The 7 Essential Features of Every Maths Mastery Approach
Teaching new material to students that haven’t grasped the fundamentals is a recipe for disaster. Yet that was what traditional teaching methods almost always encountered. This blog describes what a maths mastery approach is and the 7 essential features of teaching using a maths mastery approach.
Multiplying Fractions: How to Do Them & How to Teach Them Easily
Table of Contents Multiplying Fractions: How to Do Them & How to Teach Them Easily Fractions is one of those subject areas that takes time and hard work to grasp. Sometimes quite counter- intuitive and sometimes taught via methods to be blindly followed, fractions can worry both students and teachers. But worry not! They do […]
Times Table Speed Test – Free for Your School
What is the the Times Table Speed Test? Our times table speed test mimics the Department for Education’s new Year 4 Multiplication Table Check (MTC). The MTC is an online check (there is no paper version) completed during a three week period in June, by pupils in year 4. The school can decide what device type – […]
Subitizing Resources
This is a copy of a blog about Subitizing by and with the kind permission of Ian Addison. More of the Ian’s blogs can be read here: http://ianaddison.net/subitizing-resources/ You may not have heard of subitizing, I hadn’t until approximately 18 months ago but bear with me for a few minutes and I’ll explain. There is a […]
Free Multiplication Tables Check Resources for Your School – A Halloween TREAT! –
We like making teachers’ lives easier. And with this in mind we have created a load of MTC resources ahead of the new test coming in June. A FREE online resource that mimics the test so children can become comfortable with the interface and layout. A FREE app that also mimics the DfE test for […]
Maths Vocab for Year 1
We’ve pulled out the below vocabulary from the maths national curriculum. We hope you find it useful! We’ll be doing this for other years in the coming weeks. Download as Word doc Download as Wordcloud Addition AddMoreSumTotalDoubleHalfHalveSubtractTake awayDifference betweenEqualsNumber bondsNumber pairsMissing number Fractions FractionEqualGrouping Sharing parts of a wholeHalf is one of two equal partsQuarter […]
MTC Infographic – Everything you Need to Know about the Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check
Click here to Download the Infographic Please feel free to share our Infographic as long as you include a link to our website – https://emile-education.com Letter for Parents Explaining the MTC. We have drafted a letter suitable for teachers to amend and send home to their parents. Download Letter MTC Worksheets We have generated a […]
Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) Letter for Parents
Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) Letter for Parents Below is a suggested letter that can be sent out to parents describing and reassuring them about the Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check. Please download and amend to fit your school, pupils, and parents. Download as a PDF This is a suggested letter and should be amended by […]
The Year 7 Literacy and Numeracy Catch-Up Premium
What is the Year 7 Literacy and Numeracy Catch-Up Premium? The Year 7 Literacy and Numeracy Catch-up Premium gives schools additional funding to support Year 7 pupils who did not achieve the expected standard (a scaled score of 100) in reading and/or maths at the end of primary school. What does a School Need to […]
Maths Mastery in China by Someone from China
As a result of the PISA tables, China & Singapore are regarded as leading countries for teaching mathematics. The “Maths Mastery” approach introduced to UK schools over the last decade is the UK’s attempt to mimic the Far Eastern approach to teaching mathematics. However, what makes the Maths Mastery approach work in China? A short […]
