{"id":736,"date":"2024-02-26T12:02:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T12:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/largowardps\/?page_id=736"},"modified":"2024-02-26T12:02:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T12:02:07","slug":"mental-maths","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/largowardps\/learning-at-home\/mental-maths\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Maths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is mental maths?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sh-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/ck\/a?!&amp;&amp;p=d5019c8663f14078JmltdHM9MTcwNjQ4NjQwMCZpZ3VpZD0yZDRlNTEzNi0yNDg1LTY5N2QtMWFiYi00NTIzMjUwZTY4MGUmaW5zaWQ9NTg3MA&amp;ptn=3&amp;ver=2&amp;hsh=3&amp;fclid=2d4e5136-2485-697d-1abb-4523250e680e&amp;psq=what+is+mental+maths&amp;u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY3VlbWF0aC5jb20vbGVhcm4vaG93LXRvLWltcHJvdmUtbWVudGFsLW1hdGgtY2FsY3VsYXRpb25zLw&amp;ntb=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-tg-citations=\"1\">Mental maths is a\u00a0group of skills that allows people to do arithmetical calculations \u201cin their head\u201d without the use of calculators or other resources<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<a class=\"sh-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/ck\/a?!&amp;&amp;p=f2b6a8dd2ab95a6aJmltdHM9MTcwNjQ4NjQwMCZpZ3VpZD0yZDRlNTEzNi0yNDg1LTY5N2QtMWFiYi00NTIzMjUwZTY4MGUmaW5zaWQ9NTg3Mg&amp;ptn=3&amp;ver=2&amp;hsh=3&amp;fclid=2d4e5136-2485-697d-1abb-4523250e680e&amp;psq=what+is+mental+maths&amp;u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY3VlbWF0aC5jb20vbGVhcm4vaG93LXRvLWltcHJvdmUtbWVudGFsLW1hdGgtY2FsY3VsYXRpb25zLw&amp;ntb=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-tg-citations=\"1\">Mental maths is useful in everyday life to answer different questions<\/a>.\u00a0<a class=\"sh-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/ck\/a?!&amp;&amp;p=0ba75dbe6b4b8175JmltdHM9MTcwNjQ4NjQwMCZpZ3VpZD0yZDRlNTEzNi0yNDg1LTY5N2QtMWFiYi00NTIzMjUwZTY4MGUmaW5zaWQ9NTg3NA&amp;ptn=3&amp;ver=2&amp;hsh=3&amp;fclid=2d4e5136-2485-697d-1abb-4523250e680e&amp;psq=what+is+mental+maths&amp;u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlc2Nob29scnVuLmNvbS93aGF0LW1lbnRhbC1tYXRocw&amp;ntb=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-tg-citations=\"2\">In school, mental maths also means being able to\u00a0understand maths concepts and solve problems in a logical, methodical way.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mental Maths at Largoward:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our teachers use the following planners to ensure that pupils build their mental maths skills in a progressive way.\u00a0 Every maths lesson begins with a mental maths warm-up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Early Level:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lawheadps\/uploads\/sites\/12645\/2024\/01\/29100846\/P1-MM-Progression.pdf\">P1 MM Progression<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>First Level:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lawheadps\/uploads\/sites\/12645\/2024\/01\/29100935\/P2-MM-Progression.pdf\">P2 MM Progression<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lawheadps\/uploads\/sites\/12645\/2024\/01\/29100933\/P3-MM-Progression.pdf\">P3 MM Progression<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lawheadps\/uploads\/sites\/12645\/2024\/01\/29100932\/P4-MM-Progression.pdf\">P4 MM Progression<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Level:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lawheadps\/uploads\/sites\/12645\/2024\/01\/29101043\/P5-MM-Progression.pdf\">P5 MM Progression<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lawheadps\/uploads\/sites\/12645\/2024\/01\/29101105\/P6-MM-Progression.pdf\">P6 MM Progression<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lawheadps\/uploads\/sites\/12645\/2024\/01\/29101109\/P7-MM-Progression.pdf\">P7 MM Progression<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Third Level:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/lawheadps\/uploads\/sites\/12645\/2024\/01\/29101147\/S1-MM-Progression-Third-Level.doc.pdf\">S1 MM Progression [Third Level]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How can I help my child at home with mental maths?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Play board games<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy counting rhymes and songs<\/li>\n<li>Build it in to daily life e.g. How long until we go to \u2026..?, How many eggs do we need if \u2026.?<\/li>\n<li>Estimate totals for groceries, weight of house hold items, heights, etc. \u2013 We use metric units in school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources to help mental maths:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BBC Bitesize \u2013 Early Level \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/subjects\/zrnbwty\">Early level Maths and Numeracy \u2013 BBC Bitesize<\/a><\/li>\n<li>BBC Bitesize \u2013 First Level \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/subjects\/zpdj6sg\">1st level Maths and Numeracy \u2013 BBC Bitesize<\/a><\/li>\n<li>BBC Bitesize \u2013 Second Level \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/subjects\/znwqtfr\">2nd level Maths and Numeracy \u2013 BBC Bitesize<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Khan Academy \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/math\">Math | Khan Academy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>(requires you to set up an account \u2013 FREE)<\/li>\n<li>Maths Salamander \u2013 Lots of free worksheets and online practice \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.math-salamanders.com\/\">Free Math Worksheets for Kids from the Math Salamanders (math-salamanders.com)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Corbett Maths \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/corbettmaths.com\/primary\/\">Primary \u2013 Corbettmaths<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Top Marks Maths \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.topmarks.co.uk\/Search.aspx?Subject=16\">Maths \u2013 Topmarks Search<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(This is not and exhaustive list)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is mental maths? Mental maths is a\u00a0group of skills that allows people to do arithmetical calculations \u201cin their head\u201d without the use of calculators or other resources.\u00a0\u00a0Mental maths is useful in everyday life to answer different questions.\u00a0In school, mental maths also means being able to\u00a0understand maths concepts and solve problems in a logical, methodical &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/largowardps\/learning-at-home\/mental-maths\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mental Maths<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21549,"featured_media":0,"parent":734,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-736","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/largowardps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/largowardps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/largowardps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/largowardps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21549"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/largowardps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/largowardps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":737,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/largowardps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/736\/revisions\/737"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/largowardps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/largowardps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}