Welcome to KS2 Maths Information Evening

The purpose of the evening: To provide you with tools to help with your child's learning To talk about methods used in school To guide you through some of the maths ‘lingo’ you may hear your child talking about The aim of the evening is do almost how we do it with the children – have an input together – and then you will be able to go off to each table for your year group to have a go, ask questions or if you feel secure and happy, there are resources to look at, have a go at!

How much do the children have to learn? YEAR 3 – 35 aspects YEAR 4 – 43 aspects YEAR 5 – 52 aspects YEAR 6 - 49 aspects Chris Quigley training at the beginning of the year put things into perspective! This is DEFINITELY achievable – with 100% passing maths SATS last year! Only in school 41 weeks a year –so with all these aspects – everything has to be fit in and not just once!

Maths Anxiety Research has proven that children do not just ‘dislike’ maths for no reason, it comes from somewhere… or someone. Who? Teachers, Parents and the Media. Therefore, we need to change their mind set. When it comes to learning at home, 86% of parents admit their strength to their child. For example, Dad will help you in maths, I will help you in literacy. So then girls tend to be more enthusiastic about literacy. Not in all cases… but half the battle of maths is their mindset. 81% of men say they are able or excellent at maths whilst only 40% of woman believe they are a success at maths

Which aspects of maths do we aim to improve for KS2? Timestables Telling the time The Four Operations And the big one…. Reasoning!

Timestables Tests As of Spring 2019 (NEXT YEAR!!) children will have to take a timestable test as well as part of their SATS. They have to be able to recall them fluently, not just as a repetition. Timestables underpin nearly 40% of the questions in SATS papers

Where does timestable come in? Fractions 2/3 of 24? Long multiplication 4325 x 765 = Percentages 25% of 220 Short/Long Division 5457 divided by 32 Ratios

So what can you do to help…? Knowing tricks to help Books/Guides/Posters Using websites/apps (see list provided) Constant repetition (THAT’S HOW WE LEARNT) AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE! Having one of the posters around = research has shown without realising if children have something around it will eventually go in. 9 TIMES TABLES – 11 TIMES TABLE TRICK –

TELLING THE TIME! Excuse the pun! Something that features in all year groups – but not allocated a lot of time!

YEAR 3 – EXAMPLE QUESTIONS Ma3/3.1d    tell and write the time from an analogue clock, including using Roman numerals from I to XII, and 12-hour and 24-hour clocks Ma3/3.1e    estimate and read time with increasing accuracy to the nearest minute; record and compare time in terms of seconds, minutes and hours; use vocabulary such as o'clock, am/pm, morning, afternoon, noon and midnight Ma3/3.1f    know the number of seconds in a minute and the number of days in each month, year and leap year Ma3/3.1g    compare durations of events

YEAR 4 – EXAMPLE QUESTIONS Darren leaves home at 7:50am to walk to school. He takes 35 minutes. What time does he arrive at school? Ma4/3.1e    read, write and convert time between analogue and digital 12 and 24-hour clocks Ma4/3.1f    solve problems involving converting from hours to minutes, minutes to seconds, years to months, weeks to days

YEAR 5 – EXAMPLE QUESTIONS How long between…? Convert the following…? How many minutes in 4 hours…? Ma5/3.1f    solve problems involving converting between units of time Ma5/4.1b    complete, read and interpret information in tables, including timetables.

YEAR 6 – EXAMPLE QUESTIONS Everything they have learned in KS2 up until now! However, it may require more thinking skills.

So what can you do to help…? Access to a range of clocks What time is dinner…? If it’s 5:00pm now, we are having dinner at 6:05pm, how long do you have to wait…? Public transport… how long until the next train? Train timetables.. HUGE. If the train times are 14:05, 14:25 and 14:45, I arrive at the train station at 14:34, how long do I have to wait until my train arrives? FORMAT, FORMAT, FORMAT! Format – link with newspaper/holiday brochure/menu – they’ve seen it – makes it a lot easier! 

A quick look at mathematical ‘lingo’ An ‘array’ method Bus Stop Method Crocodile Symbols Mean/Median/Mode/Range BODMAS Find the ‘LCM’ and ‘HCF’ A3 sheets placed up – please ask a member of staff if you are unsure on any!

THE FOUR OPERATIONS! Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division Go to individual tables! Look at the methods for each operation!

THE FOUR OPERATIONS! Addition - Mr Bannister Subtraction – Mrs Buckley Multiplication – Miss Pringle Division – Miss Clark The idea if you guys

REASONING! THE BIG ONE…… Children spend their childhood asking you ‘why’ at everything we do… but now the tables turn. Using all the method we learn and applying them to real situations.

Bob says that 34 is smaller than 38. Explain why he is correct. Child A: Because it is… 0 MARKS! Child B: Bob is correct as 34 is made up of 3 tens and 4 units, where as 38 is 3 tens and 8 units. Because there is more units, Bob is correct to say 38 is larger. 2-3 MARKS The reasoning papers are out 35, so if its is a 2 or 3 mark question, that’s nearly 9% of the paper for recognising that.

LANGUAGE USED A lot of the problems, is that children KNOW the method but the way the question is asked causes the confusion. See Handout!

Real life situations.. NRICH – BRILLIANT WEBSITE!

Old toblerone bar weighed 400g. There were 11 pieces in the bar. New toblerone bar weighs 360g. There are 9 pieces in the bar. Which bar do you get the most amount of chocolate from PER piece? Old Bar : 36r4g per piece New Bar: 40r9g per piece SHAPE. NOT JUST VALUE!

Before you go, please feel free to ask any questions! THANK YOU! Before you go, please feel free to ask any questions!