1. Maths Information Evening For Parents of St
Maths Information Evening For Parents of St. Oswald’s Primary School Monday 3rd October pm

2. Maths is like ..... People either LOVE it or HATE it!
Often this love or hate relationship of maths goes
right back to your experiences as a child!

3. At St. Oswald’s...
Make maths
FUN!!!!!
Our aim is to ensure Maths is taught in a fun, interactive and practical way so that our children leave St. Oswald’s with a love of maths!!

4. New Maths curriculum (2014)
The National Curriculum for Maths has 3 aims
1 – For children to become ‘fluent’ in all aspects of maths so they can recall facts and apply their knowledge quickly.
2 – For children to ‘reason mathematically’ giving reasons using mathematical language.
3 – For children to ‘solve problems’ by breaking it down into a series of steps.

5. Fluency
This is children knowing addition and subtraction facts very well and being able to recall them quickly without working them out.
And multiplication and division facts quickly.
Fluency is also being able to apply these facts rapidly and accurately

6. Fluency KS1
Year 2
L.O. Recall and use addition and subtraction facts to 20 fluently.
This is a part whole model (partitioning) linked to the fact. 20 ?

7. Fluency KS1
Year 2
L.O. Recall and use addition and subtraction facts to 20 fluently.
This is a part whole model (partitioning) linked to the fact.
Year 2 child should know that
= 20
= 20
And be able to link these addition facts to subtraction
20 – 5 = 15
20 – 15 = 5

8. Reasoning KS1 explaining it drawing it
The National Curriculum suggests;
Children to ‘reason mathematically’ giving reasons using mathematical language.
Children reason by;
explaining it
drawing it
making it with concrete materials
(numicon)

9. Reasoning WR Y2 P6 LHS problem
Fluency example WR Y2 P5 Q2
Reasoning
WR Y2 P6 LHS problem

10. Reasoning solutions Explain it. I know that the inverse of – is +
So I need to add 8 and 4 to see if it makes 12
Draw it
12 – 8 = 4 so =
Make it
Using counters, numicon, any concrete materials.

11. Reasoning
If your child is fluent in recalling and using addition and subtraction facts to 20 fluently they should be able to apply this to reasoning.
White Rose Year 2 P4
Bottom left problem

12. Reasoning Explain it Sam is correct because…. Well 8 – 5 is 3
8 – 3 = 5
8 isn’t the same as 5-3…that would make 2 so Laura cant be right.
Draw it
Draw pictures to show each calculation
Make it
Use counters and physically subtract the numbers to demonstrate that 5 – 3 is not 8

13. Fluency KS2
Year 4
L.O. Add and subtract numbers with 4 digits.
For this they need to be secure with place value (ones, tens hundreds and thousands)
Children need to know that one umber has 3 digits and the other has 4 digits and that they write it ;
3242

14. Fluency KS1
Year 4
L.O. Add and subtract numbers with 4 digits. .
Again, children need to be secure with their + - facts
Quick recall
Add ones first – know 2 and 3 make 5
Add the tens – know that 40 and 10 make 50
Add the hundreds – know that makes 400
Quick recall of these facts is used and applied in bigger numbers.

15. Reasoning KS2 explaining it drawing it
The National Curriculum suggests;
Children to ‘reason mathematically’ giving reasons using mathematical language.
Children reason by;
explaining it
drawing it
making it with concrete materials
(numicon)

16. Reasoning example WR Y4 P6 RHS

17. Reasoning solutions Explain it. I know that 5 ones and 4 ones make 9
I know that 3 tens and 4 tens make 70
I know that 2 hundred and three hundred make 500
I know that there is only one thousand
That would make one thousand, five hundred and seventy 9 – not 1589
Suri has added the tens incorrectly and made 80 not 70
Eleanor has written the calculation incorrectly and put the hundreds digit in the thousands column.
Draw it
Make it
In a place value grid with counters

18. ? ? ? Make sure maths is fun! How can Parents help at home?
What method have you been using at school?
Talk about how you do maths
Be positive ? ? ?
Ask your child to explain how they came to that answer.
Give praise and encouragement.
(Animated slide)
Final slide and how parents can help at home.
Encourage parents to talk to the teachers.
LEA publications:
Sums and things for parents
Helping your child with maths
Useful websites for parents:
Make sure maths is fun!