The aim of this course is to explore and develop ideas, pedagogies and associated subject knowledge in order to promote and enhance the quality of mathematical talk and vocabulary in the classroom.

Learning outcomes:

• To understand how to support pupils with acquiring mathematical vocabulary.
• To explore strategies to boost oracy in the classroom.
• To explore strategies to engage and encourage reluctant talkers.
• To understand how to move from secure conceptual understanding to good quality verbal and written responses.

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Price: Sub £190 / SLA £125 / Full £228

The aim of this course is to explore and develop ideas, pedagogies and associated subject knowledge, to promote and enhance the teaching of times tables in the classroom.

Teachers will engage in mathematics from the primary curriculum and explore mental strategies in order to support pupils’ conceptual understanding to mental fluency.

Learning Outcomes:

• Improve pupils’ progress in the multiplication tables check.
• Develop strategies to support knowledge recall of the times tables and associated division facts.
• Support teachers’ knowledge of conceptual and relational understanding to develop times table fluency.
• Provide opportunities for teachers to discuss next steps for key groups of pupils based upon assessment.

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This course aims to develop teachers’ ability to vary tasks to meet the needs of individual pupils within their class. Teachers will also explore task design and questioning to enable pupils to progress and build upon their understanding.

Learning Outcomes:

• To understand how to vary tasks to meet the needs of all pupils, including those working at greater depth.
• To assess pupil work and make judgements regarding next steps. Teachers will then vary tasks according to assessment for learning.
• To understand what makes a good task and develop questioning to ensure pupils practise and build upon their understanding within a lesson and learning journey.

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Price: Sub £190 / SLA £125 / Full £228 

This course will explore the effective use of the Pre-Year 1 - Year 3 SEND Planning Tools in mathematics. The documents have been written to outline the knowledge, concepts and strategies needed to progress from the Early Years Foundation Stage to the Year 3 curriculum. The Planning Tool is specifically for pupils with SEN.

The course will consider:

• effective pedagogy in mathematics
• diagnostic assessment 
• developing pupil independence 

Delegates will have time to reflect on the needs of a child they are teaching and create a bespoke plan for the child.

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This course aims to develop Key Stage 2 teachers’ pedagogy on how to use the concrete, pictorial and abstract (CPA) approach to enhance pupils’ conceptual understanding when calculating.

Learning Outcomes:

• Teachers will understand how to use concrete resources effectively to support their pupils’ understanding.
• Teachers will explore how to use the CPA approach to secure the pupils’ conceptual understanding when calculating.
• Teachers will have a range of strategies on how the CPA approach can be used for a variety of different domains: addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, fractions, decimals and percentages.

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