Sharon Wallace, Curriculum Support Officer, Curriculum Support Team, has been working on materials aimed at sharing active learning methodologies with parents and carers. The workshop aims to share some of the strategies relating to mathematics, in particular mental strategies with people at home.
It also includes suggested websites which are helpful in developing mental mathematical skills e.g. www.sumdog.com and www.mangahigh.com
Workshop activities include:
- recalling facts
- applying facts
- the use of open questions
- addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
- numbers in society
Active numeracy parent presentation 2013 can be accessed from this link.
Thanks Sharon, this is an excellent support. We will incorporate some of this into our Big Maths workshop to parents on 4th November.