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Numeracy is an individual’s capacity to identify and understand the role that mathematics plays in the world, to make well-founded judgements and to use and engage with mathematics in ways that meets the needs of the individuals life. (PISA)
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Be positive about numeracy/maths!
Let students use their own methods.
Use the pupils KS2 data to help you identify students abilities.
Link/build in numeracy into your scheme of work and lesson planning.
Talk to the students when they are trying to tackle the numeracy challenge questions.
Encourage students to refer to the maths section of their planners.
Speak to the maths department for support.
Numeracy, when used in the same context as ‘literacy’, means having a grasp of numbers and data and the arithmetic and reasoning necessary for everyday life.
It means confidently handling money, understanding interest, using timetables, working out journey times and interpreting graphs and charts - in other words, living in the modern world.
Write your workings on the mini whiteboard.
So why is this important?
What to take away from this activity?
When drawing graphs - make sure axis scales are uniform and labeled
When pupils are reading out numbers insist they do it properly. 13452 8.16
Check pupils written numbers i.e. 1 and 7 3 and 5 etc.
Use "sum" to mean when numbers are added rather than a calculation.
line up
logic puzzles
Every year more than 30,000 children leave primary school at 11 with the mathematical skills of a seven-year-old. Source: DfE
The 10% who do not reach the expected standard at age 7 doubles to 20% by age 11, and nearly doubles again by age 16. Source: Ofsted 2012
In 2012, 42% of pupils in England failed to achieve a GCSE A*-C grade in mathematics. (SMC got 81%!)
Adults with at least basic numeracy (Level 1 or above) earn on average 26% more than adults with skills below this level.
Adults with poor numeracy are twice as likely to be unemployed at those who are competent. Source: NRDC 2009
Children who struggle with numeracy are twice as likely to be excluded from school as those who do not. Source: KPMG 2008
Children with poor numeracy are:
-twice as likely to be FSM by age 10
-twice as likely to leave school at 16
-more than twice as likely to have a child in their teens
- much more likely to have parents with no/few qualifications
Top trumps
Bananas
Use the dates
Scrabble tiles
Venn Diagrams
Pie chart of the lesson