Primary Work Groups and Events
2021/22 Work Groups
Support for transition into KS3
(Year 5 - 8 Continuity)
Summary
This Work Group will focus on collaboration between primary and secondary teachers to ensure that a positive attitude to maths is maintained and developed as pupils move across Years 5 to 8.
Dates
Fully Booked for 2021/22
Mastering Number
Summary
This programme will play a significant role in curriculum recovery when launched in September as it is aimed at strengthening the understanding of number, and fluency with number facts, among children in the first three years of school.
Dates
Coming in September
Strengthening Partnerships with ITT Providers
Summary
Now in its fourth year, this project provides opportunities to explore and share current mathematical developments and consider their implications for ITT providers and Maths Hubs in order to help trainees transition into teaching mathematics effectively.
Dates
Next Meeting
TBC
Specialist Knowledge
SKTM Early Years Programme
Early Years Teachers
Summary
This programme supports Early Years teachers in developing specialist knowledge for teaching mathematics, thus enabling them to understand, teach and support pupils in maths in the classroom.
Dates
This Programme is now Full
A Whole School Approach to Teaching, Learning and Understanding Times Tables
Summary
This Work Group will be both practical and research driven– focusing on curriculum development. This links well to the new Ofsted Framework. It will look at the approaches used in some Pacific Rim countries, combined with the best of what we already do. It will challenge you to re-think your whole school approach and focus on the importance of consistency and progression through key models for conceptual understanding.
Dates
This Programme is now Full
SKTM Primary Programme
Primary Teachers
Summary
This programme supports primary teachers in developing specialist knowledge for teaching mathematics, thus enabling them to understand, teach and support pupils in the maths classroom.
Dates
This Programme is now Full
SKTM Primary Programme Early Careers Teachers
Summary
This programme works deeply on one area of maths, drawing in the associated pedagogy, and will included lesson analysis and lesson design.
Dates
This Programme is now Full
SKTM Primary Programme
Teaching Assistants
Summary
This programme supports primary teaching assistants (TAs) in developing specialist knowledge for teaching mathematics, thus enabling them to understand, teach and support pupils in the maths classroom.
Dates
This Programme is now Full