Teaching with Rick and Franny.

11/08/2019

This was website was brought to my attention via Twitter. It has a huge collection of resources to go with each maths objective for each primary year group. As the tweet said the site isn't very high tech, but scrolling through the resources there are some absolute treasures!

These free Primary Maths Resources, which are based on the current UK National Curriculum Year Group objectves, are fully searchable and sorted into different categories, including number and place value, the four operations, fractions, measurements, properties of shapes, position and direction, sta...

29/05/2019

Love this way of working out multiplication, but can’t quite explain why it works....

28/05/2019

A break down of the 2019 KS2 Maths paper...

Detailed analysis of Maths questions from KS2 SATs 2019 Reasoning & Arithmetic - a handy 16-point guide for Y6 teachers preparing for SATs 2020!

26/05/2019

Dropbox full of maths goodies!!!! Follow this fabulously generous teacher on twitter for brilliantly useful resources!!

26/05/2019

This might be an oldie but it is a goodie. The newsletter from Hertsforlearning has some fabulous ideas for understanding how to effectively teach vocabulary. Really worth taking time out to give it a read.

07/04/2019

In keeping with my recent obsession with developing my mathematics teaching I stumbled across these rather nifty CPD and teaching resources from NCETM looking at mastery of Number, Addition and Subtraction from Year 1 to 6. There are videos, PD info and PowerPoints to support teaching...bloomin' marvelous stuff... - Franny

https://www.ncetm.org.uk/resources/50639

07/04/2019

Sum of digits problem solving - a step by step approach. Also if you click on the highlighted link in the blog there is an e book with examples of problem solving for KS1 and 2. Well worth a follow - Franny

This is the second in a series of blog posts about how to systematically teach problem-solving skills using I See Problem-Solving, outworking the EEF research (recommendation 3) about using rich pr…

06/04/2019

Love the look of these 'Problems of the Day' from White Rose Maths. There are KS2 and KS1 sets both with or without answers. Great for SATs prepare or starters.... - Franny.
https://whiterosemaths.com/resources/classroom-resources/problems/?fbclid=IwAR24rZ2T0r9afkuIhPl7VC03_mYcLkiurQ8PkiJv6Ip8XomapNmgzXKf_W4

31/03/2019

Rick has shared a few ideas on the teaching of reading domain 2g and how we can effectively model our thoughts and feelings of authorial intent....

Welcome to blog number one of, hopefully, many. This one is nothing to do with bassoon reeds or gin. My sincere apologies. We’re going straight in with the old chestnut that is reading domain…