1. Big Maths Information Session
for Parents/Carers
27th of January 2016

2. Why should we use Big Maths in Comely Park Primary School?
To raise attainment by improving mental maths skills and core numeracy.
Clear progression from year to year.
School and Cluster Improvement Plan Priority.
Common methods taught and language used throughout the school.
Build on prior learning and ensure children are secure in their knowledge.
Objectives are matched to CfE.
Clear links with Assessment Planning & Progression so evidence can be gathered easily to inform planning/assessment.

6. What is Big Maths?
It is a daily sequential programme of mental maths provision with a strong emphasis on learned facts and developing the mental agility to do something with these facts. It develops core skills in one clear method. All are taught in the same way, repeatedly, to embed these fundamental skills. Big Maths highlights how small steps of progress with core numeracy follow on logically from one to the next.
A new way of looking at the primary maths curriculum.
Maths is a logical subject that follows a sequence of progression, e.g. you can’t count to 40 before you can count to 30.
Core numeracy is separated from outer numeracy (the use of core numeracy skills across the rest of the curriculum) allowing children to become numerate.
Many children suffer from low confidence in maths. They either feel negative about it as a subject or about their own ability to cope with it, or both. Big Maths aims to address this by showing children that becoming numerate is easy. It is up to us as teachers to show the children how and why it is easy.
The main aim of Big Maths is to enable children to make connections and apply these connections successfully.

7. CLIC
Big Maths is based upon the principle that there are 4 core skills that lie at the heart of numeracy. These core skills form the platform for virtually all other maths skills and are affectionately known as CLIC …. Counting Learn Its It’s Nothing New Calculations
Because it is so important for all children to make progress in these essential 4 areas, Big Maths involves teaching through the CLIC phases every day in a fun, engaging and lively manner.
These are known as THE CORE FOUR!

8. How does CLIC work?
CLIC is fundamental to mathematical development as it is the learning sequence through which we all develop our numeracy skills. Learn to count (C) Learn to remember totals as facts (L) Apply these facts to new situations through swapping the thing being counted (I) Apply the first three elements into a formal calculation (C)

9. A Daily Dose
CLIC is a sequential programme of daily basic skills for numeracy. By implementing this programme we can ensure that all children have a constant, daily drive to up-level their numeracy. The frequency and focus of this programme is essential in order for children to make progress.

10. CLIC - COUNTING
Counting Forwards Backwards Not from zero Evens Odds In 1’s 2’s 5’s & 25’s. Count Fourways In sequences and a variety of sequences

11. CLIC – LEARN ITS
A TAUGHT fact known as well as their name. A SHORTCUT to COUNTING Adding/Subtracting Involving 3 pieces of information 6+7=13 Has a SWITCHER 7+6=13 Has a FACT FAMILY 13-7=6 13-6=7 Multiplication/Division involving 3 pieces of information 5 x9=45 Has a SWITCHER 9 x 5= 45 Has a FACT FAMILY

12. CLIC – IT’S NOTHING NEW
Children then ‘swap the thing’ they are counting to realise that the counting fact, or ‘Learn It’, can be applied to any object, amount or unit of measure 6+7=13

13. CLIC – IT’S NOTHING NEW
Using COUNTING and LEARN ITS 6+7= = million add 7 million is 13 million = 1.3 or 3 x 8 = 24 3 x 80 = x 80 = =70 then 30p+40p=70p or 30g+40g=70g

14. CLIC – CALCULATION
Calculation - the previous 3 phases are combined to provided a calculation structure.

15. How will the daily maths lesson be organised?
Monday to Thursday (CLIC Sessions) Counting – 5 minutes Learn Its – 5 minutes It’s Nothing New – 5 minutes Calculations – 5 minutes
Vicky

16. What will happen on Friday?
Friday is our Challenge session
Big Maths Beat That – timed challenge where children answer ‘Learn Its’ questions with the aim of beating their previous score.
A focus area will be taught where children will work on individual skills so that they will be able to apply this to their termly CLIC test. It is essential to revisit previous focus areas in order to consolidate learning.
***CLIC test – A termly assessment used to identify areas to work on and progress made.

17. Strategies used in Big Maths
Addition
Subtraction
Multiplication
Division
With Objects
Number Lines
Hundred Squares
Partitioning
Hundred Square
Blank number line -
(Counting on)
Grouping objects
Drawing dots
Repeated addition
Using known facts
Smile Multiplication
Sharing
Halving
Sharing equally groups of…
Using objects to solve
Using times table facts
Using coin facts

18. Meet Pim!
This friendly alien is PIM, the 'principle of irrelevant matter'! That means that number facts stay the same and it doesn't matter what you are counting: 3+4=7 is true if you are counting dogs, chocolates, metres, boys, girls or teachers!
We’re going to have a look at some of the It’s Nothin New

19. Meet Pom!
Pom is Pim's friend. He helps children learn the maths vocabulary so that they can talk about their maths. The space on his tummy is for multiples! Pom helps the children to learn about factors, square numbers and prime numbers. When Pom is left with only two factors the number on his tummy is a prime. 1 36 12 2 18 3 4 36
We’re going to have a look at some of the It’s Nothin New 9 6

20. Meet Squiggleworth! 4 3 9 Squiggleworth, the Place Value Pet!
What is that squiggle worth? 4 3 9 4 3 9
400 30 9

21. Mully!
Mully helps children to put numbers in order.

22. Count Fourways
Use Pim principle to show children how to swap 2s for 20s, or 200s or 0.2s.
Learning to count out loud in four particular ways rapidly advances a child’s numeracy.
Children are also coached to count in ones and therefore 10s, 100, 0.1s etc.
The four ways are: counting in 1s, 5s, 2s and 25s.
As well as in 5s. So they can count in 50s, 500s, 0.5s etc.
Lastly in 25s, allowing children to count in 250s, 2.5s, 0.25s etc.

23. It’s Nothing New
‘It’s Nothing New’ is the ‘Glue’ of CLIC. For each ‘It’s Nothing New’ step the teacher makes the learner conscious of two currently held ideas. They will then overlap these ideas and reveal how a third ‘new’ idea must be true. The message that there is ‘no new maths’ is a critical part of making children conscious of the learning process and helps build their maths confidence. The ‘It’s Nothing New’ session is typically a whole class session that uses mainly talk and Big Thought Boards (whiteboards). The teacher nudges forward with new concepts, taking the whole class with them as they go.

24. It’s Nothing New Some of the key elements of this aspect of CLIC are:
Adding with Pim
Jigsaw Numbers
Coin Multiplication
Smile Multiplication
Count Fourways

25. Adding With Pim
There is no new maths involved when we add multiples of ten together.
= 70
3 tens and 4 tens = 7 tens
So its nothing new that…
3 things and 4 things = 7 things
3 + 4 = 7

26. Jigsaw Numbers
Jigsaw numbers are just number bonds. They total a special number in our number system, e.g. 10, 100 or Technically they are called complements but calling them ‘jigsaw numbers’ makes them far more accessible and memorable for children.
I know the missing decimal piece
I know the missing piece to 1000
I now the missing piece to 100
I know the missing piece to the next multiple of 10
I know the missing piece to 10

27. Coin Multiplication
X 26 1 2 5 10 20 50
100 26 52
130
260
520
1300
2600
Children start by completing a 1 & 10 Coin Card. Then a 1, 2, 5, & 10 Coin Card. They then progress onto the full Coin Card.
Vicky
Get people to use whiteboards to have a go at using this method of multiplication
Once children can find these multiplications quickly then they can move on to adding two known multiples to calculate a new unknown multiple.
e.g. to calculate the 12th multiple of 14 simply add the 10th multiple and the 2nd multiple.
e.g. 12 x 14 = (10 x 14) + (2 x 14)

28. Vicky:
Smile Multiplication is the Big Maths name for multiplying by multiples of 10.
It is a critical building block for multiplication.
It is so called because of the smiley face that the children draw as they frst aply the skills of multiplying by multiples of 10.
There are three fool-proof steps to follow:
Remember to do the tables bit
Remember to count the zeros in the question
Remember to put the zeros on your answer.

29. Learn It Triangles

31. What our pupils are saying about Big Maths
75% like using Big Maths and feel that it is helping them improve their numeracy skills. 20% don’t like Big Maths/ some aspects of Big Maths. 5% neither like/dislike.
It is helping me understand numbers better.
I like the challenges.
I can do sums I didn’t think I could do.
My scores are improving.
I know my table facts better.

32. What can you see tonight?
Beat That
Meet the Characters
What our pupils say about Big Maths
Smile Multiplication
Coin Multiplication
Learn Its
Switchers and Fact Families
Jigsaw Numbers
P1 CLIC Lesson Rm 5
P3 CLIC Lesson Rm 6
P5 CLIC Lesson Rm 7