Welcome back!

This year I will be teaching several pupils from P4, P5 and P6 for Numeracy small group withdrawal. You will find an overview of everything that you need to bring to class on the main year group class page, so please do read this carefully.

Within this small group withdrawal, your child will benefit from support to help them with their specific needs within Numeracy. Numeracy homework will be set each week, this will recap what your child has been doing in class. Therefore, I do encourage you to ensure that all homework is completed at home with lots of encouragement and support given to help your child progress within their learning. Please sign your child’s written homework.

Detailed below is a list of areas that will be covered in January and February.

P4

• This term we will use mental strategies to carry out calculations when solving problems/carrying out activities.
• Children will start to organise their practical work and check what they have done.
• Pupils will work to understand that the place of the digit indicates its value.
• Children will work on quick recall of number facts up to 10 and add and subtract numbers within 100.
• Pupils will start to understand relationships between all coins up to £1 and use this knowledge to carry out shopping activities.
• Children will choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate, measure and record length, capacity, volume, weight, time and temperature.
• Pupils will sort 2D and 3-D shapes and give reasons for sorting.
• Children will use language and follow instruction, in practical situations, for turning movements.
• Pupils will work on recognising right angles in the environment and understand angles as a measurement of turn.
• Lastly, children will collect and record relevant data for a given activity and discuss and interpret information from this data collected.

P5

• It remains vitally important that the children continue to learn and revise times tables facts.  This will have a great impact on their progress in a wide range of numeracy topics. 
• It continues to be important that the children not only complete their mental activities every night but also revise tables on a regular basis, even when not set for homework. 
• Added to this the children will look more closely at fractions, angles and decimals and a variety of problem-solving activities.
• With the progress in tables and the use of formal multiplication and division, the children will be able to explore how to solve problems for all four functions, with the emphasis being on recognising key vocabulary in questions and subsequently being able to carry out the correct calculations.

P6

• This term we will be learning about decimal numbers,fractions and percentages and how the three are linked, as well as continuing to develop confidence in tables and mental maths.
• In addition, we will be learning all about different types of graphs and charts, and looking at the topics of weight, perimeter and area.
• We will also be continuing to develop our problem-solving strategies and skills.

Times Tables

• Having begun work on division and fractions it has become apparent that some children are still struggling with quick recall of times tables facts, and recalling facts backwards e.g. 56 = 8 x ?
• Parents could help by going over tables with your child, a little every day. This could be orally or an app on your phone or tablet. It really makes a huge difference to their confidence and ability in maths. Here are some links to get you started.

https://www.timestables.co.uk/games/

https://www.theschoolrun.com/best-times-tables-apps-for-kids

Thank you for your continued support,

Miss Milligan.