Teaching abstraction in maths
When it comes to reasoning in maths, quite often (assuming they’ve got the arithmetic and calculations bit nailed) what the questions are testing is how […]
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The three types of mistake and how to use them in the classroom
When a child makes a mistake in my maths class, my typical response has usually been something along the lines of, “can you spot where you […]
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Developing language in maths
Whether or not you pay much attention to Bloom’s Taxonomy and the like, teaching children how to explain their thinking/working/methods etc in maths is key. […]
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Modelling a growth mindset
Growth mindset, the theory that sets out the idea that a person’s abilities, like intelligence, are not fixed traits, has been taking the world of education […]
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Colour coding in maths
So, this week in maths was all about multiplication. The majority of my maths group struggled with long multiplication from the get go. I went […]
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Exploring maths through a core text
Last week, we had our annual school carnival and this year it was linked to the book Leon and the Place Between. For two weeks […]
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You could have heard a pin drop: mindful maths
I’m really getting into the whole mindfulness movement and the benefits it can bring, both personally and, now, to the children I teach. Tomorrow, I’m […]
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Five classroom ideas that have had an impact this year
It’s about this time of year that I begin to reflect on the school year just gone (or going, not over just yet!) and look […]
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Subject coordinators series: getting started
At the beginning of the year, members of staff within my school’s cluster got together for an INSET day on highly effective subject leadership. As […]
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Teaching calculation: goodbye to endless lists of sums
Recently, I’ve been putting together a new school calculation policy. This has involved mapping out how the teaching of calculation should progress throughout the school so new methods […]
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