Margi Leech

@pdLouiseP @NNWMathsHub @MadeleyHelen @BradshawBecki @OUPPrimary @helenlaflin @Lisa_Lalor @miffy_mac @drjessm @berniewestacott Fabulous!!

Back home after a truly great, practical day working with @NNWMathsHub and maths subject leaders in Cumbria on reasoning and problem solving through geometry and measures EYFS to Y6 😊

@dylanwiliam Thanks!!!!!

About 40 years ago I prepared some resources for before-school, after-school, and Saturday morning maths clubs. I found some of them last week, and thought I would share them more widely. Please feel free to use in whatever way you like: bit.ly/45o6DSV

Amazing use of mathematical language 2SF! 🌟 In every @MathsMastery lesson pupils are given Star Words and have the opportunity to use those words and given sentences in Talk Tasks. Learn more about the subject excellence programme and the subsidy currently available: mathematicsmasteryprimary12.org.uk

Derek Haylocks article Understanding in Mathematics: Making Connections is the next in the #MTmonth24 collection. The article from MT98 March 1982 has been made open for everyone to read during June. bit.ly/3yHQnQv

This is one of the most fascinating articles I've read about how experts scaffold learning for novices. It's a bit heavy, so I'm listing the 12 main findings. link.springer.com/10.1007/s10648…

What if nobody is bad at maths? theguardian.com/books/2023/may…

Dyscalculia: How to support your child if they have mathematical learning difficulties phys.org/news/2022-11-d… via @physorg_com

Teachers – take part in our mathematical vocabulary survey for the chance to win £100 of OUP vouchers! It’s quick to fill in & if you complete it by 11 December, you will receive online access to a children's picture book. Complete the survey now 👉 ow.ly/h8y050LCnoy

@pdLouiseP @researchED1 @UniofOxford @OUPPrimary @OUPSecondary @ElleOUPEvents @SamEvansOUP @Vicki_J_ Enjoy! I’m keen to know what you are sharing. 👌🥂

Working on my @researchED1 presentation for 26th Nov at the stunning @UniofOxford Examinations Schools. I'll be looking at research on maths vocabulary & what works. Those who join me will have the chance to feed into our upcoming report too! Give me a shout if you'll be there?

Incase it is helpful to anyone else… how to talk to children

Fabulous #language and #concepts being used today by @carlisleSD #earlycareersteacher to teach #Year6 decimals through scaling as part of @NCETM #prioritisation and @educationgovuk #readytoprogress

How many ways can you find to show that 10 tens are equivalent to one hundred? Year 4 used their maths toolkits to explain their understanding of place value excellently this afternoon #readytoprogress #enquiry #ncetm

@DavisonMiss Yes. Well explained

⏳6️⃣0️⃣ seconds on how I like to… ➕ fractions with Numicon to avoid the common misconception that we add denominators! A couple of small step & slight tweak in resource use to support all chn to make the learning step successfully. Can happily share teaching slides if useful!

🚨 KS2 Numicon 🚨 A quick staff CPD on how to use the tiles for finding factors, factor pairs and prime numbers • Build the factor Sandwiches • Write the factors and the pairs • If it has one pair it is Prime Give it a try 👍🏻 Note: a lot of ones were used!

There’s just great value in exploring the language of maths. It’s a great assessment tool too. The children enjoyed the activity and became intrigued. The lesson that followed was a success. Not surprising with Numicon!

Can we really teach all (and I mean ALL) children to read? Even the ones with severe and complex needs? I explore this in my blog and reach an uncharacteristically energetic answer! With thanks to @NancyYoung_ and @SusanGodsland …pupilswithspecialeducationalneeds.com/post/can-all-c…

Numicon is such a versatile and simple resource to help us develop our numeracy skills. Here we were using them to check our doubling. We could also add a 10 block to then use our 10+ facts to work out the value shown. #SaltounP123 #MathsWeekScot #numicon

In Year 3 we have been rotating Numicon shapes. Lots of discussion about direction and how much the shape rotates. #OUPPrimary #NUMICON

Today P1a read the story ‘10 little dinosaurs’ 🦖🦕 we were so good at counting forwards & backwards that we decided to use the story📖(& our imagination) to pretend that we had ten little dinosaurs to play with, counting them on & off the 10 @Numicon! @MathsScot @MathsStories