How Can Maths Games Help Pupils with Dyscalculia?
Dyscalculia is one of many reasons that a pupil may experience difficulties keeping up with maths lessons. What is Dyscalculia? Dyscalculia is a condition that affects the ability to acquire arithmetical skills. Dyscalculic learners may have difficulty understanding simple number concepts, lack an intuitive grasp of numbers, and have problems learning number facts and procedures. Even if […]
Key Stage 2 Multiplication Tables Check – MTC
The MTC The Key Stage 2 multiplication tables check (MTC) assessment framework has been published (here)! We’ve worked our way through the document and now know what the check is going to be like. So the MTC will be an online check in a three week period June each year for pupils in year 4. Schools […]
Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check Announced
There is no doubt that it is extremely functional to have the multiplication tables (aka the times tables) memorised in our daily lives. 5 books, £7 each, you know in a second that it would be £35. The importance of times tables according to the Department for Education, is that it “helps children to solve […]
Useful Tips to Help Children like Maths
We all want our children to like maths. To not be scared. To open the door to hundreds of highly skilled and well paid jobs. Unfortunately, the word maths alone can cause anxiety in many of us. Here are a few easy tips to boost your child’s confidence in maths. It’s important that as a […]
