Year 7 maths students at REM+ Tuition, in their final year of primary school, work with our maths tutors in order to:
- learn to love maths
- develop belief in their abilities
- develop a positive attitude towards maths
- become confident in their own ability when faced with maths challenges and problems
The topics covered by our maths tutors include:
- ratios
- percentages
- cancelling down
- multiplying and dividing fractions and mixed numbers
- adding and subtracting mixed numbers
- BODMAS
- calculating and working with angles in triangles, straight lines, etc.
- application of signs i.e., negative and positive numbers
- algebra – solving equations; expanding single brackets; differentiation of base alphas and indices
Our Year 7 Maths students work wit their tutor in small groups of a maximum of 6 students; typical sessions include:
- Maths tuition sessions begin with warm-up activities, like oral questions, maths speed tasks, maths flash cards and true or false quizzes
- The introduction to a maths tuition session begins with a re-cap of previous learning, followed by a discussion of the concepts and exercises to be covered
- Students work individually, with support provided by their maths tutor who answers questions, explains concepts, marks work, and encourages and challenges pupils
- Each tuition session wil feature a summary of the session’s concepts
- Tuition sessions end with a fun activity, like maths bingo and fraction dominoes, or maths challenges
- Maths tutors positively acknowledge all student’s efforts, participation and progress, and suggest follow-up activities prior to the next session