1. Curriculum Evening Thursday 5th October
Numeracy - Second Level
P5 – P7

2. Key Organisers of Maths
Number, Money, Measure
Shape, Position, Movement
Information Handling – collect/organise/ display/interpret
Problem Solving– select and use a variety of strategies and use across the curriculum

3. Number and Number Processes
Primary 5 Second Level
Number and Number Processes
Revisit all previously taught times tables and introduce x6, x7 & x8
Round 3 digit numbers to the nearest 10/100
Read, write and order numbers to 10,000s
Recognise tenths as decimal notation
Order numbers containing tenths
Add and subtract decimal numbers with one decimal place
Buy items within a budget
Find fractions of whole numbers
Add and subtract whole numbers up to 4 digits(with and without carrying, with and without exchanging)
Multiply and divide whole numbers up to 4 digits by a single digit(with and without carrying)

4. Primary Six –Second Level
Number and Number Processes
Recognise figures to s (read, write, count and order)
Recognise hundredths as decimal notation
Order numbers containing hundredths
Add, subtract, multiply and divide decimal numbers with 2 decimal places
Round 4 digit numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000
Work out the most effective offer:- BOGOF and 3 for 2
Calculate simple profit and loss
Know equivalence of percentages, decimals and fractions
Use add, subtract, multiply and divide to calculate the value of a letter in calculations(simple equations)
Multiply multiples of 10 e.g. 20 x 40

5. Primary Seven –Second Level
Number and Number processes
Read, write, count and order figures to
Round numbers containing tenths and hundredths to the nearest whole number
Use BOMDAS
Use negative numbers in context
Order positive and negative numbers
Add, subtract, multiply and divide with at least 4 digits and up to 3 decimal places
Recognise multiples, factors and prime numbers
Find equivalent fractions and simplify fractions
Equate fractions, decimals and percentages
Find percentages of numbers
Identify interest rates of various bank cards
Calculate the value of a letter in an equation using the 4 processes(simple and complex)

6. Oral / Mental Maths Strategies
Number and Number Processes
Big Maths Beat That – ‘Learn Its’ and weekly challenge in terms 2 and 4.
P5 – 42 questions(60 seconds) P6 & P7 – 72 questions(100 seconds
Switcher facts – e.g =13, =13
Fact Families = x 9 = 36
6 + 7 = x 4 = 36
= ÷4 = 9
= ÷9 = 4
Jigsaw numbers to 100
Smile multiplication(30 x 70)
Coin multiplication(x1, x2, x5, x10, x20, x50, x100)
Whiteboards - show me ‘brainscanners’
Getting pupils to explain their answers/ strategies used
Estimate / Calculate / Check – a reasonable answer?

7. How can you help at home?
Practise ‘Learn Its’ / Times tables with your child.
Ask them to give switcher fact/ fact family of a given sum.
Numbers before / after, 10 more than 26, 34, number sequences etc
Time – read times on digital and analogue clocks, use 12 and 24 hr clock
Provide opportunities to count out amounts of money / calculate change.
Identify and use 3D shape names e.g. shopping items
Websites: Mad 4 Maths, BBC Bitesize
Woodlands Junior School
I.C.T. games, Sumdog, Purple Mash

8. Questions? Thank you for coming along this evening!
Please take a handout with you.