Grange Primary School
Grow, Persevere, Succeed. Be the best you can be!
Times Tables Information
At Grange Primary School, we want our children to achieve factual fluency meaning they can recall multiplication facts easily and over a long time. To achieve this, times tables sessions are now integrated into the school timetable and happen separate to the main maths lesson at least 4 times per week for 15 minutes for some year groups (see the table below). The focus of these lessons is to develop conceptual fluency using 12 X 12 grids and manipulatives which allow children to explore patterns and structures in times tables.
We want children to not only recall 4 X 7 = 28 but to also know commutative and inverse facts as well as doubling, halving and scaling. Eg. If I know 4 X 7 = 28 then I know 4 X 70 = 280 and 4 X 0.7 is 2.8. We also want children to understand the distributive law e.g. (3 X 7) + (1 X 7) = 4 X 7.
We use Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS) to practice and assess children's times tables knowledge in school and this site can also be accessed from home. For more information on this click this link: Support for Parents.
Children who have not secured fluency with times tables facts will access support to help them to master the times tables facts for their year group.
Overview of Times Tables Coverage
| Term | Y2 2/3 X per week | Y3
4 x per week | Y4
4 X per week | Y5
2/3 X per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn | Review 10, 5 and (Including scaling | 9 X table 7 X table (Including scaling by 100) | 10 X table 5 X table 2 X table 4 X table
| |
| Spring | 10 X table | 4 X table 8 X table (Including scaling | 11 X table 12 X table (Including scaling by 100) | 8 X table 3 X table 6 X table 9 X table
(Including scaling by
|
| Summer | 5 X table 2 X table | 3 X table 6 X table | Review of times tables facts in preparation for Multiplication Tables Check | 7 X table 11 X table 12 X table
(Include scaling by |
* Children in Year 6 will continue to use TTRS to maintain fluency with times tables facts.
Multiplication Tables Check (MTC)
Children in Year 4 will participate in the MTC in June to check their times tables recall. Further information for parents can be found here: Multiplication Tables Check: Information for Parents