We were pleased to welcome parents and families of Year 2 children into school this morning 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.

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

We used the stem sentences to reinforce the number facts whilst we were playing the games.

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. It was very nice and full of fun activities.”

“Completely. It was really helpful for me.”

“Yes. I found it very helpful to understand what the children are trying to work on and the reasons why.”

Did you find the workshop useful?

“Yes. It gives an insight into what Year 2 are learning about.”

“Yes. Thank you for organising this.”

“I really enjoyed the session today and found it really useful.”

“Yes, it was helpful to see the learning.”

“Yes, it will be useful to have games to try at home and engage my child.”

How will it help you to support your child?

“I have learned so many ideas that are simple and easy to do at home.”

“It will help me to support my child at home with his homework.”

“I have gained knowledge on how to support my child in a fun way.”

“I think it will help my child enjoy maths more by playing games.”

“It will help to reinforce what they are learning in school.”

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

“Nothing. It was all perfect. Thank you for your hard work.”

“Everything was great!”

“Everything as perfect. Thank you.”