World Book Day 2021: find the maths hiding on your bookshelf!

Celebrating World Book Day? Here, we share some maths that may be hiding on your bookshelf within some well-known children’s books…

Highlights from the Year 2 moderation clusters

Sharing some of the things that came up when Year 2 teachers discussed their pupils and the journey ahead.

Getting metacognition into remote learning

Strong metacognitive skills support pupils as independent learners. Sophie MacNeill suggests how these could be developed in remote learning contexts.

How teaching assistants develop children’s independence in mathematics

Listening, questioning, intervening and making a difference in the moment - Doug Harmer explores how teaching assistants develop children’s...

Putting your school in the driving seat for the Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check

Buckle up and get ready for a smoother journey to multiplication success! Rachael Brown examines how using the principles of learning to drive and the...

Dear Year 6 teacher – priorities for maths in the spring term

Considering missed learning and knowledge gaps, Laura Dell explores how to prioritise and connect arithmetical concepts to secure learning.

Formative assessment while remote teaching

Revisiting a formative assessment video resource from the Digital Classroom Toolkit for this new period of remote teaching

Really reading: developing reading with understanding in KS1

In this blog, Kathy Roe considers the importance of literary knowledge in developing young readers.

Where is the overlap between learning at home and online learning?

The terms remote learning, online learning and home learning are currently used to mean similar things. So, where is the overlap?

Primary maths diagnostic assessment - making a choice: Multiple choice questions = multiple benefits?

Why did the HfL Primary maths team go for multiple choice assessment questions when they are so controversial?