Authentic Maths Radio Interview

On the one hand the business community of West Cumbria couldn’t have been more wonderfully supportive and friendly. On the other had there was no mobile network and no internet at Energus – so they couldn’t vote: https://www.vmbvoom.com/pitches/authentic-maths. Aaaargh – everyone is convinced they will remember and promises they will rememer to vote but they…

Complaint sent Wed 15th June 2022 All children in year 4 in England are being required to take a new compulsory exam just now. This is a truly horrific exam that was never consulted and is entirely the fetish of one minister. Nobody who knows anything about maths teaching at all is supporting it. It…

The First4Maths team who have invited me to run a workshop at their Warrington Conference on 24th April. Come and enjoy some maths with play dough! This hugely enjoyable cross-curricular maths session is designed for all primary teachers from nursery to year 6. You can book to attend the First4Maths Conference here. Maths with Play…

Booking for courses in Cumbria and Liverpool is now live. Early booking – 10% off until Friday March 8th. Use code EarlyBird10. Book here: https://bookeo.com/authenticmathsmastery Detailed teachers course information: http://authenticmaths.co.uk/primary-teachers/ Detailed TAs course information: http://authenticmaths.co.uk/ks2-3-teaching-assistants/

Please send comments by end Friday 5 December. This response focuses on two recommendations I think are deliverable, and would make a big positive difference to the lives of many students who are struggling with maths at secondary school. Rebecca

Much has been written about the poor quality of ‘research reviews’ published by Ofsted recently, however the Mathematics research review published in May 2021 broke so many rules in the standards usually applied to reviewing research that, rather than having been written by authors with experience in research, it appears to have been created by experts skilled…