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Thursday, 16 January 2014

Back to school for you know who...

Who would have thought that several years after a Masters Degree, I'd be going back to "study"...wait for it... wait for it... wait for it…Primary school Year 1 Maths?!
 
Well, I have!  Needless to say that I struggled with a couple of questions aimed at year 1s.  Ha ha!
 
Ok seriously, this is a course designed for parents of children in Key Stage 1 (Years 1 & 2) and it's appropriately called "Keeping up with children's Numeracy" (there is also a "Literacy" course).
 
It's true that children are taught differently now - who knew there were so many ways to say "add" "subtract" "divide" and "multiply"?!  Admittedly, teaching is now more interesting and practical, rather than the abstract Maths lessons I had in my day.  If only I studied now, I would have been much better at Maths (she says).
 
Even the way the children learn to read is different; focusing on the sounds.  My children's school uses a programme called "jolly phonics", where sounds are associated with actions.  It's quite funny to watch (fun for them, so if those actions don't help them remember sounds, nothing else will)!  They’re now at the stage of putting the sounds together so fingers crossed, my children will soon know how to read.
 
Back to me and my course… I’m excitedly making a number fan (banana shape) and I have to find out what a "number line" is.  Yes, I've learnt a few new words that are being used in KS1 Numeracy and I'll be putting together a glossary so watch this space.  I'll let you know how I'm getting on – assuming I survive the 10 weeks duration of this course.

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