Wow! We cannot believe that the P7 pupils are in their last term at Williamston Primary school! We have been very busy in maths.

P7 have been exploring long division and dividing a 3 or 4 digit number by a 2 digit number with and without remainders. They have been really challenging themselves and using a fun strategy to help…
Does – Divide
McDonalds – Multiply
Sell – Subtract
Cheese – Check
Burgers – Bring down

This process supports us with long division and ensures we do not miss a crucial step. It would be great if P7 could keep practising this at home too.

P7 have also been thinking about important our times tables are in helping us to divide and thinking about the stations in each times table eg. the 5 times table: 5, 10, 15, 20 etc…

This term P7 will be focusing on…

Time – working with 12 and 24 hour time, using timetables, exploring time zones, Exploring the link between speed, distance and time.

Shape – properties of 2D/3D shape.

Money – budgets, money challenges.

Mental agility: strategies for quick and effective addition, subtraction, division and multiplication.

The link between decimals, percentages and factions e.g 50% = 0.5 = ½

It would be great if you could support your child with these concepts at home. Children will be given maths homework each week to consolidate what we are working on in class. Please also see your child’s homework grid for a list maths websites and games.

Many thanks, S Brown and K Carral