Maths News

Number Fluency and Number Sense

This year one of St John’s key goals is to improve student achievement in number fluency and number sense. Both of these concepts are important to the development of numeracy skills as well as to build student confidence in Maths. Number fluency is the ability to perform mathematical operations accurately, efficiently and with flexibility whereas number sense is the understanding of how numbers work. 

To support your child/children with number fluency and number sense at home, here are some skills that you could practice. 

Year Prep - Year 2 

• Counting forwards and backwards
• Bigger or smaller: Say two numbers and ask which number is bigger?
• Subitising: Flip a card or roll a dice and call out the number without counting the symbols
• Friends of 10: e.g. 6 and 4 make 10

• Addition and subtraction facts within 20: Work towards automatic recall 
• Doubles facts: e.g. 7+7 = 14
• Ordering numbers: Write 3 different numbers and order them from smallest to largest. 

Year 3 - Year 6 

• Times Tables
• Division facts 

• Skip counting/multiples: e.g. The multiples of 6 are 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36 
• Ordering larger numbers 
• Addition and subtraction strategies
• Factors: Choose a number and ask to find the factors eg. 10 - the factors are 1, 2, 5, 10
• Discounts ( ⅚ only): When you are out shopping, calculate the cost of an item on sale. 

Parent Engagement In Learning Evenings

Parents and carers are invited to come along or log on to these important evenings to learn more about student learning at St John's. 

Wednesday 11 March

Prep - onsite 6-7pm

Year 5/6 online 7-8pm

Wednesday 18 March

Year 1 /2  online 6-7pm 

Year 3/4 online 7-8pm