Sandhill View Academy Numeracy at Sandhill View

Numeracy plays a key part in every aspect of our modern world, no matter what you might be doing! From calculating costs of plane tickets and arranging flight times and connections to converting currency or the weight of luggage; numeracy is in every aspect of life at work, at play and in practical everyday activities at home and beyond.

At Sandhill View we recognise that having a solid grasp on numeracy is important to living an independent life. We use numeracy when we go shopping or plan a holiday, decide on a mortgage or decorate a room. Good numeracy is essential to us – as patients understanding health information, as citizens making sense of statistics and economic news or as customers searching for the best deals. Decisions in life are so often based on numerical information: to make the best choices, we need to be numerate.

The aim of myself and the team at Sandhill View Academy is to raise the standards of numeracy of all of its students, so that they develop the ability to use numeracy skills effectively in all areas of the curriculum and the skills necessary to confidently cope with the demands of further education, employment and adult life. To achieve this we will work unrelentingly to improve levels of numeracy across the school and create a more positive ‘can-do’ attitude to maths and numeracy.

“Good numeracy is the best protection against unemployment, low wages and ill health.”

Andreas Scheicher – Education Director, OCED, 2013

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Numeracy Action Plan:

Sandhill View Academy receives specific funding to be used for intervention and support of students requiring additional assistance in numeracy. The Action Plan (including the proposed spend for this academic year of numeracy catch-up funding, can be found by clicking here

Numeracy Policy:

To view our Trust wide Numeracy Policy, please click here

Useful Links

Want to improve your numeracy? Try the numeracy challenge.

https://www.nnchallenge.org.uk/home/index.html

Supportive quotes

http://www.nationalnumeracy.org.uk/supporters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwqb7Gof7Js

Math of the day

http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z2nr4wx

http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zyrj7ty

http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zsgwq6f