Mathematics promotes students acquisition of mathematical skills and knowledge to enable them to deal confidently and competently with daily life.
Students at every level of schooling will engage in activities that develop:

• Knowledge of facts and technical skills.
• Depth of conceptual understanding.
• Ability to communicate using clear and precise mathematical language.
• Ability to solve problems systematically
• Ability to conduct investigations using mathematics
• Practical ability in measuring and estimating.
• The appropriate use of calculators and computers.

We all live with maths. We use it to tell the time, measure ingredients, budget for shopping, estimate materials needed to build a fence, make a dress, etc. Children also need to confidently apply maths to the world around them and develop skills to solve everyday problems.
Mathematics education at Wandin Yallock is based on the Victorian Essential Learning Standards document. (VELS).

To Help your child with their Maths:
Build confidence. Express positive attitudes towards mathematics and praise your children’s efforts.

If helping with maths, make it fun – and always remember the importance of understanding. You’ll probably find that demonstrating with solid objects (matches, buttons, lengths of string, etc.) will help younger children to grasp a point.
Involve your child in “real life” mathematics around the home – cooking, shopping, measuring, calculating.
Play mathematical games - dominoes, cards, jigsaws, pattern making. Let your child play with, count and spend real money.
Talk about ‘times’ that you will be doing something. Relate these to clocks, calendars & timetables.

Before helping with calculations, check on what methods are being taught at school to avoid confusing your children.

Let your children see you using real life mathematics around the home. Show how you decide on the different quantities you buy at the shops or how you check your bills; measure a piece of material or wood in preparation for a household job; work out your car’s petrol consumption…

MOST OF ALL HAVE FUN LEARNING WITH YOUR CHILDREN.

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