1. MATHS CAFÉ AND WORKSHOP

2. DRAW A PICTURE OF A MATHEMATICIAN

3. MATHS PROBLEMS What is the √64 ? 6a + 5 = 14 Identify the hypotenuse

4. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER SAID THE FOLLOWING? I am no good at Maths! Oh Maths ask someone else. I was no good at Maths at school. Boys are often better at Maths than girls. Maths is all about right and wrong answers.

5. We now know that the messages we give to children can change their performance dramatically. Researchers are learning that children’s ideas about their ability and potential are extremely important, much more than previously understood. Brain research is now showing that messages children pick up from their parents about Maths and their parents’ relationship with Maths can also change children’s Maths learning and development. In an important study researchers found that when mothers told their daughters they were not good at Maths in school, their daughter’s achievement declined almost immediately. The parents’ Maths knowledge did not turn out to have any impact, only their level of Maths anxiety. It is critical that when parents interact with children about Maths they communicate positive messages, saying that Maths is exciting and it is an open subject that anyone can learn with hard work, that it is not about being clever or not and that Maths is all around us in the world and used in almost every job. ATTITUDE TO MATHS

6. GROWTH MINDSET Click the link below to view the Growth Mindset YouTube Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zrtHt3bB mQ

7. MATHS IN THE MEDIA Maths is not seen as cool or aspirational. Often Mathematicians are portrayed as loner characters that struggle with social interactions. Look at the examples in these films: Good will hunting A beautiful mind Rain man

8. 1 2 3 4 5 Always be encouraging and never tell children they are wrong when they are working on Maths problems. Instead find the logic in their thinking – there is always some logic to what they say. For example if your child multiplies 3 by 4 and gets 7, say – Oh I see what you are thinking, you are using what you know about addition to add 3 and 4, when we multiply we have 4 groups of 3... Never associate maths with speed. It is not important to work quickly, and we now know that forcing kids to work quickly on maths is the best way to start maths anxiety for children, especially girls. Never share with your children the idea that you were bad at maths at school or you dislike it – especially if you are a mother. Researchers found that as soon as mothers shared that idea with their daughters, their daughter’s achievement went down. Perhaps most important of all – encourage a “growth mindset” let children know that they have unlimited maths potential and that being good at maths is all about working hard. Encourage children to play maths puzzles and games. Award winning mathematician, Sarah Flannery report- ed that her maths achievement and enthusiasm came not from school but from the puzzles she was given to solve at home. Puzzles and games – anything with a dice really – will help children enjoy maths, and develop number sense, which is critically important.