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Welcome to our Parent Workshop. This morning we will…. Inform you of the changes of the new Maths and English curriculum. Explain how we teach both maths and grammar here at St Leonard’s. The New Primary Mathematics Curriculum 2015. Key themes in mathematics in the new curriculum.
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This morning we will… Inform you of the changes of the new Maths and English curriculum. Explain how we teach both maths and grammar here at St Leonard’s.
Key themes in mathematics in the new curriculum • Spoken communication and reasoning • Reading and spelling mathematical vocabulary • Problem solving and application of knowledge • Calculators not being used as a substitute for good written and mental arithmetic • Focus on mental calculation and written calculation • Strands now: number measurement geometry (shape and space) statistics
Key Changes - Mathematics • Larger numbers introduced earlier • No data handling in Year 1 • Tables to 12x12 by end of Year 4 • Earlier introduction to formal written methods • Focus on fractions Simple fractions (1/4 and 1/2) are taught from KS1, and by the end of primary school, children should be able to convert decimal fractions to simple fractions (e.g. 0.375 = 3/8). • No use of calculators until the end of KS2 • Focus on problem solving • Understanding of square numbers, cubed numbers, primes, factors, prime factors, common multiples etc. during Year 5 and Year 6 • No probability
Your child will learn… + + - - How to use the 4 operations effectively.
The 4 operations • Why so many methods? - Children are entitled to be taught and to acquire secure mental methods and efficient written methods of calculation for each operation which they know they can rely on when mental methods are not appropriate. We teach them a range so they can choose the one they prefer and proves most accurate for them.
