Numeracy

Mathematics is used in everyday situations and our pupils are always encouraged to think about how learning will help them in real life situations.

Mathematics comprises of:

• Information Handling: gathering, organising, displaying and interpreting

data.

• Number, Money and Measurement: learning to add, subtract, multiply and

divide, as well as to work with money, time, length, weight, area and volume.

• Shape, Position and Movement: learning about the properties of 2 and 3 dimensional shapes and to understand position and movement

Teaching Numeracy

At Braehead we use a range of resource to support children's understanding and development of numeracy. However, our main resource across year groups is Numicon.

What is Numicon?

Numicon is a concrete, visual approach to teaching mathematics using a Concrete, Picotiral, Abstract approach. Children make use of a range of materials, including plastic shapes, each representing a number from 1 to 10. These shapes have holes arranged in a way that visually represents the number and allows children to see relationships between numbers.

Concrete - Pictorial - Abstract
When learning or extending new concepts, staff try to use a wide range of concrete materials, including Numicon and pictorial demonstrations to support children to have a solid foundation of mathematical concepts. Staff will then introduce more abstract models of thinking about concepts, such as using numbers and symbols.

Numeracy across the Curriculum

Staff work very hard to make clear and relevant links between numeracy and other curricular areas. For instance, staff may bring in aspects of volume, shape, position and movement.

Numeracy Expectations Policy

Our whole school Numeracy expectations policy can be viewed to the left.

Mathletics and Mathseeds

Mathseeds and Mathletics are maths programes that are specfically designed to support pupils in their mathematical learning,

Mathseeds beings with a placement test and then provides a range of high quality, interactive lessons that support the learners to take the next steps in their learning.

Mathletics on the other hand allows teachers to set specific content for children to complete, or children can work their way through the curriculum independently. They are encouraged to earn 1000 points each week, which will progress them through several stages of bronze, silver, gold etc., achieving certificates along the way.

Both can be used at school and at home.

My Maths

My maths is a resource that we continue to make good use of here at Braehead.

It is an online resource that has acess to a wide range of lessons related to maths curricular areas.

Each mathematical area has a progressive and interactive set of lessons, videos and homework.

My Maths

Term 1 Multiplication Challenge

As part of our focus on increasing attainment of mental maths, we have launched our Maths Challenge for Term 1.

At our first assembly, pupils were greeted with teachers going head to head to discover who was the greatest at their times tables. After a fierce couple of rounds, Mrs Duncan’s team triumphed over Ms Baxters’. Each following, teams put forward by their classes will go head to head with another class to compete live in front of the school. During the week, all pupils will engage in a variety of times tables activities, including the use of Mathletics.

We have also launched our Braehead Multiplication challenges of Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum, which requires pupils to be confident in their tables up to x12.

If you would like to join in and support your child’s times tables learning, below is a table sharing expectations in order from Bronze to Platinum.

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