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September 2020 News – Primary and Secondary Opportunities
We are really looking forward to getting going in our second year and working with schools all over Cheshire, Wirral and Halton. We wanted to welcome you all back to the new term and share a few short Cheshire and Wirral Maths Hub developments with you all.
Our New Website
We have now launched a new website. Please visit us, sign up to our mailing list and follow us on Twitter here. This means that you will be able to keep up to date with all of our work and know about any opportunities to get involved.
You will be able to find all of the projects we are running on our website as well – simply go to the relevant phase of education that applies to you and see what is on offer! If you can’t find what you are after, please just get in touch with us via e-mail.
The NCETM have also launched a brand-new website. You can go and check it out here.
NCETM and Maths Hubs Covid recovery resources now available
Materials to support teachers and schools planning and delivering Covid recovery maths teaching at both primary and secondary level are available from the NCETM. All are accessible from the dedicated Covid support page on the new NCETM website. For primary schools and teachers, there are resources linked to the DfE guidance published in July this year. These include ready-to-use training materials, a short video, and a suite of 79 PowerPoints focusing on the ready-to-progress criteria found in the new DfE guidance. The latter would be ideal for schools to use as part of the National Tutoring Programme or for any dedicated catch-up tutoring. The 180 primary video lessons produced during lockdown are also still available. Each lesson has an accompanying teacher guide, and PowerPoint of the lesson for teachers to adapt themselves.
For secondary schools, an evidence-based guidance document to support discussions about recovery curriculum content and pedagogy has been produced, along with a one-hour training session and accompanying materials to help KS3 teachers and maths departments understand the implications for Year 7 of the DfE primary guidance. More materials, including guidance videos and departmental training sessions, will be added soon.
For any schools and teachers wanting to get involved with the work of their local Maths Hub this year to support Covid recovery, Work Groups are still recruiting for projects running in 2020/21.
Get Involved – sign up to one of our Work Groups now!
We are running many exciting projects this academic year for colleagues working at all education phases. The vast majority of these are recruiting now and tend to get fully booked up fairly early on in the Autumn term. Please visit our website to see what is on offer and sign up. The list below provides an idea of what we are offering at a glance.
Already signed up to a project? If you have already signed up, we will be in contact with you over the next few weeks to arrange the next steps. Please be patient with us as many of the people who are leading these programmes are also busy getting into the swing of school life with all of the current restrictions and new practicalities!
Primary Opportunities
Building Firm Mathematical Foundations in EYFS
This Work Group is aimed at schools who are already using a Teaching for Mastery approach in years 1-6 and want to develop the mathematics provision in EYFS so it is aligned with this.
Teaching for Mastery Readiness Programme
This programme is aimed at schools who feel like they need some initial support before moving fully onto the main Mastery Development programme (below). Schools in this programme receive significant bespoke support from the Maths Hub. Further information can be found on the NCETM website.
Teaching for Mastery Development Programme
This programme is aimed at schools wishing to develop a teaching for mastery approach across the school. Further information can be found on the NCETM website.
Teaching for Mastery Embedding Programme
This is for schools who have been on the Development programme this academic year (2019/20). Schools will automatically move onto this phase.
Teaching for Mastery Sustaining Programme
This is for schools who have been on the Development programme in previous academic years (between 2016 and 2018). The aim is to continue to develop mastery in your school and help take teachers’ understanding deeper.
Subject Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics for primary teachers
This programme is aimed at individual teachers wishing to deepen their knowledge of the mathematical concepts that are central to helping pupils develop deep understanding.
Subject Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics for primary teaching assistants
This programme is aimed at individual teaching assistants wishing to deepen their knowledge of the mathematical concepts that are central to helping pupils develop deep understanding.
Transition from primary to secondary
This programme is aimed at teachers in years 5 to 8 and looks at some of the key issues surrounding transition into secondary school. Ideally, this Work Group consists of a single secondary school and a group of partner primaries.
Secondary and Post-16 Opportunities
Secondary Teaching for Mastery Development Programme
This Work Group is for schools wishing to develop teaching for mastery further across the department. It involves two teachers becoming ‘Mastery Advocates’ within their school. For further information please see the NCETM website.
Secondary Teaching for Mastery Embedding Programme
This is for schools who have been on the Development programme this academic year (2019/20). Schools will automatically move onto this phase.
Mathematical Thinking Programme
This Work Group focuses on practical classroom strategies that help develop pupils mathematical thinking.
Challenging Topics at GCSE
This Work Group focuses on particular topics that pupils tend to struggle with at GCSE.
Post-16 GCSE Re-sit
This Work Group focuses on how best to support pupils re-taking the mathematics GCSE.
Developing A-Level Pedagogy
This Work Group focuses on how to develop A-Level pedagogy with an emphasis on use of technology (no knowledge of technology required!)
Key Contacts:
Maths Hub Lead:
Andy Ash – aash@ourladyofpity.co.uk
Maths Hub Coordinator:
Fiona McCrudden-Bruce – fmccrudden-bruce@ourladyofpity.co.uk
Secondary Mastery Lead:
Jayne Watts – j.watts@alsagerschool.org
Primary Mastery Lead:
Rachel Hounslow-Griffiths – rhounslow@meadow.cheshire.sch.uk