1. Maths Evening for parents
28/02/17
How the curriculum has changed and its effect,
Concrete – Pictorial – Abstract,
Fluency – Reasoning – Problems,
Challenge by choice,
Your child’s class.

2. Old curriculum: Fluency and skills based, Assessments to match this,
Maths Evening for parents
28/02/17
Old curriculum:
Fluency and skills based,
Assessments to match this,
Open choices for methods,

3. Maths Evening for parents
28/02/17
Key changes:
Written methods are set in stone,
No calculator work at all,
Significantly increased expectations,
Increased content,
Being fluent is not enough.

4. I found my brother’s SAT paper from 2011. It was really easy!
Maths Evening for parents
28/02/17
I found my brother’s SAT paper from It was really easy!

5. Maths Evening for parents
28/02/17
Impact on teaching and learning:
Focused on deepening children’s understanding of a topic rather than rushing them on,
Increased amount of reasoning and problem solving,
Raised expectations,
Greater level of challenge.

6. Maths Evening for parents
28/02/17
Concrete – Pictorial - Abstract

7. Maths Evening for parents
28/02/17
Concrete – Pictorial - Abstract

8. Maths Evening for parents
28/02/17
Peter and Jane have 60 sweets in total between them. Peter has three times as many sweets as Jane. How many sweets does Jane have?
Model
Calculations ? 15
60 ÷ 4 = 15
Jane 60
Peter

9. Maths Evening for parents
28/02/17
Adam is twice as old as Barry. Charlie is 3 years younger than Barry. The sum of all their ages is 53. How old is Barry?
Model
Calculations
Adam
= 56
56 ÷ 4 = 14
Barry 56 53 14 ? 3
Charlie

10. Maths Evening for parents
28/02/17
Concrete – Pictorial - Abstract
Abstract working is the calculation itself. This includes when given as a written calculation and when included inside a word problem.

11. To become fluent in a skill is to be able to complete the process.
Maths Evening for parents
28/02/17
Fluency – Reasoning – Problem Solving
To become fluent in a skill is to be able to complete the process.

12. Maths Evening for parents
28/02/17
Fluency – Reasoning – Problem Solving
Reasoning looks deeper into the topic and explores how and why something works.
Explain his mistake.
Aaron has a bag of sweets. He gives 20% of them to his
friend Bob. He then gives 20% of what is left to his friend Jeff. Aaron believes that he has 60% of his original number of sweets left. Why is he wrong?

13. Maths Evening for parents
28/02/17
Fluency – Reasoning – Problem Solving
Word problems and problem scenarios

14. Bespoke curriculum. Challenge by choice. Maths Evening for parents
28/02/17
Bespoke curriculum.
Challenge by choice.