Dear Readers
This week your child has taken home his/her Oxford Words to begin practising five words a week at home. Here are some ideas for games and activities that you can do at home to help with your child’s learning.
We hope these ideas are useful.
Dear Parents,
Attached is a copy of the term-two overview for Readeville.
Happy reading!
Term Two Overview Reade 2018 FINAL-2kc9sqq
Dear Parents,
Here is the information that we sent home about helping your child build maths confidence and fluency. Due to copyright issues, we are unable to post the Natural Maths posters that have also come home.
Also, here is a link to an interactive 100 square, too, to help reinforce number understandings:
http://www.primarygames.co.uk/pg2/splat/splatsq100
We have also mentioned some maths videos that are designed to help build positive mindsets around maths. Here are the rest of the episodes:
Episode Two:
Episode Three:
Episode Four:
Episode Five:
Here is a photo of discussion questions that can go with each episode:
Finally, here is a link to a video of Ann Baker, from Natural Maths, talking about how parents can help their children build mathematical thinking at home. She outlines some other games that you may also want to explore, too.
Thanks for your support. As we have said, this kind of maths-based home learning is every bit as important as helping your child with reading. If you have any queries, please see your child’s classroom teacher.
Kind regards,
Marie, Rachel, Nancy, Karen and Emma
In Readeville, we have started watching some videos about maths mindsets. The videos help reinforce the message that being ‘good at maths’ is about being open to challenge, putting in the effort and practising, rather than being a ‘maths person’. The videos also reinforce the message that our brains are a muscle that requires the ‘exercise’ of taking on new learning.
Attached is the first video and some discussion questions. We hope you find these resources useful.
Kind regards,
Rachel, Karen, Nancy, Marie and Emma
Dear Readers,
This week, we have started looking at finger counting in maths and how our fingers can help us to understand numbers.
The children are being given lots of opportunities to explore how they can show the same number in different ways using their fingers (so, the number four can be shown with four fingers on one hand or two fingers on one hand and two fingers on the other hand).
This teaching is informed by the work of Dr Jo Boaler, from Stanford University. For more information, please see the website YouCubed: www.youcubed.org
The broader messages that we can link to this kind of finger counting is that mathematicians find many different ways to approach problems and that maths involves fexible, creative thinking.
Readeville has also watched the attached video, which involves another important message: Maths is about deep, slow thinking, rather than fast thinking.
We hope you find the video helpful!
Kind regards,
Marie, Rachel, Nancy, Karen and Emma
Dear Readers
Welcome to the Readeville blog for the year-one students. This is where you will find information about shared activities, school events, notes home and other issues that are relevant to your child’s learning.
Congratulations to the children for a positive start to the year. Here’s to a great 2018!
Marie, Rachel, Nancy, Karen and Emma
