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Welcome to the ninth edition of Maths Scene!
As always, our aim is to harness mathematics leadership and expertise to develop and spread outstanding mathematics practice in all our city schools for the benefit of our children and young people.The newsletter brings together a core of professionals who represent key strategic partners including: the Nottingham City Early Years Team (EYFS), Nottingham City Primary Team, Transform: Teaching School Alliance, LEAD: Teaching School Alliance, as well as the East Midlands West and East Midlands East Maths Hubs.
Please feel free to contribute at any time articles, resources and ideas of practice that you are using successfully in your schools and settings, so we can share them amongst the mathematics community in this publication. Please forward your contributions to the following website address:
Whats is CREST Star?
CREST Star supports children to solve real life STEM challenges through practical investigation and discussion. The Awards programme is usually done by 5 to 11-year olds and can be run in schools, clubs, or at home. CREST Star challenges give children the chance to participate in hands-on science through enquiry-based learning. The programme is open to all students, including those with SEN or learning disabilities. There are many CREST Star challenges that have been adapted for students with special educational needs (SEN). Launched in 2007, in the UK, the Award entry fees are subsidised by the UK Government.For more information about the CREST Star Awards, please visit:
George Spencer Academy Leadership Courses 2017-18
George Spencer Academyare now taking bookings for the NPQ Courses for 2017-18.The Academyare a well-established, school-based National Professional Qualifications Leadership Development provider with exceptionally high satisfaction, completion and pass rates year on year for the past 4 years.Their facilitators and key speakers are outstanding leaders from primary, secondary and special schools.
Theycan offer a range of excellent, diverse placements in schools and personalised support throughout. Each programme is top and tailed by 360 Leadership diagnostics to allow tracking of progress across the course.
To view the available courses please visit:
Maths Hub East Midlands West Bulletin September 2017
The Maths Hub East Midlands West is led by George Spencer Academy. Working with strategic partners to make Every Child a Mathematician. The vision is to transform maths education in their region so that all children are excited about and committed to becoming mathematicians, contributing to their own as well as regional and national prosperity.
Maths Hub East Midlands West was successfully launched in November 2014 with an innovative and varied programme of workshops and events for Foundation, Primary and Secondary maths teachers, FE lecturers and curriculum leaders. To date, the workshops and professional network events have proved to be a valuable and welcome addition to teachers' personal development plans and have had an immediate and positive impact on their teaching practice.
Details of the Maths Hubs workshops and events that are coming up over the next couple of months can be found by clicking on the following link:
Please note that the Shanghai Showcase events are Year 6 and Year 3 showcases (not KS1 and KS2 as advertised in the above link).
Maths Hub East Midlands West GCSE Work Group
The Maths Hubhave places left ontheir FREE Challenging Topics in the new GCSE work group.What is it? A national secondary programme to develop teaching approaches and resources to meet the new GCSE landscape.How can we best teach trigonometry for foundation students?What about the new material on higher?How can we adapt our teaching to best prepare students for the new higher and foundation papers?
Who for?All secondary teachers and those teaching GCSE resit post 16.
Details: 5 days across the year
Dates: Tuesday 16th January 2018, Tuesday 27th February 2018, Monday 23rd April 2018 and Tuesday 28th June 2018.
Times: 09.15am for 09.30am start.Finish at 15.30pm.
Venue: Portland Conference Centre (Parking available over the road at Birchover Community Centre, 83 Birchover Road, Bilborough, Nottingham, NG8 4BW)
Cost: Free for schools to participate.
To book a place on one of the above courses please visit:
For more information about the work group please visit:
Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)
Leaving school with a good GCSE in maths is a prerequisite for progressing into quality jobs, apprenticeships, and further education. The skills we learn at school help us with everyday life too, whether that’s putting up a shelf or working out how much money we have left after we’ve paid our bills. Yet too many of our young people do not make the grade and, as a result, risk social and economic exclusion.
These pupils are disproportionately drawn from disadvantaged homes. Last year, over half of those eligible for free school meals had not achieved the expected level in maths by age 16. That’s one in two young people from low-income households who are automatically denied access to secure and well-paid careers, as well as to further study. This is not just a personal tragedy for the individual; it’s a waste of talent on a national scale and a huge barrier to improving social mobility.
For more information on improving Maths in Key Stages 2 and 3 please visit:
DfE Guidance - Literacy and numeracy catch-up strategies
This paper reviews catch-up strategies and interventions which are intended for low-attaining pupils in literacy or numeracy at the end of key stage 2.The review intends to support teachers to make evidence-informed decisions about how they support low-attaining year 7 pupils in the school setting by summarising the evidence on what does and doesn’t work.
This paper also includes a summary of broader principles which have helped the transition of pupils from primary to secondary school.
For more information please visit:
Complete Mathematics Free Multiplication Resources
/ La Salle Education is a UK based company dedicated to improving mathematics education.The company consists of leading experts in mathematics teaching and learning, having been responsible for some of the major reforms in education in both the UK and overseas. There are a range of online manipulatives for you to use in your classroom.To view the free resource, please click on the following link:
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