Maths Skills

MATHS SKILLS IMPROVEMENT COURSES

 Aims: To improve students’ total Maths skills so they:

gain an understanding of processes

no longer depend on rote learning

can tackle new processes with confidence

INTRODUCTION TO PROBLEM SOLVING

For Year 3, Year 5 or Year 7 students who do four sessions, two hours each session, in a group of eight students.  The mystery of the "written problem" is examined and techniques are taught and practised.   Students must have maths skills at a level appropriate for the their year level to gain from these workshops.

MATHS IMPROVEMENT

Most students learn their Maths by rote, by trying to just learn rules.   Our programs are designed to give children a real understanding of the number system and how it works.

Some children who have lost confidence in their mathematical ability simply need a little help to learn the skills to get back on track. 

The first parts of the courses will proceed through the use of games.   Concrete materials will be used wherever appropriate.

All skills in each course are introduced in small mechanical steps.   This step by step approach is enhanced by clear explanations from the teacher.   In this way many operations or concepts that have seemed mysterious in the past become clearer to the student. 

Each of the sessions revises with real materials the children’s understanding of the basics in Maths. 

In the past we have conducted theses classes with groups of children.   We have found that two year 4 students may be at very different levels of understanding and so neither child receives the teaching directed at his/her particular difficulty in understanding.   

We are now offering these prepared sessions on an individual basis. 

Each session is for two hours with a break of ten minutes included.

eg from 9.00am to 11.10am 

You phone or email info@hendersons.com.au to book the times you would prefer.   You may book just for one lot of two hours at a time. 

Students needing general improvement in maths do these courses.  

Sometimes a year 5 child might do the four fraction sections [including decimals] before doing our scholarship workshops because her/his parents realize that this area has not been thoroughly covered in class.