Peter Foulds
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School Improvement Advisor - Maths | NCETM SD Lead | NCETM LLME | NPQEYL | MLDP
How amazing are the @ncetm.bsky.social CP materials and the @oaknational.bsky.social resources are super helpful for ideas. Just so so far beyond anything else. So glad our LET curriculum offering is based on these. Now @ncetm.bsky.social please do the same for nursery and reception.
'The goal of English teaching in primary is to get children reading for pleasure – and #maths should be no different': David Thomas and @peterfoulds77.bsky.social recommend these changes for Labour's review of the curriculum www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
How to fix the primary maths curriculum
‘Phonics’ for maths and more pleasure in the subject should be the aim of the primary maths curriculum, and this is how we achieve it, argue Peter Foulds and David Thomas
tes.com
Interesting to read the idea of the curriculum review being ‘evolution not revolution.’ With nearly a third of children not proficient at maths is that something we really want to evolve? I’d say most teachers want a radical overhaul of the maths.
Listening to my wife doing death by phonics training and overheard... "children must go through daily rapid catch-up." Why is that given gospel for phonics and not maths? Why do we still not get that the exact same thing needs to apply to maths, in particular addition fact fluency.
Let’s actually teach problem-solving! OFSTED: Primary schools should make sure that all pupils learn to apply facts and methods to wider problem-solving. Far too often problems are just another activity and forced into every lesson; we should have a systematic approach to teaching them to all.
Less is more! OFSTED: schools should make sure that curriculums emphasise secure learning of, rather than encountering, mathematical knowledge.” This can’t happen with the current bloated primary curriculum - model it, replicate it, soften with varied fluency and use it - is too rushed for many.
First experience of teaching… free hotel for a few weeks in Iran by helping in an English language school in Tabriz on a night! Lovely, lovely people in Iran just sadly governed by not very nice people.
Mental Maths ❤️ Our approach... 10 min daily lessons Mon: fact recall linked to week (doubles here) Tue: I/We/You practice no bridging (get all on board) Wed: now bridging Thu: strategy choice (key bit) Fri: weekly test The perfect way to keep fact fluency alive and teach children to use the facts!
Is there a better maths teaching book in existence? The best explanations of manipulatives and variation theory I’ve seen to date!
