Recently we have had a number of year 5 pupils struggling with worded mathematical questions. Pupils have often got into the habit of looking at Maths purely as a series of calculations. They have learnt addition and subtraction followed by long multiplication and long division purely as a number operation. Introduce a worded functional element
There are surely plenty of creative ways to teach maths, and demonstrate its artistry to young people Rachel Riley If I had a penny for every time I’ve heard someone proudly declare they’re “rubbish at maths”, suffice to say I’d have a lot of counting to do by now. Many Britons see their numerical illiteracy
The article below prompted us to have a discussion at Tuition First HQ about the quality of the handwriting amongst our students, (and ourselves!!). We’ve also been talking to Early Years teachers about their experience of handwriting too. ‘We are not just talking about mechanical skills. We are talking about how children learn.’ Photograph: Alamy
