Check list for parents:
Maths- Ages 8-9
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End
of Age 8 Able |
End
of Age 9 Confident |
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Your child can approach and solve a
problem in different ways. He
checks his results and can talk about how he arrived at it.
(Example
an addition problem can be done by counting in different ways. counting in
fives, twos etc) |
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He can understand and interpret symbols
(eg + - =)
and simple graphs |
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He can make approximations and rounding
up to 1000. He understands
place value up to 1000.
(Sometimes
children do maths and get questions right but don't understand why the
answer is correct. Understanding of place value is important) |
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He can use decimal notation to
represent money (£10.50) |
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He begins to understand negative
numbers through temperature scale.
(–5 degree
C in winter, children in hot countries can relate to fridge) |
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He knows by heart two numbers that make
up 20 when added together.
12+8=20;
13+7=20 etc.. |
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He knows different ways (mental, pencil
and paper) of adding, subtracting two digit numbers.
(There are many
ways of adding numbers and children would prefer their own methods) |
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He can add, subtract three digit
numbers using written methods. |
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He memories 2,3,4,5,10 multiplication
table and uses it. |
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He can recognise simple equivalent
fractions. |
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He can group 2D, 3D shapes using their
properties such as faces, corners, symmetry etc. |
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He can use metres, centimetres, kilo
metres, millilitres, litres, grams, kilo grams, seconds, minutes, hours,
days etc. in calculations |
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He can draw and do questions on bar
charts, pictograms (pictograms use pictures to count) |
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