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Spring Courses:

Key ideas in KS2

half day course

Exeter March 2nd

Subject Leaders

half day courses

Torrington Feb 22nd

Tiverton March 2nd

Buckfastleigh March 2nd

Exeter March 9th

Summer Courses:

From Counting to Calculating

Training in the maths intervention programme for Y2-4

3 full days and 2 half days

Torrington starts April 20th

Exeter starts April 20th

Making Games Count

full day course

Exeter June 14th

Using Images to Extend Reasoning in KS2

half day course

Torrington June 20th

Numicon: an image

of number

half day course

Torrington June 20th

Key ideas in KS1

half day course

Exeter June 27th

Rich Mathematical Tasks

Tiverton Hotel June 21st

This course is aimed at KS3/4 but if you are interested in providing exciting experiences for your most able or would like to explore mathematical ideas within the KS3/4 curriculum for your own CPD this may be the course for you.

Subject Leaders

dates to be confirmed

All of these courses can be run for schools, clusters of schools and learning communities. For further details please contact

Ruth Trundley

Primary Maths Adviser:

ruth.trundley@devon.gov.uk

Mathematics possesses not only truth, but some supreme beauty...A beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture

Bertrand Russell

Whoever despises the high wisdom of mathematics nourishes himself on delusion

Leonardo da Vinci

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
Muhammad Ali

Maths and Art

"The maths and mathematical language involved was great! It was also an activity that allowed for lots of differentiation as some children were simply challenged by measuring accurately, while others worked with fractions and others in percentages."

Wendy Evans,

maths subject leader, Chittlehampton Primary School, on using straws and nodes in her mixed age class.

maths and art page

Devon is an Every Child Counts Authority supporting the Numbers Count programme; for more details click here

If you discover any problems with the primary maths pages, please contact Ruth Trundley by e-mail:ruth.trundley@devon.gov.uk

February Facts
"From Counting to Calculating"
A new maths intervention programme for Y2-4 developed in Devon
From counting to calculating is a new intervention programme for maths that is intended for children who lie just above the bottom 5% in Y2 and for children in Y3 and Y4 who are working significantly behind age related expectations. The programme has been developed over a period of 18 months and is based on in-school action research on key understandings in mathematics and how to address misconceptions and gaps in understanding. The training and materials have been piloted by over 60 teaching assistants in Devon, working with children from Y1 to Y6, and the programme is aligned with the principles underpinning Numbers Count.

From counting to calculating is a ten week programme based on maths objectives taken from the Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 curriculum that focus on key aspects of mathematical understanding related to additive reasoning. The programme can be run by a teaching assistant or a teacher and is intended for use with threes, pairs or one to one. Running the programme requires training; three and a half days in the first term and a half day in the second term with an opportunity to join a network for further support.

Participants need to be timetabled to run the programme, during the training term, with at least one group of children for three sessions a week. As the programme involves tailoring the sessions to meet the specific needs of the children, time for planning and preparation are crucial and we recommend that three hours a week are allocated for running the programme for each group.

Training in this new programme is available during the summer term as follows:

Bluecoats Children’s Centre, Torrington – Starting April 20th
(Full dates April 20th, May 1st, May 23rd, July 9th (half day), October (half day))

Great Moor House, Exeter – Starting April 20th
(Full dates April 20th, May 2nd, May 24th, July 11th (half day), October (half day))

Cost: £375 for the first TA and £275 for a second TA
Additional TAs will be charged in the same way (a third would cost £375 with a fourth being £275) Please book through CPD online

Each teaching assistant attending the training will receive a copy of the intervention materials.

If you are interested in purchasing the training for your school or cluster of schools, please contact Ruth Trundley, Primary Maths Adviser, for further information: ruth.trundley@devon.gov.uk

Engaging with the wider maths education community through National Conferences
National conferences provide opportunities for teachers and maths educators to come together, share ideas and consider new perspectives.

The Association of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM) have their annual conference in Swansea from April 2^nd to 5^th; further information can be found by clicking here.

The 4th National Dyscalculia and Maths Learning Difficulties conference is being held on June 28^thin London; further information can be found by clicking here.

Both conferences are a mix of key note speakers and workshops and will provide rich CPD experiences.

Changes to National Curriculum Review Timetable
Michael Gove has announced that he has decided to change the planned timetable for the introduction of the new National Curriculum to allow for more radical reform of both curriculum and qualifications. "The recommendations of the Expert Panel are far-reaching and complex, and the Secretary of State has decided that additional time should be built in to the review timetable so that these recommendations, and the implications of the international evidence for individual subjects, can be fully debated and considered before final decisions are taken.

Instead of new curricula for English, mathematics, science and PE being introduced from 2013 - and any other subjects in 2014 - the new curriculum for all subjects will now be introduced in 2014."

The National Curriculum Review page can be found here.

Michael Gove's statement on the update is here.

You can read the final report from the Expert Panel here.

New Publications

These new publications are available to purchase; click on one of the titles above to transfer to the Devon LDP shop. One copy of each of these books is being made available free to every Devon maintained school. Mind the Gap and Maths Outside the Classroom were distributed at the subject leader meetings during the autumn term. Devon schools who did not attend the meetings can arrange to collect their copies by contacting Lee Budd before February half term; please contact him on 01392 384311 or by e-mail lee.budd@devon.gov.uk. He can arrange for the books to be collected from the following locations:

Great Moor House, Exeter
North Devon Civic Centre, Barnstaple
Bluecoats Children's Centre, Torrington

Copies of Story Maths will be made available at the subject leader meetings this term.

Maths Moderation Materials
Materials to support moderation, as part of ongoing professional development, have been added to the website. These materials were developed in Devon and support moderating level 1/2, level 2/3, level 3/4 and level 4/5. To access the materials click here.


	Support for schools In this folder you can find details of how to access adviser support.


	Resources This folder contains resources to support the teaching of maths.


	Assessment This folder contains assessment advice. It includes materials to support APP and SATs/QCA analysis.


	Primary Mathematics Framework This folder contains our planning advice, medium term plans for single and mixed age classes, a copy of 1999 framework and supporting materials.


	Every Child Counts This folder contains information about the Numbers Count programme


	From counting to calculating Resources used as part of 'From counting to calculating: a maths intervention programme for Y2-4'


	Inclusion This folder contains the current advice on SEN and More Able. Here are resources and links to help support this provision.


	Index This folder displays the content of the maths part of the website.

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