Overview

Year 5 to 8 Continuity Work Group

This workgroup will look at the continuity of approach in teaching from KS2 to KS3.

It will involve teachers working in partnership across the key stage to discuss, plan and observe provision in the key stages.

We will meet three times during the year. The meetings will look at the NCETM materials for multiplicative reasoning and provide a time to share ideas and provision. The participants will have time to plan lessons and then undertake a lesson study approach in their own and the partner schools.

There is an expectation that teachers will visit the secondary / primary school to observe and work with colleagues as part of a gap task.

The intended outcomes are that teachers will gain greater knowledge and understanding in the progression of mathematics between years 5 and 8. This will in turn lead to improved confidence and engagement between KS2 and KS3.

Rowan Waller, from the Hastings Maths Project, is leading this Work Group. The three sessions over this academic year are on:

Session 1 – Friday 7 February

Session 2 – Wednesday 18 March

Session 3 – Wednesday 17 June

All sessions are running from 1:30pm to 5:00pm.

This is a FREE Work Group for 16 teachers from Sussex Schools. All participants will be expected to commit to attending all sessions.

Overview

Stem Sentences, Generalisations and Definitions:

Mathematical language as a structure to support learning and conceptual understanding.

This one-day course, newly developed by the primary mastery specialist team will:

• Provide a rationale for this aspect of teaching for mastery in mathematics
• Ensure participants understand the difference between stem sentences, generalisations and definitions
• Demonstrate the power of stems sentences and generalisations in conceptual understanding and depth for all
• Give participants the confidence and skills to use language more effectively in their own classrooms and across their schools

Date: Friday 24 January

Venue: St Andrew’s CE High School for Boys, Sackville Road, Worthing, BN14 8BG

Time: 09:30am to 15:00

Cost: No cost for this date but limited capacity.

Work Group Leads: Emma Gale & Miriam Rhine

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Overview

Teachers or departments keen to address the reasoning and problem-solving challenges of the mathematics curriculum and its assessment at GCSE are encouraged to take part in this project. Work Groups will explore professional development activities focusing on practical and accessible classroom-based approaches. The activities themselves also offer a model for wider departmental engagement with professional development processes, and hence could provide the basis of an effective departmental improvement programme in this area. 

This Work Group is being led by Ralph Butcher (SLE), an Independent Consultant working for the Sussex Maths Hub. The meeting dates and times are as follows:

Friday 14 February, 9am-3pm

Tuesday 10 March, 9am-3pm

Friday 20 March, 9am-3pm

Monday 20 April, 9am-3pm

For full details of the Work Group please click on the Download Flyer button. 

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Overview

Whole class teaching is becoming embedded across schools using a teaching for mastery approach. This Work Group will consider models of intervention in a mastery context to ensure that mathematics teaching has maximum impact for all children. Teachers and leaders will further their understanding of teaching for mastery by using case studies to inform their practice. They will trial an intervention model of their choice, and will document their observations to share with others.