Maths top tips: how to help your child
At Parents' Evening, teachers are often asked how parents can support their children at home. In maths, building up a rapid recall of times tables and associated division facts is crucial in aiding children's overall understanding of mathematics as a whole. Many of the topics covered in maths are underpinned by this knowledge.
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Below are the National Curriculum expectations for each year group:
Expectations for times tables for each year group
| Year 1 |
Count in multiples of 2, 5 and 10. Recall and use all doubles to 10 and corresponding halves |
| Year 2 | Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables, including recognising odd and even numbers. |
| Year 3 | Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables. |
| Year 4 | Recall and use multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12x12. |
| Year 5 | Revision of all times tables and division facts up to 12x12. |
| Year 6 | Revision of all times tables and division facts up to 12x12. |
Miss Badrick and Mrs Finn (Maths Subject Leaders) have created a document including all of our 'top tips' for learning times tables at home. We will be releasing this information along with some fun games and activities for supporting the learning of times tables over the next few weeks in the newsletter. We hope you find this information useful.