Maths Workshop
Monday 21st September
This is an edited version of the workshop to make it more
user-friendly when looking at home.
Why am I even here?
Parents in partnership = progress + positivity
We can but dream
of a scene like this!
What’s the plan?
What your child will be learning in class
and how
A few more practical ideas in supporting
your child at home
Feedback
In the Classroom
In this session we will use pages 38-43
and 51-56 from our calculations policy.
A link for this is on the Parents’ Meeting
Resources page or the curriculum page
on our website.
This clearly breaks down the teaching of
multiplication and division in our school.
What your child will be learning in class
From the
concrete to
visual
representation
What your child will be learning in class
Different representations using
manipulatives
video
What your child will be learning in class
Moving to working horizontally.
Note no vertical working.
Multiplication as repeated
addition
What your child will be learning in class
From the concrete to the
visual representation
What your child will be learning in class
Division - Sharing or grouping?
What your child will be learning in class
From the concrete….. Using a marked
numberline and number rods
18 ÷ 3
What your child will be learning in class
…to the visual representation….. Using
jumps on a numberline
Supporting your child at home
Play games
Homework – Praise. Don’t panic!
Ask your child to explain everything
Supporting your child at home
Multiplication War (for 2 players)
– Take out the picture cards, then deal half the deck
to each of the players then place them face down
in front of you
– Turn over the top card of your piles at the same
time
– The first to say the correct multiplication wins both
cards.
– The winner is the first to win both cards
Supporting your child at home
Pile it on (for 2 or more players)
– On a player's turn, they roll the die twice. Their
first roll indicates how many piles they must make.
Their second roll tells how many cards to place
face down in each pile
– The player will then create those piles, add up the
number of cards used (either by counting them or
by using multiplication), and record their score.
– Play for ten rounds. The person who uses the
most cards total is the winner.
Supporting your child at home
Card games and counting games (e.g. Snakes &
Ladders, Ludo and any dice games)
Recognising numbers and sequences when out and
about (e.g. house numbers-odds and evens, bus
numbers, car number plates etc.)
Recognising shapes (e.g. buildings, windows, food
packaging etc.)
Helping in the kitchen (e.g. weighing ingredients, time
duration, volume of liquids etc.)
Supporting your child at home
Helping in the supermarket (e.g. paying and change,
weighed fruit and vegetables, calculating better value
etc.)
CDs/Games for learning times tables
Take and compare measurements when DIY
shopping (e.g. measuring spaces for curtains,
furniture, wall paper etc.)
Tell the time/use timetables (e.g. bus times Sky TV
guide)
Am I satisfied?
Parents in partnership = progress + positivity
We very much value your feedback. If you could
spare a moment to answer the questionnaire on
the ‘parents meeting resources’ page of our
website, we would be most grateful. All answers
are anonymous and will be used to ensure all
future workshops are tailored to your specific
needs.