Work for the NEHS Maths Hub

It has been a pleasure leading workgroups for the NEHS MathsHub and also sharing my experience through presentations with other LLMEs.

Always nice to get such positive feedback.

 

Presenting at the Joint Mathematics Conference in Warwick

 Full house for our session at the Joint Mathematical Associations Conference in Warwick.

Build It, Say It, Write It session with all phases represented - Teachers, TAs, ECTs, Advisers and University specialists.

Delighted with so much positive feedback - Great session Pip thanks, definitely something to take back to school.

Supporting a school in Special Measures

Implementing whole school developments

'Full on' day working with the mathematics department @HighSouthchurch

Team building and team planning - sharing ideas, establishing 'non negotiables' and high expectations. Inclusive for all children.

 Looking forward to seeing impact and progress on my next visit

Teaching for Understanding

Presenting at the London South East Plus Maths Hub LLME Day - January 2023

 

Very happy to received such positive responses from London teachers and consultants to my presentation on Teaching for Understanding.

The only resource that schools would need to purchase was the bead string - and most schools have these.

Key is subject knowledge and also being confident that a question you ask informs you of the child's current understanding.

 

Use of manipulatives in the Build it Say it Model at PiXL Conference

 

Great to meet so many Headteachers and Subject Leaders at the PiXL Primary Network Conference in York.

Developing thinking teachers

Delighted to present at the Sussex Maths Hub LLME Day - 21st November 2022

 

"To develop thinking children we need thinking teachers"

A great opportunity to share and expand the subject knowledge and pedagogies that develop thinking children. 'Build- it, Say-it, Write-it'.

Starting with - How do we know how many edges there are on a circle?

Do all teachers have the subject knowledge to reason and if not how will be address this problem?

Reasoning and problem solving is a key mathematical skill we want children to develop - teachers need the opportunity to practise this themselves.

Children need the opportunity to work with tasks that encourage the development of mental images that support recall and help develop reasoning skills - this can be done through the use of manipulatives. 

Launch of Grid Algebra at Loughborough University Centre for Mathematical Cognition

Available for free here

A pleasure to be invited to share my experience of using Grid Algebra as one of the presenters at the official launch.

Supporting children to understand the underlying structure of number as it is developed into algebra.  Making a difference so the fear that many have of algebra is dismissed.

Giving children the opportunity to 

• 'Play with ideas' - exploring their own ideas and that of others
• Compare and contrast
• Making conjectures
• Generalise
• Communicate - using mathematical language
• Reason and developing insight
• Learning that can be applied/used in other contexts

Short online seminars can be provided for schools wanting to learn how to introduce/develop the use of Grid Algebra at their school - contact pip@accomplisheducation.com