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Valley Gardens Middle School

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    • Phonics Strategy
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Valley Gardens Middle School Logo
  • Our school
    • Welcome
    • About Us
    • International Dimension
    • Information
      • Our Vision
      • Public Calendar
      • Governing Body
      • Admissions
      • School Prospectus
      • Important Policies
      • Achievements
      • Term Dates
      • Uniform
      • PE and Sport Premium
      • Public Sector Duty
      • Financial Information
      • Remote Learning
      • Personal Development at Valley Gardens Middle School
      • Young Carers
    • Core Values
      • Kindness
      • Resilience
      • Respect
    • British Values
    • SEN & Disability
    • Pastoral Structure
    • Ofsted Report
    • Pupil Premium
    • Staff
    • Performance Tables
    • School Council
    • Careers
    • Contact us
  • Curriculum
  • Safeguarding
    • Safeguarding
    • Digital Safeguarding
    • Report a safeguarding concern
    • Mental Health Support Pathway
    • Lockdown, evacuation and invacuation
    • Signposting & Resources
  • Extra Curricular
    • Clubs Timetable
    • School Trips
  • Parents
    • Events
    • Charity
    • Sustainable Travel
      • Travel Plan
      • Go Smarter For Parents
      • VGMS Go Smarter Map
    • Letters Home
    • Breakfast and After School Care
    • Year 4 Transition
    • Attendance and Absence
    • Homework
    • Rewards and Sanctions
    • School Day
    • School Meals
    • Term Dates
    • Useful Forms
    • Behaviour
  • Vacancies
  • Reading at VGM
    • Reading at Valley Gardens
    • Key Stage 2
    • Key Stage 3
    • Phonics Strategy
    • VGMS Reading Strategy Overview
  • Important Policies
Valley Gardens Middle School Logo
  • Our school
    • Welcome
    • About Us
    • International Dimension
    • Information
      • Our Vision
      • Public Calendar
      • Governing Body
      • Admissions
      • School Prospectus
      • Important Policies
      • Achievements
      • Term Dates
      • Uniform
      • PE and Sport Premium
      • Public Sector Duty
      • Financial Information
      • Remote Learning
      • Personal Development at Valley Gardens Middle School
      • Young Carers
    • Core Values
      • Kindness
      • Resilience
      • Respect
    • British Values
    • SEN & Disability
    • Pastoral Structure
    • Ofsted Report
    • Pupil Premium
    • Staff
    • Performance Tables
    • School Council
    • Careers
    • Contact us
  • Curriculum
  • Safeguarding
    • Safeguarding
    • Digital Safeguarding
    • Report a safeguarding concern
    • Mental Health Support Pathway
    • Lockdown, evacuation and invacuation
    • Signposting & Resources
  • Extra Curricular
    • Clubs Timetable
    • School Trips
  • Parents
    • Events
    • Charity
    • Sustainable Travel
      • Travel Plan
      • Go Smarter For Parents
      • VGMS Go Smarter Map
    • Letters Home
    • Breakfast and After School Care
    • Year 4 Transition
    • Attendance and Absence
    • Homework
    • Rewards and Sanctions
    • School Day
    • School Meals
    • Term Dates
    • Useful Forms
    • Behaviour
  • Vacancies
  • Reading at VGM
    • Reading at Valley Gardens
    • Key Stage 2
    • Key Stage 3
    • Phonics Strategy
    • VGMS Reading Strategy Overview
  • Important Policies

Mathematics Instructional Videos

CURRICULUM AREAS
  • Design Technology
  • Drama
  • PSHE
    • Relationship, Sex and Health Education
    • Year 5
    • Year 6
    • Year 7
    • Year 8
  • Project Based Learning
  • Art & Design
  • Science
  • Religious Education
  • Physical Education
  • Music
    • Extra-Curricular Music Activities
    • Instrumental Lessons
    • Music News
    • Concert Programmes
    • Singing
    • Music Development Plans
  • Modern Foreign Languages
  • Computing
  • History
  • Geography
  • English
  • Mathematics
    • Calculation Policy
    • Exemplification of NC Objectives
    • Mathematics Instructional Videos
  • Assessment
  • Metacognition
  • Oracy

Instructional Videos

Some videos demonstrating common calculation methods and some key ideas. (Note: the formal written methods outlined in our Calculation Policy (above) are the definitive methods used in VGMS mathematics. There may be some minor differences in methods in some of the videos below since they are sourced from other locations and teachers.

Column Addition (Stage 1)

Column Addition (Stage 2)

Column Subtraction (Stage 1)

Column Subtraction (Stage 2)

Column Subtraction (Stage 3)

Multiplication – Grid Method

Long Multiplication

Multiplying by 10, 100, 1000

Short Division

Short Division (remainders)

Short Division (decimal rem.)

Percentage of an Amount

Fractions of an Amount

BEDMAS – Order of Operations


More Maths Videos

Corbett Maths – videos and worksheets
Mr Reddy Maths – videos

CURRICULUM AREAS

  • Design Technology
  • Drama
  • PSHE
  • Project Based Learning
  • Art & Design
  • Science
  • Religious Education
  • Physical Education
  • Music
  • Modern Foreign Languages
  • Computing
  • History
  • Geography
  • English
  • Mathematics
    • Calculation Policy
    • Exemplification of NC Objectives
    • Mathematics Instructional Videos
  • Assessment
  • Metacognition
  • Oracy

School Address

Valley Gardens Middle School

Valley Gardens

Whitley Bay

NE25 9AQ

Contact Info

0191 9176667

[email protected]

Core Values – Kindness, Resilience, Respect
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