"This is how we do it."

"They didn't do it like that in my day!"

Do your children ask for help with their maths homework and start talking in a foreign language, using words like 'partitioning', 'chunking', 'grid multiplication'..?

If so, you may feel the need for some translation.  This booklet is designed to explain some of the methods used to teach calculation in schools following the introduction of the National Numeracy Strategy (NNS) in 1999.

This booklet is available for you to download at the bottom of this page. It is in word. We think it's great!!!

Now for the small print.......

'This is the way we do it.' was written by Susan Saunders of the Brighton & Hove Primary Team and three Primary Mathematics co-ordinators in Brighton & Hove schools: Wendy Clegg, Mile Oak Primary School, Isabelle Marsh, St Andrew's CE Primary School and Janet Parfitt, Balfour Junior School. Copies of this publication (including and electronic copy on CD) are available from the Brighton and Hove Primary Team at a cost of £12. Please call 01273 294204 to place an order.

Copyright Brighton & Hove Primary Team 2004

The material in this publication is copyright. It may be photocopied for use as instructional materials in the classroom or for parents of children attending the school which purchased the publication. Written permission is required if you wish to use the material in any other way than that specified.

You may not sell, rent or lease any part of the publication to a thrid party, use any part of the publication on any other website or intranet or use it for commercial gain without prior written permission from Brighton & Hove City Council.

 PHEW!