Decimal fractions
Unit 1 – 5 weeks
Unit 1 – 5 weeks
Unit 6 – 3 weeks
Spine 3: Fractions – Topic 3.10
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.
Spine 2: Multiplication and Division – Topic 2.19
Video lessons on linking fractions, decimals and percentages for children in Years 5 and 6
Evaluation documents and a guidance video help schools decide on this year’s curriculum focus
National Curriculum resources for Fractions – Year 4
A lesson from 2015/16 led by Clare Christie, maths subject leader for the Ashley Down Schools Federation in Bristol
National Curriculum resources for Fractions – Year 5
National Curriculum resources for Fractions – Year 6
Core concept 2.1 offers guidance on developing understanding of the mathematical structures that underpin standard procedures for calculation with decimals, fractions and directed numbers.
Core concept 1.3 covers the conversion of decimals to fractions (and vice versa), ordering positive and negative integers, fractions and decimals, and the expression of numbers in standard form.
Spine 2: Multiplication and Division – Topic 2.29
National Curriculum resources for Multiplication and Division – Year 5
National Curriculum resources for Number and Place Value – Year 5
National Curriculum resources for Number – Key Stage 3
National Curriculum resources for Measurement – Year 6
National Curriculum resources for Addition and Subtraction – Year 5
National Curriculum resources for Addition and Subtraction – Year 4
National Curriculum resources for Measurement – Year 4
National Curriculum resources for Addition and Subtraction – Year 6
National Curriculum resources for Fractions – Year 3
National Curriculum resources for Geometry - properties of shapes – Year 4
Explore ideas for lockdown learning, remote teaching and online CPD
National Curriculum resources for Number and Place Value – Year 4
National Curriculum resources for Measurement – Year 5
National Curriculum resources for Multiplication and Division – Year 6
National Curriculum resources for Statistics – Year 5
National Curriculum resources for Geometry - properties of shapes – Year 3
Jenny Laurie, deputy head and maths teacher at a central London secondary school, talks about being one of the very earliest to adopt a teaching for mastery approach in maths
National Curriculum resources for Measurement – Year 3
National Curriculum resources for Algebra – Key Stage 3
Unit 8 – 7 weeks
Primary Mastery Specialists Faye Glendinning and Sam Shutkever take us through the gritty detail of their episodic lesson planning
National Curriculum resources for Multiplication and Division – Year 3
Prompts and reflections to support school leaders in thinking through what’s right for their context
Spine 2: Multiplication and Division – Topic 2.24
Unit 7 – 6 weeks
Discover what’s right for you, your department and your colleagues
National Curriculum resources for Number and Place Value – Year 6
Collaborative CPD sessions for maths departments or other groups of secondary teachers
Unit 5 – 4 weeks
Unit 9 - 2 weeks
How a secondary maths department includes everyone in the planning process and fosters shared learning
National Curriculum resources for Geometry and Measures – Key Stage 3
An interview with Louise George, headteacher of Walford Primary School
Guidance for some of the most useful representations for Key Stage 3 mathematics.
Find out about the implications and possible actions you may need to take
Two Secondary Mastery Specialists explain the benefits of mastery to them, their departments, and their students
Bringing a teaching for mastery lens to Oak’s financial education resources across the primary and secondary phases
We discover what it’s like to take part in the Primary Mastery Specialist Programme
Videos and resources for teaching Key Stage 3 maths topics
Practical tips from a secondary maths teacher
Spine 1: Number, Addition and Subtraction – Topic 1.23
We visit a school in Lancashire pioneering their use
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
National Curriculum resources for Statistics – Year 4
'Is there a relationship between maths, gender and learning? How might it be characterised?' Dr Eugenia Cheng shares her ideas.
Caroline Small shares her experience of the School Development Lead Programme and how it is developing her leadership across her school and trust
A secondary teacher talks about how success with KS5 online lessons has allowed his school to delay Y12 students' return
A secondary teacher discusses how he’s managed the change to teaching all-attainment groups in Key Stage 3
Develop mathematical subject knowledge and pedagogy
National Curriculum resources for Geometry - properties of shapes – Year 2
Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available
National Curriculum resources for Addition and Subtraction – Year 3
Two ECTs share their experiences
National Curriculum resources for Ratio and Proportion – Year 6
Prompts for teachers to draw out mathematical thinking in KS2 or KS3 pupils
Diagnostic maths activities to help teachers develop their assessment of students' prior learning for KS3
Self-audit questions for a teacher to assess confidence in the teaching of number in KS1 and KS2
Ensure Year 6 pupils have the understanding they need to progress by using our handpicked resources
Resources to accompany the CBeebies Numberblocks series, designed for parents to use at home with children
The Multiplicative Reasoning teaching units
New videos, PowerPoint slides and guidance documents provide ideas and resources for teaching KS3 topics
Charlie Stripp shares his thoughts on ‘Coordinating mathematical success’
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Discover how to use Representation and Structure – one of the Five Big Ideas in Teaching for Mastery – to improve maths teaching
A secondary Director of Maths reflects on how his experience of supporting students through the Grenfell tragedy has informed his current approach to teaching
An interview with Kieran Scanlon and Natasha Corrigan, senior leaders from Sir Robert Woodard Academy, Lancing, Sussex
Unit 1 – 6 weeks
A second in department shares her experiences of the new challenges that learning in lockdown has created, and how she and her school are overcoming them
A Year 6 teacher talks about the difficulty of engagement in remote learning in an area with a low socio-economic profile
Two examples of multi-academy trusts (MATs) successfully engaging with Maths Hubs and seeing maths performance rise
Teaching for mastery in mixed-age settings
Spine 1: Number, Addition and Subtraction – Topic 1.24
Ten tips for newcomers to the position
A maths lead tells his school's story
Learning in lockdown: support for teaching and learning from the NCETM, including new primary video lessons, plus support available from elsewhere, and more
An archive of all Secondary Round-ups and Magazines
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Self-audit questions for a teacher to assess confidence in the teaching of fractions in KS1 and KS2
Find out how three schools deliver maths through teaching for mastery, and why Ofsted liked what they saw
Successful implementation of Mastering Number has brought huge benefits to pupils in a mixed-age class
We find out why one of the country’s largest post-16 colleges has introduced Core Maths
How bespoke support enabled a primary school to achieve its best ever maths SATs results
How one school employed a primary teacher to help introduce mastery
We visit two very different primary schools, and learn about their reasons for choosing teaching for mastery and its impact
This article follows the concept of unitising through Years 1-6, also demonstrating effective curriculum sequencing
Article by Jenny Laurie, Deputy Head at The St Marylebone CE School, London
Evaluation documents and a guidance video help schools decide on this year’s curriculum focus
Explore ideas for lockdown learning, remote teaching and online CPD
Jenny Laurie, deputy head and maths teacher at a central London secondary school, talks about being one of the very earliest to adopt a teaching for mastery approach in maths
Primary Mastery Specialists Faye Glendinning and Sam Shutkever take us through the gritty detail of their episodic lesson planning
Discover what’s right for you, your department and your colleagues
How a secondary maths department includes everyone in the planning process and fosters shared learning
Find out about the implications and possible actions you may need to take
Two Secondary Mastery Specialists explain the benefits of mastery to them, their departments, and their students
Bringing a teaching for mastery lens to Oak’s financial education resources across the primary and secondary phases
We discover what it’s like to take part in the Primary Mastery Specialist Programme
Practical tips from a secondary maths teacher
We visit a school in Lancashire pioneering their use
Our latest Primary Round-up is now available
'Is there a relationship between maths, gender and learning? How might it be characterised?' Dr Eugenia Cheng shares her ideas.
Caroline Small shares her experience of the School Development Lead Programme and how it is developing her leadership across her school and trust
A secondary teacher talks about how success with KS5 online lessons has allowed his school to delay Y12 students' return
A secondary teacher discusses how he’s managed the change to teaching all-attainment groups in Key Stage 3
Our latest NCETM newsletter is now available
Two ECTs share their experiences
Prompts for teachers to draw out mathematical thinking in KS2 or KS3 pupils
Ensure Year 6 pupils have the understanding they need to progress by using our handpicked resources
New videos, PowerPoint slides and guidance documents provide ideas and resources for teaching KS3 topics
Charlie Stripp shares his thoughts on ‘Coordinating mathematical success’
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Discover how to use Representation and Structure – one of the Five Big Ideas in Teaching for Mastery – to improve maths teaching
A secondary Director of Maths reflects on how his experience of supporting students through the Grenfell tragedy has informed his current approach to teaching
A second in department shares her experiences of the new challenges that learning in lockdown has created, and how she and her school are overcoming them
A Year 6 teacher talks about the difficulty of engagement in remote learning in an area with a low socio-economic profile
Two examples of multi-academy trusts (MATs) successfully engaging with Maths Hubs and seeing maths performance rise
Ten tips for newcomers to the position
A maths lead tells his school's story
Learning in lockdown: support for teaching and learning from the NCETM, including new primary video lessons, plus support available from elsewhere, and more
An article from our Director, Charlie Stripp
Find out how three schools deliver maths through teaching for mastery, and why Ofsted liked what they saw
Successful implementation of Mastering Number has brought huge benefits to pupils in a mixed-age class
We find out why one of the country’s largest post-16 colleges has introduced Core Maths
How bespoke support enabled a primary school to achieve its best ever maths SATs results
How one school employed a primary teacher to help introduce mastery
We visit two very different primary schools, and learn about their reasons for choosing teaching for mastery and its impact
This article follows the concept of unitising through Years 1-6, also demonstrating effective curriculum sequencing
Article by Jenny Laurie, Deputy Head at The St Marylebone CE School, London
Unit 1 – 5 weeks
Unit 6 – 3 weeks
Spine 3: Fractions – Topic 3.10
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.
Spine 2: Multiplication and Division – Topic 2.19
Video lessons on linking fractions, decimals and percentages for children in Years 5 and 6
A lesson from 2015/16 led by Clare Christie, maths subject leader for the Ashley Down Schools Federation in Bristol
Core concept 2.1 offers guidance on developing understanding of the mathematical structures that underpin standard procedures for calculation with decimals, fractions and directed numbers.
Core concept 1.3 covers the conversion of decimals to fractions (and vice versa), ordering positive and negative integers, fractions and decimals, and the expression of numbers in standard form.
Spine 2: Multiplication and Division – Topic 2.29
Unit 8 – 7 weeks
Spine 2: Multiplication and Division – Topic 2.24
Unit 7 – 6 weeks
Collaborative CPD sessions for maths departments or other groups of secondary teachers
Unit 5 – 4 weeks
Unit 9 - 2 weeks
Guidance for some of the most useful representations for Key Stage 3 mathematics.
Videos and resources for teaching Key Stage 3 maths topics
Spine 1: Number, Addition and Subtraction – Topic 1.23
Diagnostic maths activities to help teachers develop their assessment of students' prior learning for KS3
Self-audit questions for a teacher to assess confidence in the teaching of number in KS1 and KS2
Resources to accompany the CBeebies Numberblocks series, designed for parents to use at home with children
Unit 1 – 6 weeks
Spine 1: Number, Addition and Subtraction – Topic 1.24
Self-audit questions for a teacher to assess confidence in the teaching of fractions in KS1 and KS2