Morning Club

 Morning club has proved to be popular with our families. Many mornings I have between 30-40 students utilising this service, ranging from Kindergarten to Year 6. Children are choosing to colour-in, to draw, to play a game, build with lego and some children simply enjoy talking to their friends.

During the building works, morning club has been held in the hall and often the children have chosen to play ball games. Next year, morning club will move to the meeting room and quiet activities will be provided for the students attending. There will no longer be the opportunity to play ball games in the meeting room.

Learning our Times Tables

Many of us know our times tables because when we went to school, we had to learn them by rote. We said them every day until we knew them. Although the school curriculum is no longer based on the rote learning of facts, this method still works for many children. Learning to sing times tables benefits many children. There are many free songs on YouTube to help your child learn their tables. There are many fabulous Apps for learning tables eg.mathsrockx. Your child does not have to be the best at maths, to be able to learn them. You will build the speed of your child’s computations if they can recall their times tables quickly.

Here is a link to posters to help.

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/maths/pdfs/times_tables_posters.pdf

Find some time in the school holidays to play a game learning times tables, encourage your children to sing them if that helps them to learn. I like the app called MathsRockx but there are also many other free apps. On YouTube there are also lots of free songs to help you learn your tables.

In Year 2 and Year 3, we use flashcards to help your child learn their tables and we test them every couple of weeks.