In Year 4 students are expected to be achieving at the end of  Level 2 of the curriculum. This means they will be achieving at Math stage 5. Students  working at this level should know the following in regard to their maths basic facts knowledge.

Students will...

• know addition facts to 20 and subtraction facts to 10 e.g 7+5 or 8+7 and  9-6 or 8-4 etc.
• multiplication facts for the 2, 5 and 10 timetables and their corresponding division facts .
• multiples of 100 that add to 1000 e.g 300 and 700 or 100 and 900.

There is an exceptionally good basic facts website that you can use with your child to practice their basic facts knowledge at their level. You can also use this website to extend your students basic facts knowledge.

In Year 5 students are expected to be achieving within Level 3 of the curriculum. This means they will be achieving within Math stage 6. Students working at this level should be working towards gaining a full understanding of the following maths basic facts knowledge.

Students will...

• recall addition and subtraction facts up to 20 e.g 9+5 and 13-7 etc
• know their multiplication basic facts up to the 10 times table and some corresponding division facts.
• multiplication basic facts with tens hundreds and thousands e.g  10 x 100 = 1000 or 100 x 100 = 10,000

There is an exceptionally good basic facts website that you can use with your child to practice their basic facts knowledge at their level. You can also use this website to extend your students basic facts knowledge. 

TIP 1: Make lunch together –and make the sandwiches in different shapes. Can they cut their sandwich in half? Can they cut the other sandwich in half a different way?

TIP 4: Make paper darts and change the weight so that they fly differently, work out which is the best design

create a repeating pattern (e.g kōwhaiwhai patterns) to fill up a page or decorate a card.

TIP 7: Plan for a special event on a budget; e.g afternoon tea for a grandparent, teacher or family friend or make water balloons and see how far you could throw them (outside!!) and how far the water splatters.

TIP 10:  Count forwards and backwards (starting with numbers like these fractions: ¼ , ½ , ¾ , 1, 1¼ , 1½ then back again) or talk about large numbers in your environment e.g., computer game scores, distances

TIP 2: Play card and board games that use guessing and checking, or do complicated jigsaw puzzles, or cook or bake – use measuring cups, spoons (½ and ¼ teaspoon) and scales.

TIP 5: Play mathematics "I Spy" – something that is ½ a km away, something that has 5 parts hide something from each other and draw a map or hide several clues – can you follow the map or the clues and find it?

TIP 8: Collect the family and whānau birthdays and put in order – make a reminder calendar for the year or bake and  follow a simple recipe (scones, pikelets).

TIP 11: Talk about the phases of the moon and link these to the best times for fishing/planting

talk about the patterns in the night sky – summer and winter. What changes and why?