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from Nicola Clements
I am often bowled over by an EYFS teacher’s ability to create something out of nothing. When so much in Early Years revolves around child interest, it can often be difficult to plan for the interests of all children. And even if you do it can be in vain, when a group of children totally […]
from Susannah Jeffries
It is always good to have a bit of a project for the school holidays. My October holiday project probably should have been having a big tidy-up or finding someone to clean the guttering, but instead I decided to finish writing and illustrating a picture book. This was quite a significant project as I am […]
from Susannah Jeffries
It is always good to have a bit of a project for the school holidays. My October holiday project probably should have been having a big tidy-up or finding someone to clean the guttering, but instead I decided to finish writing and illustrating a picture book. This was quite a significant project as I am […]
from AMWeston @ Scottish Teacher
Question – What do shapes and underpants have in common?
Answer – A maths/art lesson with some reading for enjoyment thrown in for good measure.
At snack time I read my class the Aliens/Dinosaurs love underpants series of books by Claire Freeman and Ben Cort. The children loved the stories. This gave me an idea to have the children design their own underpants. As they were learning about shape and pattern I used this as a basis for their designs.
The children had a choice of underpants and were able to create their design either by printing shapes or using coloured dots.
I created washing lines to display the underpants, using craft mini pegs to attach the pegs to the string.
from Robert Drummond
I’ve been using a daily maths sheet which I found here, in addition to our brilliant in-house Minute Maths resource recently. I loved it as it reinforced so many aspects of maths which needed a steady drip feed before they became confident and embedded.
I decided that some of the parts of the sheet were still required this term, but I also wanted to add some aspects of maths which we still needed practice with. So, I made up my own sheet and adapted it to the needs of my class. In line with my last post, I’m offering it for free from here as a PDF, or e-mail me for the adaptable publisher doc. I’ll also put it on Pinterest.
from Hana Price
As one of our digital leaders at school, responsible for raising our digital prowess and use of technology to enhance learning (rather than just a bolt on), I am often asked what are my most recommended apps/tools to use in the classroom. I am by no means an expert – in fact, quite late to […]
from Niomi Roberts
I use these wordscape designs to assess understanding of key words. The children record their key words and phrases inside the template (that can be linked to the specific theme). They are then able to discuss and build upon prior knowledge to develop their understanding and make links to other learning whilst completing their wordscapes. […]
National Numeracy and Mathematics Hub
The National Numeracy and Mathematics Hub is a virtual learning environment for all practitioners. The Hub provides an innovative approach to career-long professional learning for all practitioners in all sectors. It is an interactive, virtual learning environment which offers practitioners:
Education Scotland website:
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/learningandteaching/curriculumareas/mathematics/index.asp
Provides practitioners with excellent resources and guidance to help develop learning and teaching in Numeracy and Mathematics including;
National Numeracy Progression Framework
– This resource has been created to deepen practitioners’ knowledge and understanding of progression within the experiences and outcomes for numeracy and mathematics. It included progression pathways with key milestones and building blocks for each of the numeracy organisers. Mathematics pathways coming soon, along with previous knowledge and understanding and exemplification.
Professional Learning Resources – These professional learning resources provide guidance and advice to help inform learning and teaching practices in line with the main objectives of the Scottish Survey of Literacy and Numeracy (SSLN). There are PLR’s for;
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/learningandteaching/curriculumareas/mathematics/index.asp
Other key links and websites to support the development of Numeracy and Mathematics;
There is also information on Assessing progress and achievement available which includes professional learning activities and key documents on significant aspects of learning and making good assessment decisions.
The Journey to Excellence: Examples of innovative and interesting practice. Search ‘mathematics’ or ‘numeracy’ in to the search facility.
TWIG Film list for National 4 and National 5 Qualifications
STEM Links
STEM e-bulletin http://bit.ly/STEMeBulletin
(Up to date news, information, resources and professional learning)
STEM Central in MOTION blog http://bit.ly/BlogSTEM
(more up to date news on STEM)
STEM Central website http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/stemcentral/
(high quality resources, teaching ideas, videos etc to develop learning experiences relating to sciences, technologies, engineering and mathematics
Main Contact for Numeracy and Mathematics Team at Education Scotland:
Lorna Harvey, Senior Education Officer
Optima Building, 58 Robertson Street
Glasgow
G2 8DU
Tel: 0141 282 5119 lorna.harvey@educationscotland.gsi.gov.uk
from Martyn Call
My favourite edubook is The Elephant in the Classroom by Jo Boaler. In the book Boaler talks about the mathematical progress of thousands of students from the UK and USA whom she followed over a number of years from school into their adult life. She also gives some great suggestions of ways in which maths […]
from JemmaPDuck
Kids struggle with this topic. They find the area by adding all the sides and multiply to find the perimeter… Or worse they add then multiply in a complex calculation! Now I’m not saying i’ve cracked it using the resource below my kids have spent the week wrestling with challenging questions that has had them […]