From this year to the next: transition meetings

This blog reflects on what to consider in mathematics, when learners we have nurtured this year make the transition to a new teacher, new year group...

"Infinity is a little bit scary..."

Ahead of World Population day the following guest blog, by Ned aged 10, shows why big numbers are fascinating to pupils but also a little bit scary.

90 Years of maths

How will maths be part of our lives in 90 years’ time? What will our primary school children do with the maths they learn now throughout their lives?...

Teaching assistants in maths lessons - wings to fly

“I’m rubbish at maths. I’m better doing the phonics”... read how Primary Maths Adviser Deborah Mulroney couldn’t leave the conversation there! Too...

#HfLSummer6

Six questions, over six weeks, for six year groups. Summer is coming and we have six weeks of sizzling #HfLSummer6 questions ready to get pupils to...

Closing gaps in maths - a teacher's view

“Now I am going to be good at maths in Year 4!" Hear the impact of one teacher's work to close gaps and the HfL Diminishing the Difference project.

Why did nobody travel to school on a space hopper?

Fake news and misleading data. Why digital literacy is arguably more important than ever and how to make it accessible to our children.

Reaching judgements at KS1 end

It's that time of year when Year 2 teachers are thinking about the judgements the make about their pupils in mathematics. Siobhan King presented to...

Maximising progress in maths

Based on our successful ‘ Improving Progress in Maths ’ project, Kate Kellner-Dilks shares some of the important lessons learned, focussing on...

KS2 SATs: the power of the bar model

Charlie Harber looks at how the bar model can support pupils to answer not just the odd few questions from the KS2 reasoning papers but the many.