Parental engagement is increasingly becoming a priority in UK primary schools, and rightly so, including parents with their children’s education is very beneficial to their learning.
However confident you yourself feel about Maths and Numeracy skills, there will be things you can do to support their learning in this area and are probably doing so without realising. If your child is struggling, remind them that they can get better with practice and reinforce with them that they are not able to do it “yet”. Also remind them of the progress they have already made and the things they can do now that they were not able to do a year ago.
This page is here to support you with numeracy at home. The Whalsay School Numeracy Booklet is a good starting point if you need reminding on anything you were taught at school and below you will see different sections with links about the Number packs, online games and to other websites.
Click here to download a document we made at school with some numeracy at home ideas
Here you will find a range of activities to support your child’s learning at home in numeracy and mathematics. You won’t need lots of resources and the activities are designed to encourage your child’s creativity and independence. There are some activities that your child can do on their own. You may want to do some of the activities as a family.
This pack is suitable for pupils in Upper Primary and Secondary
Online Maths Games
Other websites
Information and ideas to build numeracy skills into everyday activities at home from early years to secondary.
The Parentzone website provides valuable information and support for parents and carers on a range of topics. This link takes you directly to the Numeracy at Home page which includes ideas to build numeracy skills into everyday activities from early years to secondary. It also includes a glossary which has been developed for parents and carers of children and young people in the broad general education in Scottish schools.
Read, Write and Count is where you will find literacy and numeracy games suitable for children of all ages.
Number Notion Packs
The Parent Council have recently invested in Number Notion packs for the Primary department to support with numeracy homework. Please see the link below to the website for Number Notion and to documents with activities for using these packs and other ideas to help at home.
