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Joined September 2016
An exciting opportunity for Trainee Teachers in the UK to experience being part of the ATM community for FREE. This fantastic offer is provided courtesy of the Alan Bell Endowment to support trainee teachers. Membership includes a free e-book resource pack bit.ly/3LqFS8g
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Covid-disrupted schooling means you can't hope to teach the full maths curriculum effectively, says Debbie Morgan, NCETM Director for Primary. Our curriculum prioritisation materials will help you know what to teach and to plan ahead. Look out for them next week!
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Is your school improvement plan focusing on maths this year? The new maths guidance by our funders, the @EducEndowFoundn, provides schools with 5 recommendations for early years and KS1 maths: eef.li/early-maths
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Lots of great free resources in here 🙌
The final NCETM communication of the year is out, at the end of an arduous teaching stint. We hope it will offer some brightness for the final week, some entertainment over the holidays and some helpful resources for next term mailchi.mp/ncetm/newsletter-…
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Myth: practical equipment is for younger children and those that are struggling. No! We explain why manipulatives should be used to show structure for all pupils ncetm.org.uk/features/repres… #TeachingForMastery #MasteryMaterials #PrimaryMaths
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4 free Christmas Problem-Solving tasks (KS1 & KS2) with lots of build-up and extension tasks released Tuesday 7:30pm. Very Christmassy, full of logical thinking, accessible, fun! My gift to my wonderful profession. Pls share Tuesday's launch post far and wide 👍🎁
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If you're teaching pupils vocabulary then the Frayer Model is invaluable. These resources from John Hopkins Uni are fab, complete with lesson plan & original research 👏 👌 Sketchnote is ours! jhussi.org/283783
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Throughout December we have got loads of Numberblock Christmas treats for you. Today is a Numberblock Advent calendar activity! Who's going to give this a go? If you do please send us a photo so we can share them. Download the activity here: buff.ly/38nk73S
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Our primary video lessons were collaboratively planned and delivered by Primary Mastery Specialists. So for CPD, they make excellent examples of teaching for mastery ncetm.org.uk/in-the-classroo… #PrimaryMaths
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Introducing inequality symbols from the start alongside the equals symbol develops a superior understanding of equivalence (Gilmore et al 2018 An introduction to mathematical cognition). The 2020 DfE NC Guidance recommends Y1 ncetm.org.uk/in-the-classroo…
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Looking forward to this, @numberblocks receives such great feedback from teachers and children, a phenomena well worth investigating further through @MathsHubs research and innovation Work Groups
Very excited to have launched the first of 3 @numberblocks Action Research workgroups today. This one for @lcwmathshub. A few tech glitches. But it's going to be great to learn how Numberblocks contributes to early number development. in Nursery, YR and Y1. @MathsHubs
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Great collaboration between @NCETM and ITE. A clear and straightforward guide to Mastery including useful references to research for trainee teachers
ITE tutors - primary maths teaching materials now available. Six ready-to-deliver sessions help your #TraineeTeachers understand teaching for mastery in maths ncetm.org.uk/classroom-resou…
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Our November Newsletter came out on Friday: read about our new primary ITE resources, secondary guidance, teaching through the pandemic, Core Maths, and more mailchi.mp/ncetm/national-ne…
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These prompts are designed to help uncover the process of estimating/checking answers (something that can seem harder than actually performing the calculation). Tell me if you like/don't like and what you would add/change 👍
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Aspirer Research School are offering a 10 module course based on the best evidence to suggest how schools might improve the teaching of Mathematics in both Early Years and Key Stage 1. Go to bit.ly/38OmsHk for further details or email rswann@aet.cheshire.sch.uk
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Do you fancy a Saturday puzzle? How about a game of Numberblock Sudoku? Who can complete it?
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The Numberblocks have got some pretty catchy songs! Which do you think is the most catchy song? buff.ly/38tdm2B
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A nice easy one 🤔📒✏
Here is today's challenge! Good luck, we look forward to seeing your answers! #Barvember #MathsWeekEngland whiterosemaths.com/resources…
Such a unique way to present problem solving and develop reasoning for all children 🙌
Love writing resources. I particularly loved writing the problem-solving resources, helping teachers to coherently teach & extend problem-solving. This blog outlines the thinking: buff.ly/2loODGx
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