Why Cumbrian primary teachers are world-leading in teaching maths for mastery
Videos from the Teacher Inquiry Conference at the University of Cumbria yesterday:
Videos from the Teacher Inquiry Conference at the University of Cumbria yesterday:
The Multiplication Tables Check goes live for children in year 4 today, with schools being required to administer it this week or next week (but the following week being allowed if necessary). My opinions are: This test is a horrific atrocity from a government that doesn’t consult in any meaningful way on education policy and makes all…
I raised a concern about the new inspection framework with Ofsted and they have now sent me an appropriate response. My enquiry (send May 23rd 2019) was as follows: Dear Ofsted,Through my business (Authentic Maths), I provide exceptionally high quality CPD for primary teachers which supports their teaching of mathematics. The CPD I provide nurtures teachers’…
My second series on primary maths for parents will launch next Monday 27 April 2020. This series of 20 short videos will explain the core number topics children usually study between the ages of 7 and 9 to parents and will help them know how to communicate with their child no matter what maths strategy…
Authentic Maths primary maths training has thrived. The first thing I must do here is to express my deepest and most sincere thanks to every headteacher who has invested their money and time in this training and every teacher and teaching assistant who has contributed to it. I don’t know how to put into words…
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…
What a year! Feeling incredibly lucky and privileged to have worked with 250 wonderful teachers and teaching assistants. Thank you so much all of you. All teachers are guaranteed to be able to teach every maths concept on their part of the curriculum effectively to a fully mixed ability class. Picture with the wonderful Amy…