1. NUMERACY Fun ways to develop confidence and competence with numbers. NQT Workshop Friday 29 th January

2. Challenges Fear of numbers - arithmophobia! Do you suffer from Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia? Fear of 666 Negative press I was never any good at Maths That’s not how I was taught to do it. Maths is hard

3. Literacy versus numeracy All staff have a responsibility to improve literacy skills. All staff have a responsibility to improve numeracy skills. Agree? Competent and confident?

4. Policy and Practice Guidance on Use of Calculators Vocabulary - ambiguous words - take-away average – mean average Written calculation methods

5. Times tables Mental arithmetic Basic skills Looking for patterns and links ……..

6. 2 and 5 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 ADD 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 SUBTRACT

7. Tables tricks – 9s

8. Tables Tricks

9. 7 8

10. Tables Tricks – 12s Let’s take the fraction ½ and write a list of equivalent fractions in order… 1/2 2/43/64/8 Continue…

11. Tables Tricks – 12s 1/2 2/4 3/6 4/8 5/106/12 7/14 8/16 9/1810/20 11/22 12/24

12. Terror Tables Multiplication table to be practiced : 17 Multiplication table to be practiced : 7

13. Terror Tables

14. Multiplication table to be practiced: 7 7035142856 63214270 77 497035105140 13312614843.5 56112168350175

15. Terror Tables Multiplication table to be practiced: 17 170853468136 15351102170187 11917085255340 323306342048.5 136272408850425

16. 8 TIMES 9 HALVE IT HALVE AGAIN ADD 37 DIVIDE BY 5 TIMES 6 ADD 28 ADD 2 DIVIDE BY 12 8

18. 1 5 4 7 6 9 3

19. Choose a partner to play against.

20. Decide where to place the number. Number closest to 1000 wins.

21. Decide where to place the number. Add the three numbers. Number closest to 1000 wins.

22. Decide where to place the number. Complete the subtraction. Number closest to 1000 wins.

23. Decide where to place the number. Complete the multiplication. Number closest to 1000 wins.

24. You have just saved enough money to start your own Lobster business, and will need to decide where to place your pots each night. ‘Outer Pots’ are placed further out at sea, and usually catch the more lobsters, but in bad weather can be washed away and lost at sea. ‘Inner Pots’ usually catch less but are safer in bad weather. Enterprise Island

25. Facts and Rules 1.You begin with 6 pots. 2.You can buy more/replacement pots for £20 3.You will earn £20 for each large catch, and £10 for each small catch. 4.You must record where you are going to place your pots on the record sheet, without knowing about the weather situation.

26. 1 Weather Warm, clear night Pots All safe Catch Outer – large catch in each Inner – small catch in each 2 Weather Cloudy and light breeze Pots All safe Catch Outer – small catch in each Inner – small catch in each 3 Weather Strong breeze but clear sky Pots Outer – half lost at sea Inner – all safe Catch Outer – large catch in each remaining pot Inner – small catch in each 4 Weather Hurricane Pots Outer – all lost at sea Inner – half lost at sea Catch Outer – no catch Inner – no catch 5 Weather Driving rain, strong wind Pots Outer – half lost at sea Inner – all safe Catch Outer – no catch Inner – small catch in each 6 Weather Calm and warm Pots All safe Catch Outer – large catch in each Inner – large catch in each 1 Weather Warm, clear night Pots All safe Catch Outer – large catch in each Inner – small catch in each 2 Weather Cloudy and light breeze Pots All safe Catch Outer – small catch in each Inner – small catch in each 3 Weather Strong breeze but clear sky Pots Outer – half lost at sea Inner – all safe Catch Outer – large catch in each remaining pot Inner – small catch in each 4 Weather Hurricane Pots Outer – all lost at sea Inner – half lost at sea Catch Outer – no catch Inner – no catch 5 Weather Driving rain, strong wind Pots Outer – half lost at sea Inner – all safe Catch Outer – no catch Inner – small catch in each 6 Weather Calm and warm Pots All safe Catch Outer – large catch in each Inner – large catch in each

27. Score Sheet for Enterprise Island Day Pots owned Pots placedCatchAmount earned Pots lost Pots bought Total Pots Daily Total OuterInnerLargeSmall Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Total Profit for 5 days …………………………………………….

28. Blunders In the days of steam it took one hour 30 mins to get from Liverpool Street to Stanstead. That has now been cut to 93 minutes. More than half English 11-year olds have below average reading skills. With 50% off the sofa, 25% of the carpet and 35% off that little table, I’ve just saved 110%.

29. Take the number of brothers you have, and multiply by 2. Add 5 to the result. Multiply by 5. Now add the number of sisters you have. Multiply the result by 10. Finally add the number of pets you have. What number do you have? Maths is magic

30. Think of ways in which you may use these ideas to help develop numeracy skills As a subject teacher As a form tutor.