Practise Basic Maths Skills at home!
Why we should prioritise Basic Skills at home…
Maths is a compulsory subject, most often taught every day for at least 45 minutes. Consequently, we should trust teachers to introduce children to new skills when they are ready to learn them, click here to read more. This means that at home, the best support we can provide to our children is to practise those Basic Skills that form the foundation for everything else.
What are Basic Skills?
Basic Skills are generally accepted to be number facts and the four main operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division), which form the foundation for everything else. Basic Skills underpin the ability to understand and use maths in daily life.
In Big Maths, we have a Basic Skills framework that builds up to Calculation, identifying specific progression which we then assess in our CLIC challenges. To read more about how big maths works, click here
How does it work?
Big Maths at Home is designed to allow children to complete challenges, which are aligned to terms and age related expectations in each academic year. As long as they get all of the questions correct, they will be promoted to the next challenge and continue to do so until they make mistakes. Once they make mistakes, they are put into practice mode where they tackle sets of questions linked to those skills that they got wrong. Get the practice questions right and you move back into challenge mode and try to get promoted. Simple…
How much does it cost?
If we could give it away for free, we would. A subscription to Big Maths at Home costs just £5 a month for one child or £3 a month for each child for multiple children. You can cancel at any time and there are no hidden charges.