What is Bridge the Gap Maths™?
It begs the question: Will your child be ready for high school maths?
If in the later years of primary school (or maybe already at high school), this question is a concern for us all.
Are, or will the fundamentals be in place?
Bridge the Gap Maths™ is a NEW & DIFFERENT parent/student handbook to equip and empower parents to tutor their child in JUST the often-missing-but-really-need-to-know-bits from the Intermediate maths curriculum.
It targets JUST core essentials – the Intermediate Maths ‘GOLDEN KEYS’; it aims to firm up maths fundamentals, to equip students to hit the ground running in later primary and high school.
How is Bridge the Gap Maths different from all other math resources out there?
There are two main differences:
1. Bridge the Gap Maths™ is NOT another single Year text book; it does not have every single maths concept you would see on a curriculum list for a particular Year, level or age group... INSTEAD it has only the concepts identified as being common sticking points, and this makes it different.
To firm up fundamentals, it is not practical to revisit every individual Year/Grade – the thought of that feels overwhelming and depressing; this book is unique in that it has ONLY the main essentials selected from the Intermediate Maths curriculum so you can zoom right into the core issues.
2. It is NOT simply another ‘work-through-these-questions’ text book – it TEACHES the learning objectives via a script of what to say and do, before you try out questions. It provides instant parent/student self assessment: “Have we achieved this?” If yes, move on; if no, revisit. It provides a ‘do-able in the busy family home’ solution to nailing the vital bits.
It has 100 learning objectives and uses the words of a maths teacher of 30 years’ experience. There is only one page per concept: a straight forward learning objective, a concise teaching section, 8 questions to try with support... then 8 questions to ‘test’ to see if the student can say, “Yes! Tick it off – I’ve got it!
