The clips demonstrate the methods used in school to teach calculations and how these progress year on year. Each year group were asked to use their Interactive Whiteboards to record an example for each method taught (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division). The staff planned what they were going to say in the form of a script which helped them to be clear and concise in their explanation.
The following KS2 clip demonstrates how long division is taught in year 5 and year 6:
Although the clips were origianlly developed for parents, the children responded well to them and now access them from home.
The following video is focussed on an area that children struggle with – subtracting from thousands.
The noughty problem
This video is for year 3 pupils and their parents to explain subtraction using partitioning.