1. How do we teach maths?

2. Have a try at AreaMaze:

3. How successful is maths at Cuddington and Dinton School?
KS1 (Year 2) 2015 results
100% achieve the basic standard: ‘expected’
Compared to 93% nationally.
46% achieve the highest level: ‘exceeding’
Compared to 26% nationally.

4. Sat results at KS2 (year 6) 2015
100% achieve the basic standard-‘expected’.
Compared to a national average of 87%
63% achieve the highest level- ‘exceeding’
Compared with 42% nationally.
This means children are performing significantly above the national level, placing us in the top 17% of schools across Bucks.

5. What makes a great mathematician?
“Mathematics is a creative and highly inter-connected discipline that has been developed over centuries, providing the solution to some of history’s most intriguing problems. It is essential to everyday life, critical to science, technology and engineering, and necessary for financial literacy and most forms of employment. A high-quality mathematics education therefore provides a foundation for understanding the world, the ability to reason mathematically, an appreciation of the beauty and power of mathematics, and a sense of enjoyment and curiosity about the subject.” Department for Education Maths national curriculum 2014

6. How do we teach addition?
Try this: =
How did you reach your answer? What did you ‘do’?
I added 7 to 9 to get 16, then added 10 to make 26
I just knew it in my head…
I added 10 to 17, then subtracted 1

7. The steps we use to teach addition:
Step 2: Number line
86+57= ____________________________
Step 3: partitioning to add
= = 80
2 + 4 = 6
= 86

8. How do we teach addition?
Step 4: Expanded vertical
Step 5: Efficient column method

9. How do we teach Subtraction?
Step 1 counting up on a number line:
“What is the difference between 22 and 7?”
Step 2 counting back on a number line:
22 – 7 =

10. How do we teach Subtraction?
Step 3 compact vertical, first without exchanging, moving on to exchanging:

11. Example of KS1 sat question:

12. SAT mark scheme KS1

13. Example of KS2 sat question:

14. SAT marking scheme KS2

15. How do we teach multiplication?
Step 1 repeated addition:
3 pairs of socks, how many socks altogether?
= 6
Step 2 visual array:
4 x 3 = 12
3 x 4 = 12

16. How do we teach multiplication?
Step 3 the grid method:
Step 4 short multiplication:

17. How do we teach multiplication?
Step 5 Long multiplication:

18. How do we teach division?
Step 1 pictorial representation:
12 sweets shared between 3 people
Step 2 sharing as repeated addition/subtraction: 12 ÷ 3 = 4
____-3_______-3______-3________-3____

19. How do we teach division?
Step 3 dividing on a number line:
42 ÷ 10 = 4 remainder x 10
__________________________
= 4 groups of 10 and 2 remaining

20. How do we teach division?
Step 4 chunking (repeated subtraction):
Step 5 bus stop method:

21. How do we teach division?
Step 6 long division: ÷ 15 = 82

22. Have you got maths eyes?

23. Maths in everyday life

24. What can I do to help my child with maths at home?
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Maths apps: Math Bingo, Maths Brain, MathBoard, Times Table Terra, AreaMaze, IXL Maths (subscription based)

25. Year 6 explore toilet rolls...

26. Year 5 make a shape factory...

27. Year 3 explore angles...