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PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN NUMERACY

PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN NUMERACY. St. Mary’s Primary School - Strabane. Why?. The Government shares the widely held view that partnership with parents can be highly effective in supporting and complementing the work done in school…

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PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN NUMERACY

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  1. PARENTALINVOLVEMENT IN NUMERACY St. Mary’s Primary School - Strabane

  2. Why?

  3. The Government shares the widely held view that partnership with parents can be highly effective in supporting and complementing the work done in school… Schools should include in their Literacy and Numeracy policies their plan for the involvement of parents in the way their child learns….. (Pg 21 Para 2.43)

  4. Attitudes to Mathematics:Parents • Personal experiences • Negative feelings • Right/wrong answer • Genuine Fear of maths/almost a phobia • Mental Arithmetic/Tables • Quick fire questions • Parents unknowingly pass on these negative attitudes to their children.(Professor. Jo Bowler)

  5. IN THE PAST • Arithmetic – the four rules of number • Pages of sums without any underlying understanding • Drill and practice. Rote and Repetition. IN CLASSROOMS TODAY • Processes are Important. Develop skills to solve problems. • Encouraged to work mentally • Think for themselves • Mathematical games and puzzles. Ipads and Interactive w/b.

  6. Paired Maths Pupil Survey

  7. Why Paired Games? Games can help to: • Stimulate children • Improve their mental skills • Provide opportunities for children to ask as well as answer questions • Help to develop their potential to think creatively • Develop children’s language skills • Family/Social Dimension

  8. Have Fun While You Learn • Positive early experiences help children to believe that they can do maths Children can: • Develop confidence and self-esteem • Benefit from the experience of Learning through fun • Develop social skills

  9. How will the paired games be organised? • Your child will choose and take home a game on Thursday • The game must be returned to school on Tuesday and another game will be selected. This will continue for 4 weeks. The children will play 2 games per week (Please try to ensure that games are returned with all the contents intact - a list of contents will be found in each bag.)

  10. The games will then be checked and made ready. • Your child will also receive a ‘Record Book’ for the games. • In this little book they can give their own opinion of the game – did they find it easy/difficult, fun or boring, and would they recommend it to their friends. • The information gathered in these record books will be used to inform the nature of future games.

  11. WEEK 1 The game I played this week was called ___________________________________ This game was easy 1  2  3  4  difficult 5  This game was fun/boring I would recommend this game yes/no This game taught me to ______________________________________ Signed __________________ pupil Signed __________________ parent

  12. Conclusion of Scheme • You will be asked to give your comments about the programme. • This will be analysed and fed back to you. • The Children’s efforts and achievements will be recognised with certificates at assembly.

  13. Thanks to; • The Primary Four Teachers; (Mrs Harkin, Mrs Strawbridge and Mrs Cooke). • Classroom Assistants; (Miss Clifford, Mrs McGinley and Mrs Finlay). • Parents • Mr McHugh/ Mr Lafferty/Mr McMahon

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