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

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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. Please be careful when buying support and revision materials for your children. Most revision guides that say AQA or Edexcel or GCSE 9 – 1 are for English specifications and the exams in England can be very different to the Welsh exam board. In Wales we follow WJEC. So GCSE Maths in England for example contains topics that are not examined in Wales and vice versa. Some revision guides are therefore no good at all, so do be careful. You could be wasting your money and your child could even be working on topics that will not come up in the exam. However, when it comes to the flashcards that I have listed below and the York Notes for their texts for English Literature there are no resources specific for WJEC so the ones included do work really well. We’ll be exploring how using cylinders and other 3D shapes can help with creating spectacular stage sets for your large-scale event.

We recommend that schools take at least four days to run their DIY Maths Feast – this could be over lunchtimes, after school, or within maths lessons. If you’re using the materials virtually, you can organise it how you see fit!Our DIY Maths Feast uses the same material as our face-to-face Maths Feast, so your students won’t gain additional benefit from attending both types of Maths Feast. convert between units of measure within one system, including time and metric units to metric units of length, area 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 So revision guides that were great five years ago are now out of date because the exam specifications are so different.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. So to try and help, I’ve put together a list of what I consider to be the best support around. Depending on your child’s age and motivation you can buy these resources and set them a certain amount each week to do, or they can just use them independently and you have the peace of mind of knowing that you have provided them with some really helpful support. I’ve adjusted the list by age, from Year 5 and 6, right up to A-level.

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. Unlike our face-to-face Maths Feast, there’s no limit to the number of teams that a school can enter into their DIY Maths Feast and entering different sized teams to fit with your situation is acceptable. 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. So I totally understand why my phone is ringing more; why parents feel the need to ‘keep on top’ of this and become more involved because it looks like we are in this for the long haul. Our Maths Feast is a fun educational challenge for Year 10 students which tests problem-solving and teamwork skills. This year we’re offering a ‘DIY Maths Feast’ which gives schools who can’t attend a face-to-face Maths Feast the opportunity to ‘do it yourself’ and run a Maths Feast in their school with their students. Our DIY Maths Feast materials can also be used to support remote learning if students are studying at home.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. 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. This engaging DIY Maths booklet is focused on ratios and proportions. What they are, where you find them in the real world and how to calculate problems that involve ratios and proportions.

It’s designed to be used independently by your Year 7-8 students. It could be used as a follow-up from explicit teaching or a task for students to work through and problem-solve as they go. I think it’s only natural. We worry about them missing their friends and we worry about how they are doing emotionally. I’ve had lots of phone calls recently with parents asking for advice about how they can support their children at home. Usually it starts with COVERS 100+ CURRICULUM-BASED TOPICS: Our WJEC Maths Higher GCSE Revision Guide covers over 100 relevant topics and is suitable for the WJEC GCSE exam board specifications.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. 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. 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? 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)