ABS Numeracy?
To be numerate is to confidently and effectively use mathematics to meet the everyday demands
of life. This is the aim for all pupils in our school and their families.
Please click here to see our Whole School Numeracy Policy
Please click here to see how we celebrated World Maths Day 2018!
Why is numeracy important?
Numeracy enables you to develop logical thinking and reasoning strategies in your daily life. We need numeracy to solve problems and make sense of time, numbers, patterns and shapes for activities like cooking, reading a map or bill, reading instructions and even playing sport. At Archbishop Blanch that's why we strive to ensure that lessons right across the curriculum present and develop opportunities for exploring maths.
Click here to view how we celebrated Pi Day!
Here you will find information on all the numeracy activities past and present that have been taking place at ABS. This page also provides fun challenges for all and support material for parents and students.
Liverpool Counts Quality Mark for Numeracy
Archbishop Blanch are proud to be taking part in the Liverpool Counts Quality Mark’ numeracy programme which will be assessed in March 2018.
UPDATE - We are delighted to say that on 16th March 2018 we were awarded Liverpool Counts Quality Mark GOLD award in Numeracy - Thank you to all pupils,staff,parents & governors who made this fantastic achievement possible.
The aims of the Quality Mark were:
- To raise the profile of numeracy
- To change the culture of thinking around numeracy
- To make real-life connections with numeracy
- To understand how numeracy can effect life choices
- To connect with other subjects
- To share and celebrate the enjoyment of numercay
YOU CAN COUNT US IN. CAN WE COUNT ON YOU?
Good numeracy skills are essential for our everyday lives. We at ABS are dedicated to celebrating maths and making sure we introduce examples where ever possible across our whole school curriculum.
We have introduced form time numeracy problems to challenge students in the mornings, fortnightly numeracy competitions, mathematician of the fortnight, maths challenges and we have recruited some fantastic Numeracy Ambassadors to lead these activities.
See the links below to see our Maths challenges and winners pages:
Click on the Calendar link to seee what exciting numeracy events are taking place in school.......NUMERACY CALENDAR
If you would like to develop your Numeracy skills or assist your child with their Numeracy, please click on the link for some supporting resources - Numeracy Help
Watch this space for more information for our pupils and their families!
Don’t forget to follow @ABS_Numeracy on Twitter also!
We celebrated Number Day and raised money for the NSPCC Click here for more information
Numeracy for Life
The National Numeracy Challenge is an interactive site that helps adults learn maths needed for everyday life.
www.nnchallenge.org.uk
For more information about how to improve numeracy and learn why it's important, click on the link below.
http://www.nationalnumeracy.org.uk/
How confident are you with your Numeracy skills? For support and development, use the link above to take the National Numeracy Challenge. Create a login and complete the Challenge as and when suits you. There is no time limit and you can save and return as many times as you want. Tutorial Videos are available to support you too and there is even a certificate available at the end!
It is a free, confidential and simple to use website, designed to assess your everyday maths skills and give you the tools to learn in manageable steps, building confidence along the way as you work towards the Essentials of Numeracy. By this, we mean having the numerical skills and understanding that everyone needs to function at home and at work. They’re the skills that help you manage your money, work out costs, discounts and measurements and make sense of statistics and other data.
Below are some links to website that could support you further.The open university provides an online coarse that’s totally free the details are found below, just simply click on the link
.https://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/succeed-maths-part-1/content-section-overview#maincontent
Numeracy News
All staff at ABS have recently taken the National Numeracy Challenge – and fully enjoyed it!!
Click Here for more information
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