1. Barley Fields Primary School
Foundation Stage Maths Workshop

2. Aims of the session
To explore the Maths curriculum in Nursery and Reception
To look at how we teach Maths in school
To find out how you can help at home

3. Maths in the Foundation Stage
Maths is one of the 7 areas of learning and
Throughout Foundation our responsibility is to:
Provide children with opportunities to develop and improve their skills in counting, understanding and using numbers, calculating simple addition and subtraction problems; and to describe shapes, spaces, and measures

4. Learning through play
Maths is part of every day life and we encourage children to use maths in everyday play.
By using words and vocabulary related to their play.
Counting, writing numbers.
Understanding what each digit means.

5. Number Reciting numbers in order.
Counting reliably – 1:1 correspondence - example of 1:1 correspondence
Recognising numerals 1-20 and putting them in order.
Knowing one more or one less than a given number.
Recording number through pictures

6. Number Adding together two groups of objects to find a total.
Using single digit numbers e.g. 6+4=10
Taking away from a group of objects

7. Number Solve practical problems including –
Doubling – ice cream scoops in the café using ‘double’ scoops, Two teddies have come for lunch – now two more have arrived, how many do we have now? How could we record this?

8. Number
Halving – Sharing a group of objects equally between two children – food in a café, cutting fruit for snack in half

9. Number
Children are assessed at the end of the year as either emerging, expected or exceeding.
ELG – Children count reliably with numbers from one to 20, place them in order and say which number is one more or one less or one less than a given number. Using quantities and objects, they add and subtract two single digit numbers and count on or back to find the answer. They solve problems, including doubling, halving and sharing.
Exceeding - Children estimate a number of objects and check quantities by counting up to 20. They solve practical problems that involve combining groups of 2, 5 or 10, or sharing into equal groups.

10. Shape, Space and Measure
Shapes in the environment – describing shapes eg round, flat.
Naming 2D and 3D shapes.
Describing their position in relation to objects – behind, next to etc.
Describe and create patterns –
Uses the mathematical vocabulary of size, weight, capacity, distance, time and money.

11. Learning through play

12. Shape, Space and Measure
As in Number, children are assessed according to whether they are emerging, expected or exceeding in Shape, Space and Measure.
ELG - Children use everyday language to talk about size, weight, capacity, position, distance, time and money to compare quantities and objects and to solve problems. They recognise, create and describe patterns. They explore characteristics of everyday objects and shapes and use mathematical language to describe them.
Exceeding - Children estimate, measure, weigh and compare and order objects and talk about properties, position and time.

13. Exploring maths at home
Number recognition
Counting in sequences
Using mathletics
Understanding the value of the number
Understanding the positioning of the number on the number line
Money
Measurement
Baking- vocabulary
Counting objects
Time:
Position: language
Halving: sharing
Using language to describe shapes

14. Thank you for coming! Any questions?