1. Coundon Primary Big Maths

2. Aims
To share with you what Big Maths is
To demonstrate what a Big Maths session looks like
To share ideas on how you can help your child at home

3. What is Big Maths?
Big Maths is a fun and motivational way to help children learn their basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts.
Big Maths lessons are fast, fun and furious. Children work on whiteboards and ‘flash’ answers to their teachers and the pace of the lesson is quite exhausting! The aim is for children to become confident in recalling maths facts instantly.

4. Learn Its
Each year group have Learn Its. These are a set of maths facts the children will learn throughout the year. They are facts that children should be able to recall quickly.
If needed, some children within the year group will work on a previous year groups Learn Its, to ensure they are not missing any important maths facts. Similarly, they move onto the next year’s Learn Its if they are ready.

5. Learn Its - Year 1 Focus is on addition facts 1+9=10 4+2=6
1+9= =6
2+8= =7
3+7= =8
4+6= =9
5+5= =11
4+3=7
6+3=9
Count up in 2s from =8
Count up in 5s from =12
7+7=14
8+8=16
9+9=18

6. Learn Its - Year 2 Focus is on addition facts and 2, 5 and
4+9=13
4+8=12
4+7=11
3+8=11
3+9=12
Rapid recall of 10x tables facts
6+7=13
4+9=13
4+8=12
4+7=11
3+8=11
3+9=12
Rapid recall of 10x tables facts
6+7=13
Learn Its - Year 2
Focus is on addition facts and 2, 5 and
10 multiplication facts
4+9= =11
4+8= =9
4+7= =15
3+8= =17
3+9=12
6+8=14
5+8=13
5+7=12
5+9=14
6+9=15
7+9=16
Rapid recall of 5x tables facts
Rapid recall of 2x tables facts
Rapid recall of 10x tables facts

7. Learn Its - Year 3 Focus is on the 3, 4 and 9 multiplication facts
4+9=13
4+8=12
4+7=11
3+8=11
3+9=12
Rapid recall of 10x tables facts
6+7=13
4+9=13
4+8=12
4+7=11
3+8=11
3+9=12
Rapid recall of 10x tables facts
6+7=13
Learn Its - Year 3
Focus is on the 3, 4 and
9 multiplication facts
Rapid recall of 3 x tables facts
Rapid recall of 4 x tables facts
Rapid recall of 9 x tables facts

8. Learn Its - Year 4 Focus is on the 6, 7 and 8 multiplication facts
4+9=13
4+8=12
4+7=11
3+8=11
3+9=12
Rapid recall of 10x tables facts
6+7=13
4+9=13
4+8=12
4+7=11
3+8=11
3+9=12
Rapid recall of 10x tables facts
6+7=13
Learn Its - Year 4
Focus is on the 6, 7 and
8 multiplication facts
Rapid recall of 6 x tables facts
Rapid recall of 7 x tables facts
Rapid recall of 8 x tables facts

9. 4+9=13
4+8=12
4+7=11
3+8=11
3+9=12
Rapid recall of 10x tables facts
6+7=13
4+9=13
4+8=12
4+7=11
3+8=11
3+9=12
Rapid recall of 10x tables facts
6+7=13
Learn Its - Years 5 and 6
Focus is on ALL of the multiplication and division facts
Rapid recall of multiplication facts up to 12 x 12 including division facts.
4 x 5=?
28÷7=?

10. Big Maths Learn It session
A Big Maths session follows a similar format in each
year group and each day.
1) Counting in multiples on a counting stick
2) Saying the new facts
3) Showing the fact and then the children write answers on whiteboards.
4) Quick recall – the teacher gives the children a verbal question and they have to quickly write answers on whiteboards.
5) Switchers (knowing a calculation can be done in two ways)
6) Fact families
7) Using and applying the newly learnt facts

11. Big Maths Beat That Test
Big Maths Beat That is a weekly timed test of your
child’s Learn Its. The aim is to improve their score by one each time.

12. CLIC Test
Children are also given a test which covers other areas of Maths e.g. Place value, sequencing numbers, addition etc

13. Demonstration!!!

14. How quickly can you recall the facts?
Learn Its
How quickly can you recall the facts?

15. 7 x 5 = 35
8 x 2 = 16
7 x 2 = 14
8 x 5 = 40
11 x 10 = 110
6 x 5 = 30

16. 8 x 5 =
11 x 10 = 4
7 x 5 = 6
8 x 2 = 55
6 x 5 = 5

17. Switchers!!!
8 x 5 = 40
5 x 8 = 40

18. Your Turn…
10 x 11 =
6 x 5 =
8 x 2 =
5 x 7 =
7 x 2 =

19. Fast answers on white boards
Quick recall!!!
Fast answers on white boards

20. Fact Families!!
10 x 5 = 50
5 x 10 = 50
50 ÷ 5 = 10
50 ÷ 10 = 5

21. Fact Families!!
Your Turn…

22. 10a = 110 a =
Go!!!
7b = 35 b =
2c = 14 c =
8d = 40 d =
5e = 30 e =

23. Maths Curriculum
A key aim of the New Curriculum for mathematics is to ensure children
become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, including through varied and frequent practice with increasingly complex problems over time, so that pupils have conceptual understanding and are able to recall and apply their knowledge rapidly and accurately to problems

24. What can you do to help your child at home?
Help your child learn their Learn It’s
Ask them on a Friday how they did in their test
Other ideas…
Chant them
Say them backwards and forwards
Complete a number hunt – How many ways can you make 36?
Learn pairs that are the same 5 x 7 = 35 therefore 7 x 5 = 35
Use a pack of playing cards. Shuffle them, pull out two cards and multiply them
together.
Play ‘Beat the calculator’. One person works out the answer to a question with a
calculator and one person works it out in their head. Who is quickest?
Play bingo. Ask your child to write down 5 multiples from their chosen times table
and then ask them questions from it. If they have the answer they cross it off!
Create flashcards with the question on one side and the answer on the other.
Complete written speed tests. Can they beat their time?
Create word problems