1. Stirling High School Numeracy Faculty
Where every pupil counts.

2. Why study Mathematics and Numeracy
To face the challenges of the 21st century, each young person needs to have confidence in using mathematical skills, and Scotland needs both specialist mathematicians and a highly numerate population.
Building the Curriculum 1

3. STEM
Science
Technology
Engineering
Maths

5. Empty Number Line
Use ?
Animate.
- Don’t always get pupils to draw. But .. when pupils describe a strategy (perhaps during a number talk) this is what we draw to help others to visualise the strategy.
“High achieving students engage in flexible thinking when they work with numbers, decomposing and recomposing them.” Gray and Tall (1994) 5

6. Grid Method
37 x 23
13 x 9
Secondary maths staff teach and use this strategy in preference to a vertical multiplication or long multiplication.

7. Bar Method

8. Parent Workshops
Developing number sense (addition & subtraction) Thu 30th Nov
Developing number sense (multiplication & division) Thu 7th Dec

9. ICT & Extra support Supported study S1 Homework Club – Thursday lunch
@SHS_Maths

11. Literacy Research Memory Skill Practice - Core Stretch!
Give an example of when you add, subtract, multiply and divide in real life.
Add – total, altogether, sum, increase Subtract – take away, how much more, difference, decrease Multiply – product, times Divide – share, goes into, how many times
Learn all the different words that mean add, subtract, multiply and divide.
Investigate different ways to add, subtract, multiply and divide numbers.
Skill Practice - Core
Stretch!
(a) (b) – (c) 574 x 3 (d) 796 ÷ 4
Amber shares £32 between her and 3 other friends. How much does each friend receive?
(a) 42 x (b) 23 x (c) ÷ (d) 630 ÷ 70
Round to the nearest 10: (a) 46 (b) (c) 4715
Round to the nearest 100: (a) (b) (c) 9
By rounding each number to the nearest 10, estimate x 33
Asda sells a games console for £369. By rounding appropriately, estimate how much 9 consoles would cost.
(a) 23 x 15 (b) 57 x 34 (c) 87 x 76