Transcript Mathematics

Mathematics
At Horsell Village School
March 2007
At The Horsell Village School …
...create understanding.
… apply strategies.
…use maths to solve problems.
… challenge children to think.
What are we preparing
your child for?
 80% of jobs your 6 year old child will do
haven’t been invented yet
 Life long learning
 Logical/lateral thinking
 Problem solving
How we learn
kinaesthetic
visual
auditory
How was it for you?
 What were your experiences at school?
– How did you feel about maths?
– What can you remember doing?
Can you add together all the
numbers from 1 to 10?
How did you do it?
Horizontal Problems
1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10=
How would children solve it?
42 + ___ = 65
42
+__
65
42 + 23 = 65
420 + ___ = 650
The Curriculum
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Using and applying maths
Counting and understanding number
Knowing and using number facts
Calculating
Understanding shape
Measuring
Handling Data
Mental Maths
Why?
Rehearse and sharpen skills
What ?
 Counting in steps of different sizes
 Practise mental calculations and rapid recall
of number facts.
 Building on previous strategies and
developing them
Pattern
 Its about looking for the different possibilities
 Can you see a pattern?
 How many patterns can you see?
Number lines
 Jumping on
 Blank
Hundred Square
Times tables
 Multiplication is repeated addition
3+3+3+3+3=15
3x5=15
 Chanting/memorising only helps so far
 Children need to understand the process
first
Arrays
Conclusion
 Maths should be lively, enjoyable and
challenging
 Development of concepts, processes and
skills, that are practised, learnt, re learnt,
consolidated, refined and extended
 Only then can they be applied
website
By the end of the week we will have a
curriculum link to pages which are designed
to help you support your child at home.
These include:
 Ideas
 Games
 Strategies
Classrooms
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Otters - Reception
Badgers – Year 1
Snowy Owls – Year 2
Tawny Owls – Year 2