We were pleased to welcome parents and families of Reception children into school this afternoon to launch the Mastering Number Parent Project in school.

Research proves that high quality teaching in school is key to raising attainment but the role that families play at home is really important. The purpose of the Mastering Number Parent Project is to provide families with ideas for activities and games that they can play at home to help children secure really good number sense.

The numbers that the children will be working with may be smaller numbers but we are purposefully focussing on smaller numbers to help children develop a deep understanding of numbers to develop that strong number sense.

The children practised subitising. Subitising is the ability to instantly recognise a small quantity of objects without the need to count.

We then played some of the games that the children will be bringing home with them next week.

Each week the children will be bringing home their ‘Mastering Number’ folder with a set of activities and a ‘homework’ diary in them for you to record how they got on. They look like this:

Thank you to the families who attended this afternoon. We hope that you enjoyed the session and found it useful and we look forward to hearing about how the children have enjoyed playing the activities. Please ensure folders are in school on a Monday for the activities to be changed and sent home.

Here are some of the comments made by our families about the session:

Did you enjoy the workshop?

“Yes! Enjoyed the 1:1 time with my child.”

“Yes. It was lovely to learn together.”

“Yes. Very informative.”

“Loved it. Easy to follow!”

Did you find the workshop useful?

“Absolutely”

“Yes, very.”

“Yes, increased confidence to play maths games.”

“Yes, Miss Allen explained it well.”

“Yes, helped with ‘fun’ learning.”

How will it help you to support your child?

“Lots of practical ideas that are easy to implement at home.”

“Understanding how to do the games together.”

“It will help a lot, especially with the easy games.”

“It will allow me to engage well with my son and support the school work.”

“I learnt the word subitising! We will use the games and create other games to support my child in being confident with numbers without counting fingers.”

What could we have done better? Is there anything you would like more information on?

“All was covered.”

“Good session. No changes.”

“It was really good.”

“Nothing, thank you.”