After working with our year 6 maths tutors, students at REM+ Tuition will:
- be confident in their own ability
- be positive towards the challenges that maths presents
- have belief in their own ability
- love the subject of maths
In order to achieve this, the following topics and areas of study are covered:
- area and perimeter of varying shapes
- rounding, to the nearest tenth, unit, etc.
- money problems
- the different types of angles
- angles and measurement (especially within triangles)
- measurement – the conversion of units to equivalent units
- adding and subtracting complex numbers
- problem solving
- short division
- percentages
- BODMAS
- ratios
- graphing
Our Year 6 maths tuition sessions consist of work in small groups of up to 6 students, and typical classes include the following activities and learning opportunities:
- Welcome and a review of the students’ activities during the preceding week
- Tuition sessions start with a warm-up activity, such as oral questions, maths speed tasks, true or false questions or flash cards
- Classes begin with an introduction, that includes revision and discussion of the concepts and exercises covered on worksheets
- Our maths tutors work individually with students throughout sessions, answering questions, explaining concepts and marking completed work, all the time encouraging and challenging students to work to their full potential
- The learning in tuition sessions concludes with a summary of the concepts covered
- Classes finishing with a fun activity, like fraction dominoes, maths bingo, and challenging problems
- Maths tutors offer positive acknowledgement of each student’s effort, participation and progress during the lesson, and offer suggestions for follow up activities before the next session