & Subtraction • Workshop 2 – Multiplication & Division • Workshop 3 - Fractions, Decimals & Percentages

Aims of the Workshop • To update parents on the primary maths curriculum. • To outline the progression of the calculation methods and how these are taught at St Bartholomew’s. • To provide parents with ideas that they can use at home to support children’s maths development.

Key Aims of the maths curriculum • Fluent recall of mental maths facts e. g. times tables, number bonds. Etc. • To reason mathematically – children need to be able to explain the mathematical concepts with number sense; they must explain how they got the answer and why they are correct. • Problem solving – applying their skills to reallife contexts.

Expectations of progress • All children will work at age-related expectations. • Tasks in class will be differentiated to match the learning needs of the individual child. • All children are expected to ‘master’ each strand of learning. • Those children not making expected progress will receive additional support or intervention. • More able mathematicians will work at ‘Greater Depth’ investigating the relationship between calculation and number to widen their understanding.

Good practice in mathematics • Connections are made between mathematics topic areas, other subjects and between objectives, so children can build on their understanding. • Children are taught to reason mathematically so that they able to consider if their answers are plausible. • Children are taught to consider the most effective calculation method and approach to calculations.

How is maths taught?

Concrete apparatus

Pictorial

Pictorial Equivalence • Eq

Pictorial Percentages

Pictorial Fractions, Decimals & Percentages

Progression- Key Stage 1

Progression- Lower KS 2

Progression- Upper KS 2

KS 2 SATs

Vocabulary

How you can help at home • A focus on mental calculations. • The ability to estimate. • To use maths in a real life context. • To ask children to explain how they have calculated something using a method that suits them. • Teach children written calculations following the progression in the calculations policy (given as a handout). • Encourage children to problem solve using concrete apparatus or by representing their problem using the bar model method.

How you can help at home

Any Questions