"I remember finding ways to get out of maths lessons as a youngster. My favourite ruse was to offer to tidy up the teacher’s cupbo...

We’ve known about the proposed key stage 2 multiplication check for a while now, but have so far been waiting for more information about ...

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I wrote a lesson plan for Teach Primary Magazine to go along with their feature on lessons inspired by the World Cup. This lesson was o...

Recently the EEF published their guidance report for KS2 and KS 3 maths . It gives 8 recommendations for improving the teaching of mathemat...

Imagine a factory. Think of the vast machines clanking away. Think of the whirring, the turning, the raw materials becoming a finished pro...

Whilst I'm sure I've been guilty of all of these 'tricks' during my time as a teacher, undertaking my role as maths lead a...

Many teachers will still be operating in schools where feedback policies require a certain amount of written feedback. Some schools have b...

As a primary maths coordinator, it's been difficult to escape the lure of bar modelling: it's in every new publication, on all the...

Given that I'm maths leader at my school you'd expect that my blog would contain more than just one post about maths , but it doesn...

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