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Maths Manipulatives KS1

Numicon, Cuisenaire or Multi-link? One of the biggest visible changes to the primary school maths classroom environment in recent years...

Doing a Ted talk - practice and practice again. (a quick guide)

Delivering a Ted talk is a bit like being a duck. Everyone looks calm and confident in the spotlight, but underneath the cool and...

Maths greater depth KS2 - Post Covid

Working at greater depth means a child has mastered the learning expected for their age and stage, and is therefore able to delve into it...

Maths levels by the back door?

Are the Ready to Progress criteria a fall back to the old levels system? As a newly qualified teacher my first ever staff meeting was...

Bar Modelling - Staff training

I think that Bar modelling is the best thing since sliced bread and here's how you can help yourself, your teachers and your children to...

Maths Reasoning Skills in KS2/1

Here are my top 5 tips for Primary Teachers 1. Be clear about the difference between thinking and reasoning. Are you clear about the...

5 Things you should know about me

I was once in the film `The Wall` by Pink Floyd. Whilst at Sixth form college I got the chance to do a days work as an extra in a crowd...

4 Top tips on how to create maths workshops for teachers

Today I want to discuss the key steps to consider when creating CPD or (training as it was called millions of years ago) for teachers....