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New Wave Mental Maths - 4th Class - New Edition (2025) Ireland’s favourite maths series has been revised for the new Primary Mathematics Curriculum! New Wave Mental Maths is a series of seven workbooks written to provide a comprehensive and structured daily approach to learning and practising mental maths for classes from Senior Infants to 6th Class. With a fresh look and added features, the series has been updated to cover all mental maths-related strands and strand units of the new Primary Mathematics Curriculum. New Wave Mental Maths is designed to: encourage and develop mental calculation concepts and skills; constantly revise the different strands and strand units; develop and reinforce problem-solving strategies; develop and maintain speed of recall; and practise, consolidate, and reinforce mathematical vocabulary and language. About the 4th Class book In the 4th Class book, mathematical topics covered in previous classes are expanded upon, including extending place value to four digits and investigating strategies to simplify the solving of equations using the four operations. The variety of questions covering the Measures, Data and Chance, as well as Shape and Space strands increases, including topics such as area, perimeter, averages, coordinates, and compass directions. Features of the Series Easy-to-use weekly structure Modern design with more space and larger font ‘Monday Focus’ (1st to 4th Class) and ‘Weekly Focus’ (1st to 6th Class) sections that highlight a core concept or strategy practised throughout the week’s learning ‘Problem-solving’ column that encourages critical thinking and inquiry skills ‘Friday Review’ section to assess the week’s learning ‘Maths Talk’ column to facilitate class discussions ‘Vocabulary’ column to test mathematical terminology understanding ‘Word Cloud’ to support independent learning of vocabulary ‘Maths Facts’ to aid and consolidate learnt concepts ‘Online Portal’ for review of daily activities and answers on a classr

New Busy at Maths is an exciting and engaging new maths programme aimed at encouraging children to explore maths in a hands-on and stimulating way. It has been designed to align with and successfully deliver the new Primary Mathematics Curriculum (2023). All tasks and activities are linked to the strands, learning outcomes, mathematical concepts and elements of the new Mathematics Curriculum.    The programme comprises a Core textbook, a Home–School Links book, an Individual Pupil Profile Assessment booklet and a state-of-the-art digital programme that includes an interactive e-book.  Key features of the programme:  Core books that are colourful and vibrant; they are designed to encourage children to engage freely with maths and make it a fun and rewarding experience. A Home–School Links book to reinforce leaning of the new maths concepts.  Detailed stations for each lesson that emphasize mathematical modelling and encourage playfulness. There is a huge emphasis on hands-on learning and use of manipulatives.  Extensive bank of photocopiable support sheets to supplement these stations.  Comprehensive teacher’s notes that include yearly, monthly, fortnightly and weekly plans to guide the teacher through preparation and delivery of the new Primary Mathematics Curriculum.   An abundance of opportunities to express, share and justify mathematical ideas with Maths Chat, Maths Action and Maths Eyes activities as per the new Primary Mathematics Curriculum. Modern and extensive use of digital activities, demonstrations and interactive games to engage and involve the pupils in their learning.   As part of the digital resources, there is an interactive e-book, where all the games, activities and slideshows are embedded into the e-book for easy access.