Primary School Maths - Mathematics for Life at WHPS

In our Primary School Maths curriculum, we aim:

- To create a learning environment in which pupils can develop their potential as individuals and as members of society, through developing their competence and performance in using Mathematics and through enriching their experience and enjoyment of Mathematics.

- To develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes in Mathematics to enable the pupils to use Mathematics in everyday life, which they can also put into practice in our
Practical Maths Centre

- To equip the pupil to participate in and contribute to the increasingly numerical world.

Our Approach

The ability to reason is not only important in Primary School Maths but a life skill in its own right. Mathematical reasoning must include the following skills:

Analysing
Selecting
Synthesising
Generalising
Conjecturing

Communication is a critical skill that needs to be developed throughout the Primary School Phase. Pupils need to develop the ability to:

Talk, read and write about Mathematics with understanding
Listen to and interpret discussions about and involving Mathematics
Use Mathematical symbols and language
Recognise the use of communication techniques in Mathematical situations

Effective strategies include:

Problem posing and problem solving
Investigation
Observation
Modelling
Reading
Group work
Drill and practise
Following worked examples

TO TEST LATERAL THINKING!

Move one matchstick to make the equation approximately true. classroom math games

Squaring a two or three digit number ending in 5.

If you need to square a number (two or three digits) that ends in 5, just use this trick. First, you should know that when any number squared that ends in 5 will always have the last two digits of 25. Then all you need to do is look at the digits before the 5 and multiply it (them) by the next number higher and put that in front of the 25.

Here are two examples:

1) 35 squared is 3 times 4 (one higher than 3) or 12 and put that in front of 25.
Looks like this... 1225

2) 65 squared is 6 times 7 (one higher than 6) or 42 and put that in front of 25.
Looks like this .... 4225

primary school maths