Junior Maths Focus

By Sarah Gilbert | Posted: Wednesday July 3, 2019

Dear parents,

Three times a year each syndicate identifies an area for focused intensive learning based on syndicate wide assessment data.

Our next focus will be on Maths, but narrowing that down to improving instant recall of basic facts within three seconds and without any help such as using fingers. On Seesaw you can expect to see a sample of your child’s learning “before and after” at the end of the intervention, and a sample of them learning in action.

This focus will mean that we will be taking a break from spelling homework from Week 1 Term 3 until Week 3 and instead children will bring home basic facts homework.

What basic facts should your child know and be able to instantly recall by the end of the year?

Year 1

• Facts to 5 and facts within 5;

• Doubles to 10 and groupings within 10

Year 2

• Facts to 10

• Doubles to 20 and corresponding halves and teen facts

If you would like to talk about this further please do not hesitate to contact your child’s classroom teacher.