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StaffAssociationRepresentative · 28/06/2020 00:50
MistressIggi, I've been off the thread for a day or so, but I thought your ds might get a better feel for multiplication, division and their relationship if he looks at them as arrays? I teach in a selective school, so I tend to use the traditional column and bus stop methods, although I do also teach Napier's method for long multiplication.
Visnos has some nice visual array demos, www.visnos.com/demos/times-tables and Mathsbot also has a good set of online tools and manipulatives, mathsbot.com.
I've been preparing lessons for this week, one more day of academic work then a day of fun before we break up. We've been puzzling how to manage team type games remotely, it made me think how much fun it is to do relays and quizzes in groups in the classroom, or outside if it's a nice day 
. I've cobbled together an MS quiz and might try some breakout rooms on Teams but nervous about it all going tits up on the last lesson...
I didn’t listen in Geography much, I must admit. It was very dull. We seemed to do a lot of colouring in around land masses iirc.
The 3-D models at the open evening of DS’s school are what sold the place to me. They were constructions of absolute wonder and I knew that was a seat of learning where a child could really explore the glory of geography 
. He almost took it as an option but that would have been a step too far....
I've just lost about half an hour playing Factris too 
. This is great for times tables, you can get it as an app for your phone too.
mathigon.org/factris
Thank you Dreamingofbrie I have saved that to read through - poor ds won't know what's hit him
Have just tried Fractris but am confused - it tells you the answers so what are you trying to do? (I get the Tetris part but the tables part?)
@Mistressiggi
Have just tried Fractris but am confused - it tells you the answers so what are you trying to do? (I get the Tetris part but the tables part?)
With the factris, it's more being your Dd to see the multiplications as arrays - so recognising that 24 can be made by 8x3, 6x4, 2x12, 4x6 etc... familiarity I guess. Should also help with division, especially if using the area model, as if he had 24/8, hopefully he could visualise that 8x3 array.
I find it too addictive, I must admit. My kids see getting their dinner late tonight
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www.thenational.academy/oaks-curricula
Oak have published most of their curriculum plan for next year. Assume oxbow lakes is on it somewhere
Possibly whoever it was on Twitter that kept banging on about them not meeting the statutory requirements of the EYFS because they used English, maths and foundation might have got under their skin a bit.
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