Author: Woodman, Elle

Maths Newsletter
Spring 2022

Timestables Rockstars
Children are continuing to enjoy the challenge of TTRS and are using it in school daily. Please encourage your children to use TTRS at home to boost their knowledge of timetables and increase their mental recall skills. Login details can be obtained from the class teacher or the school office.

SATS NEWS
SATS are now fast approaching!
Maths Breakfast Boosters
Year 6 maths boosters have been a huge success this half term. Keep up the good work in school and before and after school Year 6.
Coming Soon—Revision Packs
Children will be able to pick up a pack to help them with the final preparations before SATS. Please speak to the Year 2 and 6 teams for more information.
My Mini Maths
A useful website to support your child with their arithmetic using practise past papers.

Tables ….Tables …..Tables
Children in Year 3 upwards are now participating in afternoon interventions to boost their recall of tables. This will support the children in Year 4 doing the Multiplication Tables Check.
The national curriculum specifies that pupils should be taught to recall the multiplication tables up to and including 12 × 12 by the end of Year 4.
For more information visit: https://www.gov.uk/guidanc e/multiplication-tables

Rewards
Remember TTRS class of the week is awarded in our STAR of the WEEK assembly!
New wristbands are up for grabs when you complete at least 30 out of 40 in your weekly tables test three times!

It’s challenge time….. Can you work out these riddles with your child?

KS1 Challenge
Can you work out the riddle….
What goes up and doesn’t come back down?

KS2 Challenge
Can you work out the answer…..
Using only addition, add eight 8s to get the number 1,000.

Mathematician of the Month
Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras lived around the year 500 BC and is known for his Pythagorean theorem relating to the three sides of a right angle triangle: a² + b² = c²

KS1 Fact of the Day
Every odd number has an “e” in it.

KS2 Fact of the Day
The word "hundred" is actually derived from the Old Norse word "hundrath," which actually means 120, not 100.

TTRS CLASS OF THE HALF TERM

4L with 100% activity!

Here are some websites that you might find useful to practice maths concepts at home.
https://nrich.maths.org/
http://www.puzzles.com/
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/advice-for-parents/maths-athome/
http://mathszone.co.uk/ https://primarygames.co.uk/
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games
https://www.timestables.co.uk/