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The specification for the MultiplicationTables Check (MTC) (which will be statutory from 2020 – i.e. for the current year 3) was released yesterday and can be found here. Key headlines: What’s in the test? Multiplication will be tested, division will not. 0 x and 1 x tables will not be tested – so 121 multiplications…
This account is not grounded in substantial research, however I have been working in primary schools as a consultant for nearly a decade now, I chat extensively with many teachers and I’m currently on supply in primary schools, so I’m probably about as well placed to try to describe what’s going on as anyone. I…
What should done during a 5-year parliamentary term to improve primary maths SATs? This document is not formal set of proposal. It is a ‘work in progress’ which captures some apparently sensible suggestions, so that discussions and comments can start from what’s already been suggested rather than from scratch. I expect that there will be further versions…
Authentic Maths has always existed to support all the adults who work with children on their primary maths. 5 months into an 18 month project to share teacher training for the whole primary curriculum, there are suddenly no teachers in a position to deliver the kind of expert teaching recommended in the training. Meanwhile there…
From September 2019 All Authentic Maths Training will come with free, complete year planning guides. These are available for free download from the Facebook Group: Expert Primary Maths Teacher Planning. At the time of writing this post Reception and Mixed Year 1&2 plans are available. Mixed Year 3&4 and Mixed Year 5&6 will be shared…
By June it seemed that important conversations about pending national assessment reforms were failing to happen effectively because people had lost track on what’s going on. I’ve therefore spent the summer talking to many people from subject associations, unions and awarding bodies to try concisely describe the current position. This short report summarises the pending changes…