Quick Skills Weekly Practice for Maths Fluency 13th March 2026 Uncategorised Each Friday, pupils bring home a Quick Skills focus to practise over the week. This may include key number facts or a specific skill, and the aim is to help children build fluency and increase their speed, reducing cognitive load so they can apply their maths confidently in lessons. Our Year 2 pupils have now begun learning their times tables, and Mrs Warwick and Miss Penn are delighted with the fantastic progress they have already made—their speed and confidence are really growing! Each weekly handout includes “Top Tips” that offer practical ideas to strengthen children’s understanding as well as their fluency. We always encourage the “little and often” approach, and a regular daily time to rehearse the Quick Facts can be enormously helpful. Aadwita advised, “Use flashcards to help,” whilst Sadie and Kiara felt that “Songs really help us learn my times tables” Pupils also complete a short weekly quiz on their Quick Facts. Quiz results are placed in homework folders so that both parents and children can clearly see how their confidence and accuracy are developing week by week. At Copthorne Prep, we recognise that all children learn differently, and we celebrate the variety of strategies they use. In Quick Skills, we reward effort, perseverance, and individual progress—not just perfect scores. This approach builds resilience, confidence, and strong study habits that support children throughout their learning. Our Year 6 pupils are already experiencing success, mastering key conversions so they can switch between measurements with impressive speed!