A bar modelling question year 6 - is really just a way of encouraging students to create a pictorial representation ... to help with understanding. It's probably little more than the way we were taught a few generations ago, but has undergone a resurgence in recent years. A bar modelling question isn't a method of calculation - only an aid to deciding on how to progress to … [Read more...]
Year 6 Bar modelling – Jenny has a tin of biscuits
Year 6 Bar modelling seems to have become more popular recently, and there's a whole series of questions that are designed to encourage students to use this technique. The idea is that bar models help students to visualise word problems, and importantly, decide which operations to use. A bar model is a pictorial representation of a 'reasoning' question, and allows children … [Read more...]
Education matters – year 6 SATS test results 2016
Key Stage 2 year 6 SATS 2016 ... have caused quite a level of controversy this year, although the results have just been published. According to the Department of Education, 53% of pupils met the new expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics 66% of pupils met the new expected standard in reading 70% of pupils met the new expected standard in … [Read more...]
The best selling maths games for primary school students.
There's a seemingly endless supply of past papers (and 3minutemaths.co.uk is no exception :-) ), but sometimes it just helps to take a break and [easyazon_link keywords="maths game" locale="UK" tag="matwra-21"]play a maths game[/easyazon_link] ... or probably any game. I'm sure that many students, faced with the prospect of yet another 'arithmetic' or 'reasoning' paper, … [Read more...]
Year 6 SATS reasoning tests
Year 6 SATS reasoning tests are changing, and there's a whole range of resources available, from text books to DofE papers to various companies producing tests. Ever heard of 'Not as we know it*,' 'Puma' or 'Pixl?' * Yes, really. Coming to a school near you, very soon. It seems never ending, although like a lot of 'educational initiatives,' it'll settle down sooner or … [Read more...]