Seven tips for parents on how to offer maths help to their Year 9 maths student!
Author
Mhairi Sim
Published
August 2024
Seven tips for parents on how to offer maths help to their Year 9 maths student!
Author
Mhairi Sim
Published
August 2024
Seven tips for parents on how to offer maths help to their Year 9 maths student!
Author
Mhairi Sim
Published
August 2024
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As our kids enter the last year of the Key Stage 3 maths curriculum, there’s a lot they’ll cover. This is the final year before heading into GCSE prep, so mastering all the important maths concepts they’ll cover this year is a must!
We want to help our kids out in any way we can, but Year 9 maths can leave a lot of adults at a loss. Thankfully, there are a number of other ways you can help out that require zero maths skills!
Take a look at these seven teacher-approved ways you can help your kids get the best out of Year 9 by supporting them outside of their school hours. From keeping things positive to encouraging them to connect with friends, we’re sure you’ll find something that’ll work for your learner on our list!
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As a teacher, my top tip for helping out learners of any age is to keep their morale up. In schools we often hear kids say that they’re “not good at maths” and this negative self-talk is such a barrier to progress!
As adults, we have a great opportunity to help our kids build their confidence and realise the value of persistence and trying their best. By offering encouragement and helping them to see mistakes as an opportunity for learning, we can change their point of view.
Having kids focus on what they’ve learned from their mistakes, rather than what they got wrong, is huge! Students will start to see that any progress is still progress, even if they’re not getting the right answers every time. This, in turn, helps to keep them motivated to push forward!
Knowing what to expect from the Year 9 maths curriculum is a great strategy to aid your child’s Year 9 maths revision. Look ahead over the year and note what’s to come. This can help learners plan their maths Year 9 revision accordingly.
In Year 9, students will utilise a lot of skills they’ve learned in Years 7 and 8, then build upon them. For example, if your learner has a geometry unit coming up, refreshing their memory on angles and shapes learned in previous years is a great way to prepare.
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Filled with fun, interactive questions covering the whole curriculum, it creates each child a unique work programme tailored to their needs, boosting their confidence and skills in maths. Try it for free today!
A lot of the maths problems that Year 9 learners face are written word problems. With that in mind, it’s helpful for any maths revision to involve these types of problems.
The skill of reading a problem and identifying the correct course of action to take is just as important as the skills required to perform the actual maths operations themselves!
A key aspect of creating a programme of maths revision for Year 9 students is consistency. Building a routine around homework and revision is extremely helpful in building good habits when it comes to this aspect of their learning.
Create a weekly schedule that factors in homework, revision, and extra-curriculars to keep learners on track and accountable. Don’t forget to build in some downtime to that schedule too – research has found that rest and frequent breaks are important in helping the brain to process new learning!
Why not make Year 9 maths revision fun for your kids with interactive games and activities? Even the most reluctant learners won’t be able to say no!
Our maths app is bursting with thousands of revision games and activities that aligned to the national maths curriculum for KS3.
The app will devise a personalised programme that targets each learner’s skill gap and can double their academic performance with just 10 minutes* of use per day!
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It’s no secret that as our children get older, they want to spend more time with their friends. While they must have to hang out together and relax, it also couldn’t hurt if they spend an hour a week revising together!
Working together in a study group is a fantastic way to take their Year 9 maths revision to the next level. They can create quizzes for each other, hold competitions, teach each other, and even take turns bringing snacks!
We’re sure that a bunch of Year 9 students can come up with a whole load of ways they can make studying together fun!
Sometimes the best way to know how to help is to ask for help yourself! Getting in touch with your child’s maths teacher is the perfect way to get advice on which areas to target in your home revision sessions!
I am always over the moon when a parent asks me what they can do to help their kids at home with any aspect of their learning, particularly with maths. We cover so much with our students in the classroom each year that we don’t always get as much time as we’d like to spend perfecting certain skills.
By asking the teacher how you can help your child at home, you are giving your learner a fantastic opportunity to practice the skills they need to spend a little extra time on. The teacher may even have some resources you could use, or may point you in the right direction!
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Mhairi Sim
Mhairi is an experienced teacher, freelance writer and parent. After completing her bachelor's degree in Psychology, she graduated as a teacher from the University of Strathclyde. She then built experience teaching across KS1 and KS2 throughout the UK. In addition to working in mainstream education, Mhairi specialised in the additional support needs sector, including social, emotional, and behavioural support.
Mhairi
Mhairi is an experienced teacher, freelance writer and parent. After completing her bachelor's degree in Psychology, she graduated as a teacher from the University of Strathclyde. She then built experience teaching across KS1 and KS2 throughout the UK. In addition to working in mainstream education, Mhairi specialised in the additional support needs sector, including social, emotional, and behavioural support.
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