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Calculations within 20
Unit 2 – 3 weeks
Ten calculations A level students should do on a calculator
The AMSP's Tom Button looks at which calculations A level students should be doing on a calculator
Teaching pie charts
How to help students do the calculations needed to construct a very familiar representation
Addition and Subtraction | Year 5
National Curriculum resources for Addition and Subtraction – Year 5
Multiplication and Division | Year 6
National Curriculum resources for Multiplication and Division – Year 6
Addition and Subtraction | Year 6
National Curriculum resources for Addition and Subtraction – Year 6
Addition and Subtraction | Year 2
National Curriculum resources for Addition and Subtraction – Year 2
Multiplication and Division | Year 4
National Curriculum resources for Multiplication and Division – Year 4
Addition and Subtraction | Year 3
National Curriculum resources for Addition and Subtraction – Year 3
Ratio and Proportion and Rates of Change | KS3
National Curriculum resources for Ratio and Proportion and Rates of Change – KS3
Fractions | Year 6
National Curriculum resources for Fractions – Year 6
Multiplication and Division | Year 2
National Curriculum resources for Multiplication and Division – Year 2
Multiplication and Division | Year 3
National Curriculum resources for Multiplication and Division – Year 3
Multiplication and Division | Year 5
National Curriculum resources for Multiplication and Division – Year 5
1.1 Place value, estimation and rounding
Core concept 1.1 covers the structure of our place-value system (particularly as it relates to decimals) and rounding numbers to a required number of decimal places or significant figures.
Factors, multiples and primes
Unit 7 – 4 weeks
Securing mental strategies: calculation up to 999
Spine 1: Number, Addition and Subtraction – Topic 1.19
Calculating using knowledge of structures (1)
Unit 1 – 6 weeks
Primary Round-up - February 2023
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
Numbers to 10,000
Unit 2 – 5 weeks
Division: dividing by two-digit divisors
Spine 2: Multiplication and Division – Topic 2.24
Reasoning Skills
Developing opportunities and ensuring progression in the development of reasoning skills
Addition and subtraction facts within 10
Unit 7 – 3 weeks
Using compensation to calculate
Spine 2: Multiplication and Division – Topic 2.25
Algorithms: column subtraction
Spine 1: Number, Addition and Subtraction – Topic 1.21
January's Secondary Round-up is out
Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available
Additive structures
Unit 6 – 4 weeks
Composition and calculation: 1,000 and four-digit numbers
Spine 1: Number, Addition and Subtraction – Topic 1.22
Algorithms: column addition
Spine 1: Number, Addition and Subtraction – Topic 1.20
Addition and subtraction: money
Spine 1: Number, Addition and Subtraction – Topic 1.25
Linking fractions, decimals and percentages
Spine 3: Fractions – Topic 3.10
Composition and calculation: tenths
Spine 1: Number, Addition and Subtraction – Topic 1.23
Fractions
Self-audit questions for a teacher to assess confidence in the teaching of fractions in KS1 and KS2
Fractions | Year 5
National Curriculum resources for Fractions – Year 5
Composition and calculation: multiples of 1,000 up to 1,000,000
Spine 1: Number, Addition and Subtraction – Topic 1.26
Fractions
Unit 8 – 7 weeks
Composition and calculation: hundredths and thousandths
Spine 1: Number, Addition and Subtraction – Topic 1.24
Number and Place Value | Year 6
National Curriculum resources for Number and Place Value – Year 6
Representations in our primary video lessons
Mathematical structure, manipulatives and myth-busting
Number | KS3
National Curriculum resources for Number – Key Stage 3
Aligning curriculum and assessment reform with teaching for mastery in secondary maths (part 1)
Charlie Stripp and Carol Knights suggest ways in which the curriculum and assessment of secondary mathematics might be improved
Response to Jo Boaler’s view of maths in UK schools
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Addition and Subtraction | Year 4
National Curriculum resources for Addition and Subtraction – Year 4
Addition and Subtraction | Year 1
National Curriculum resources for Addition and Subtraction – Year 1
Developing a comprehensive maths curriculum
Developing a school curriculum for mathematics, scheme of work and calculation policy
Multiplication and Division | Year 1
National Curriculum resources for Multiplication and Division – Year 1
Don’t abandon counters just because it’s secondary school
At Trinity Academy in Halifax all teachers are now using place value counters with students across the ability range
Post-16 Professional Development and Resources
Opportunities for developing teachers and maths departments and resources to support all post-16 maths teaching
Using calculators in Years 6 and 7
When should Year 6 and 7 teachers get the calculators out? And how might they use them?
The answer is only the beginning
A look at two of this year’s KS2 SATs questions, analysing the demands made on pupils and the mathematical thinking required
The Five Big Ideas at Secondary – Mathematical Thinking
Why is mathematical thinking so important in the secondary classroom?
School sees better results through teaching for mastery
Embracing teaching for mastery in maths has seen pupils’ love for the subject contribute to some exceptional end of year outcomes for all year groups
Algebra | Year 6
National Curriculum resources for Algebra – Year 6
Measurement | Year 5
National Curriculum resources for Measurement – Year 5
Measurement | Year 6
National Curriculum resources for Measurement – Year 6
Four ways to create better mathematical talk in your classroom
And resources you might like to explore
Counting on a good read: maths books we love for World Book Day
To celebrate World Book Day we share some of our favourite books about maths for all ages
The Five Big Ideas – Variation
Variation can be used to support pupils to develop a deep understanding of the maths they are learning
Number and Place Value | Year 5
National Curriculum resources for Number and Place Value – Year 5
Statistics | Year 4
National Curriculum resources for Statistics – Year 4
An effective model for collaborative planning in maths
At Southfields Academy collaborative planning sessions have led to improved lesson quality, reduced planning time, and better staff retention
Reflections on the uptake of AS/A level Maths, AS/A level Further Maths and Core Maths
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Five ways to use number lines in secondary maths
Practical tips from a secondary maths teacher
Geometry and Measures | Key Stage 3
National Curriculum resources for Geometry and Measures – Key Stage 3
Number and Place Value | Year 4
National Curriculum resources for Number and Place Value – Year 4
Gap tasks: maximising the impact of Work Groups
We visit Gorse Hill Primary School Work Group in Swindon, and find out how gap tasks are driving powerful changes in pedagogy
How can we meet the needs of all pupils without differentiation of lesson content? How can we record progress without levels?
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Fractions | Year 4
National Curriculum resources for Fractions – Year 4
Measurement | Year 4
National Curriculum resources for Measurement – Year 4
Three calculations to encourage and support fluency
Prompts for teachers to draw out mathematical thinking in KS2 or KS3 pupils
Ten calculations A level students should do on a calculator
The AMSP's Tom Button looks at which calculations A level students should be doing on a calculator
Teaching pie charts
How to help students do the calculations needed to construct a very familiar representation
Primary Round-up - February 2023
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
January's Secondary Round-up is out
Our latest Secondary Round-up is now available
Representations in our primary video lessons
Mathematical structure, manipulatives and myth-busting
Aligning curriculum and assessment reform with teaching for mastery in secondary maths (part 1)
Charlie Stripp and Carol Knights suggest ways in which the curriculum and assessment of secondary mathematics might be improved
Response to Jo Boaler’s view of maths in UK schools
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Using calculators in Years 6 and 7
When should Year 6 and 7 teachers get the calculators out? And how might they use them?
The answer is only the beginning
A look at two of this year’s KS2 SATs questions, analysing the demands made on pupils and the mathematical thinking required
The Five Big Ideas at Secondary – Mathematical Thinking
Why is mathematical thinking so important in the secondary classroom?
Four ways to create better mathematical talk in your classroom
And resources you might like to explore
Counting on a good read: maths books we love for World Book Day
To celebrate World Book Day we share some of our favourite books about maths for all ages
The Five Big Ideas – Variation
Variation can be used to support pupils to develop a deep understanding of the maths they are learning
An effective model for collaborative planning in maths
At Southfields Academy collaborative planning sessions have led to improved lesson quality, reduced planning time, and better staff retention
Reflections on the uptake of AS/A level Maths, AS/A level Further Maths and Core Maths
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Five ways to use number lines in secondary maths
Practical tips from a secondary maths teacher
How can we meet the needs of all pupils without differentiation of lesson content? How can we record progress without levels?
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Calculations within 20
Unit 2 – 3 weeks
1.1 Place value, estimation and rounding
Core concept 1.1 covers the structure of our place-value system (particularly as it relates to decimals) and rounding numbers to a required number of decimal places or significant figures.
Factors, multiples and primes
Unit 7 – 4 weeks
Securing mental strategies: calculation up to 999
Spine 1: Number, Addition and Subtraction – Topic 1.19
Calculating using knowledge of structures (1)
Unit 1 – 6 weeks
Numbers to 10,000
Unit 2 – 5 weeks
Division: dividing by two-digit divisors
Spine 2: Multiplication and Division – Topic 2.24
Reasoning Skills
Developing opportunities and ensuring progression in the development of reasoning skills
Addition and subtraction facts within 10
Unit 7 – 3 weeks
Using compensation to calculate
Spine 2: Multiplication and Division – Topic 2.25
Algorithms: column subtraction
Spine 1: Number, Addition and Subtraction – Topic 1.21
Additive structures
Unit 6 – 4 weeks
Composition and calculation: 1,000 and four-digit numbers
Spine 1: Number, Addition and Subtraction – Topic 1.22
Algorithms: column addition
Spine 1: Number, Addition and Subtraction – Topic 1.20
Addition and subtraction: money
Spine 1: Number, Addition and Subtraction – Topic 1.25
Linking fractions, decimals and percentages
Spine 3: Fractions – Topic 3.10
Composition and calculation: tenths
Spine 1: Number, Addition and Subtraction – Topic 1.23
Fractions
Self-audit questions for a teacher to assess confidence in the teaching of fractions in KS1 and KS2
Composition and calculation: multiples of 1,000 up to 1,000,000
Spine 1: Number, Addition and Subtraction – Topic 1.26
Fractions
Unit 8 – 7 weeks
Composition and calculation: hundredths and thousandths
Spine 1: Number, Addition and Subtraction – Topic 1.24
Don’t abandon counters just because it’s secondary school
At Trinity Academy in Halifax all teachers are now using place value counters with students across the ability range
Post-16 Professional Development and Resources
Opportunities for developing teachers and maths departments and resources to support all post-16 maths teaching
School sees better results through teaching for mastery
Embracing teaching for mastery in maths has seen pupils’ love for the subject contribute to some exceptional end of year outcomes for all year groups
Gap tasks: maximising the impact of Work Groups
We visit Gorse Hill Primary School Work Group in Swindon, and find out how gap tasks are driving powerful changes in pedagogy