I Can't Do Maths!: Why children say it and how to make a difference

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Furthermore, exams change all the time. So revision guides that were great five years ago are now out of date because the exam specifications are so different. Just be careful.

Finally, if your child is in year 11 or 12 and they want to study medicine, dentistry or veterinary science, or perhaps apply for Oxbridge they would normally be getting quite a lot of support with this. The final section provides guides on UCAT and BMAT tests; applying to medical school, the UCAS process etc. (The UCAT test used to be called UKCAT. Some material still has the K, some doesn’t. It is the same) You don’t need to be an expert to support your child with maths or help them develop a good sense of number! Here are three simple but effective learning ideas that you can try with your child at home. SIMPLE LANGUAGE: Our WJEC Maths Higher GCSE Revision Guide contains concise definitions, simple language and useful examples that make it the perfect learning aid for improving students' knowledge and academic confidence in GCSE Maths. Informative content and simple language ensure that all pupils will be able to gain a greater understanding of both theory-based and practical topics. When you sign up to a DIY Maths Feast, you’ll gain access to brilliant materials that will support and embed the learning you’re doing with your students. The materials are for you to use as you wish – you could use them as: Calculators and equipment such as rulers and protractors aren’t permitted – this competition is based on your students’ brain power alone! What costs are involved?We’ll be exploring how calculating surface areas and performance areas of cuboids and prisms can help you ensure that a stage or arena space can work best for your large-scale event.

COLOURFUL & ENGAGING: Beautifully illustrated with engaging images, clear designs and bright colours, the WJEC Maths Foundation and Intermediate GCSE Revision Guide effortlessly supports visual learning. Vibrant images bring to life key Maths concepts alongside clearly labelled diagrams. Altogether, they make the WJEC Maths Foundation and Intermediate GCSE Revision Guide the ideal revision tool to help students thrive. We’ll be exploring how using cylinders and other 3D shapes can help with creating spectacular stage sets for your large-scale event. Print out the resource to be used in maths books or load it onto a digital platform. It will be a great record of their learning either way.recall and use formulae for the circumference of a circle and the area enclosed by a circle circumference of a circle = 2πr = πd, area of a circle = πr

If you are like me, you are struggling at the moment to work from home; support your children with their schoolwork and try and keep it all together with a smile on your face. So it is natural that we are all worrying about the impact that this will have on our children. In Wales we are expecting our children to return for four weeks before they break for summer. But the reality for my son is going to be four single 2 ½ hour sessions. That’s it. And, reading between the lines, it seems as if we are being prepared for this blending of home school learning with occasional in school sessions in September too. SIMPLE LANGUAGE: Our WJEC Maths Foundation and Intermediate GCSE Revision Guide contains concise definitions, simple language and useful examples that make it the perfect learning aid for improving students' knowledge and academic confidence in GCSE Maths. Informative content and simple language ensure that all pupils will be able to gain a greater understanding of both theory-based and practical topics. Only this week it was reported in the Times Educational Supplement that the exams regulator Ofqual is in talks with headteachers’ unions regarding 2021 GCSE and A-level examinations. Who knows the shape of these exams? There is talk of reducing the content of these exams or even open-book papers. At this stage, all we know if that many students will have missed months of school.

Make ‘×’ ‘÷’ and ‘10’, ‘100’, ‘1000’ cards to place face down in two piles. Roll a dice four times to create a number (e.g. 4258), then insert a decimal point somewhere (e.g. 42.58). Take a card from each pile and do the calculation (e.g. 42.58 ÷ 100 = 0.4258). We’ll be exploring how using volumes of cubes, cuboids and right prisms will help you to plan out a stage or arena for your large-scale event.