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Home Maths Scheme

Two things that parents often ask teachers at interviews is, “Is my child’s maths at an acceptable level?” and, “How do I know where my child is supposed to be up to?”

We have tried to address these questions in the Maths area by developing our Home Maths Scheme. Over the last twelve months staff at Mount St Thomas have developed a Home Maths Scheme where children progress through Levels 1 to 50. The children have been highly motivated and involved as they see the levels as a ‘ladder’ that they can ‘work through’ and ‘climb’ the steps.

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Home Maths Scheme Two things that parents often ask teachers at interviews is, “Is my child’s maths at an acceptable level?” and, “How do I know where my child is supposed to be up to?” We have tried to address these questions in the Maths area by developing our Home Maths Scheme. Over the last twelve months staff at Mount St Thomas have developed a Home Maths Scheme where children progress through Levels 1 to 50. The children have been highly motivated and involved as they see the levels as a ‘ladder’ that they can ‘work through’ and ‘climb’ the steps.
	The Mount St Thomas Public School Home Maths Scheme consists of a graded set of worksheets in 50 levels covering concepts in Number from Years 1-6. Each level contains 60 worksheets with answers on the back. Children are encouraged to take home one worksheet per night to help consolidate accuracy and skill in Number. Some levels concentrate on one concept only (e.g. addition facts to 20), while levels higher in the Scheme may address 2 or 4 concepts within the level. In this way all Number concepts are covered from Year 1 to early secondary in Year 7. Raising the standard of Maths for each child continues to be a focus at Mount St Thomas. This is very much a joint effort between teaching staff and parents.

Children work at an individual level and progress through the levels after successfully completing progression tests which may be attempted on one day each week in class. Children keep their own records of completed sheets on green and gold recording sheets. The green sheet keeps a record of completed sheets within a level and the gold sheet is a progressive record which signals when an award is due.

	The award scheme which supports the Home Maths Scheme is: a special ‘Blue Certificate’ will be awarded to each child after the completion of 20 Home Maths worksheets. This blue certificate is part of the school award structure and counts towards bronze, silver and gold awards. a special ‘Home Maths Certificate’ will be awarded to each child after the completion of 40 Home Maths worksheets. a special ‘Home Maths Medallion’ will be presented to each child after receiving 7 Home Maths Certificates. Maths certificates can be carried over into the next year to acquire the next medallion.

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