Supporting your child

with arithmetic

in year 6

The objectives for the session:

To become familiar with the expectations of the End of Key Stage maths assessments

To understand the content tested in the Arithmetic paper

To understand the methods taught in school for the 4 operations, as well as when working with fractions, decimals and percentages.

Key Stage 2 Sats 2019Date: Activity:

Monday 13 MayEnglish grammar, punctuation and spelling papers 1 and 2

Tuesday 14 May English reading

Wednesday 15 May Mathematics papers 1 and 2

Thursday 16 May Mathematics paper 3

What is arithmetic? Number based questions

4 operations

+ - x ÷

Fractions

Percentages

BODMAS

Addition QuestionsHow can we solve these?

Subtraction questionsHow can we solve these?

Multiplication questions

Division

Fractions

Percentages

BODMAS

Useful websites for arithmetic skills:The website below has arithmetic papers. Scroll down to the bottom of the website and find ‘year 5 arithmetic quizzes’ then move onto ‘year 6 quizzes’

https://myminimaths.co.uk/year-6-arithmetic-practice-papers/

Maths and English Practise The IXL website has key skill questions. You may want to start with year 5

questions and then move onto year 6. https://uk.ixl.com/promo?partner=google&campaign=1187&adGroup=Key+Stage+2&gclid=CPPa8teS_8kCFQbnwgodgOIB6A

These sites have fun Maths games which help to practise a range of skills. http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/fractions-and-decimals