Welcome to Cardinal Wiseman Catholic

SchoolHow can you support your

child in Maths?

Supporting your child in maths can be achieved more easily than you might think:

Sit and ‘do’ maths with your child

Talk about maths you use in a real-life context e.g. shopping, bank accounts

Look at websites together to help with homework or answer questions

What will happen today?

You and your child will have a go at some fun maths activities togetherYou will see how we support your child in schoolYou will receive some resources to take away to help at home

Use all four numbers on the card to make a total of 24.You can add, subtract, multiply or divide.

Task 1

24

Each symbol represents a different number (1-9)Can you find out which number is represented by each shape?

Task 2

Use the multi-link cubes to construct the shapes.

Task 3

For each of the shapes you have made, work out how many more cubes you need to add to make the shape into a 3 x 3 cube?

Show my homework…

Please take a regular look at ‘Show my Homework’ – it informs you about the homework your son/daughter is being set in all subjects

Link to school website

How do we know when your son/daughter is ready to move on or needs some

help?Mini whiteboardsRed, amber, green cardsQuestioningObservation of class workSelf and peer assessment feedbackMarking written workProgress on end of topic testMarking homework

Red and green pens…

Teachers mark in red penStudents respond in green

• This is another opportunity for teachers and students to converse with each other - students are always encouraged to tell us how they feel about what they are learning – please help them to verbalise this when they are doing their homework.

How does school help when students are not making the

progress expected?

Teaching assistants in classSpecial Maths tutor groupSmall group interventionOne to one intervention

After-school classes

How does school help when students are not making the

progress expected?Teacher revisits topic

Teaching assistants offer support in class

Opportunity given in class for more practise

Lunchtime/after school support arranged with class teacher

Extra homework to ensure student has mastered skills.

One-to-one tuition enrolment

Resources to help at home…..

‘Booklet’

Websites• www.mymaths.co.uk• http://www.ilovemathsgames.com/puzzles.html• http://uk.ixl.com/• http://

www.suffolkmaths.co.uk/pages/1TeachingResources.htm

• www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize• http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/links.htm • http://www.nnparenttoolkit.org.uk/

Thank you for coming today.

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and finally ….Should you need any help or advice in the future, do not hesitate in contacting the Maths department.