Using Power Maths flexibly in KS1
This blog provides some tips for KS1 teachers, although a lot of the ideas can be applied throughout Y1-6.
Digital maths learning
Here to support you
Developed by Pearson and the wider Power of Maths community, here are some free expert blogs, resources and links to support you on your digital maths journeys as you navigate COVID-19 and beyond.
We want to share your maths tips and solutions too. If there's anything you're doing in your school that could help others, tag us on Twitter @PearsonSchools with the hashtag #PowerOfMaths and we'll help share this far and wide.
Pearson Primary tips
Simon Holden-White, Senior Product Manager in the Primary Maths team at Pearson, reflects on the new research into teacher’s views on maths education amidst COVID-19 and shares some top tips for primary schools when teaching maths remotely this lockdown and beyond.
Pearson Secondary tips
Pearson Maths Advisers, Mark and Nicola, combine their 28 years of teaching experience to offer 10 tips and considerations for secondary teachers when it comes to teaching maths remotely.
Tips from NRICH
The NRICH Primary Team understand the challenges of teaching maths remotely. In this blog, they share their top tips for primary teachers when it comes to remote maths teaching and learning.
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Ploys for Boys – with Girls Allowed! How to get boys reading (or even reading more) - Alec Williams
"Boys do read - sometimes more than girls. They just don't talk about it as much, or pretend they're reading, as some girls do, to keep you happy!" The authentic voice of real-life experience from leading school librarian Eileen Armstrong, with whom I collaborated to produce the government-backed ‘Boys into Books’ initiative back in 2007. Is the issue of boys’ reading still ‘a thing’, 14 years on?
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Power Maths assessment: updates on ‘all schools average’ data for Autumn term 2021
As we come up to half term, will you be assessing children using the half-termly Power Maths Progress Tests? Don’t forget that you can enter scores into the online Markbook to track and analyse results against age-related expectations.
