1. Maths at Darell How we do it and how you can, too!

2. Throughout the school Topic-based (rainforests/Mr. Magnolia) Relevant (decimals – money) Experiential (weighing/measuring/surveying) Language-based (How many more would we need? How could we…?, I wonder…, Prove it!, How do you know?) – Problem solving

3. Early Years Songs and Rhymes –Ten Little Monkeys –Five Green and Speckled Frogs –This Old Man –One, Two, Buckle my Shoe

4. Early Years Games –Take turns counting aloud –Take turns clapping a number and the other person has to say how many –Have a teddy tea party and count while you lay the table (Do we have enough? How many more would we need? What if Granny’s teddy doesn’t come; then how many would we need?)

5. Early Years Counting while you’re out and about –Count cars in the car park (or cars in your row!) –Look at signs and number plates –Prices at the supermarket and in shops –Look at numbers on the clock –Count trees in the park

6. Key Stage One Numicon –Multi-sensory (colour, texture) –Patterns –Used for all operations

7. Key Stage One Partitioning –Tens and Ones –Hundreds, Tens and Ones Hundred Square 359 + 148 300 + 100 = 400 50 + 40 = 90 9 + 8 = 17 400 + 90 + 17 = 507

8. Key Stage One Empty number lines (addition/subtraction) Arrays (multiplication) Grouping and Sharing (division)

9. 300 + 60 + 7 367 + 100 + 80 + 5 + 185 400 + 140 + 12 12 140 400 552 Key Stage Two Partitioning Empty number line Column method (expanded first) Decomposition (expanded first)

10. Key Stage Two Grid Method Expanded Written Method Standard Written Method 234 234 8 8 1600 (8 x 200) 32 (8 x 4) 240 (8 x 30) OR 240 (8 x 30) 32 (8 x 4) 1600 (8 x 200) 1872 1872 231 x 16 1386 2310 3696

11. Key Stage Two Chunking “Bus Stop” method

12. Any Questions?