How is developing fluency in maths like learning a musical instrument?

What needs to be considered when developing fluency? Kate Kellner-Dilks draws out the similarities between learning and practising maths and music.

What are we going to do about all the ‘lost learning’?

Let’s examine the task of recovering and progressing children’s learning through what we do in the classroom – including 4 new gaming videos.

Getting back on track in primary maths – assessment and reactivation opportunities

How George Street Primary School are using reactivation opportunities in readiness for securing understanding in future learning sequences

‘Old maths’ vs ‘new maths’ – the balancing act

If it makes it easier and more manageable, it’s worth doing. Laura Dell explains how to teach rebalancing as another tool to solve calculations with...

Getting back on track in primary maths – tracking back to build up

In the first blog of this series, a Year 5 teacher shares how he tracked back to build from secure starting points.

4 ways to make your maths working wall work

How to build a relevant maths working wall that teachers and children can interact with to support, scaffold and deepen thinking.

How do you meet the needs of all pupils in maths including those with gaps in learning or SEND?

Effective maths provision within and beyond the classroom – we reflect on EEF guidance and experience of working with pupils with learning needs or...

Pick your yellow brick road

Let’s look forward, not back. Charlie Harber explores how to empower children to succeed in mathematics and the pathways HfL have to offer.

Keep calm and carry on teaching

Reconnect with your children, re-establish classroom culture, learning behaviours and reactivate and assess prior learning to enable and secure...

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…