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East Ayrshire Dyscalculia Awareness Session (Recorded Webinar)

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East Ayrshire Dyscalculia Awareness Session (Recorded Webinar)

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New Self-Evaluation Framework due to be published August/September 2025

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Multiplication Masters.  How Drongan Primary School developed conceptual understanding leading to procedural fluency in multiplication and division.

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Multiplication Masters - Drongan Primary School

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Multiplication Masters - Drongan Primary School

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Sway: Create and share interactive reports, presentations, personal stories, and more.

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Sway is an easy-to-use digital storytelling app for creating interactive reports, presentations, personal stories and more. Its built-in design engine helps you create professional designs in minutes. With Sway, your images, text, videos, and other multimedia all flow together in a way that enhances your story. Sway makes sure your creations look great on any screen.

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Education Scotland Early Career Teacher Professional Learning Modules (Primary)

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Education Scotland Early Career Teacher Professional Learning Modules (Primary)

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This programme aims to:

Raise awareness of approaches which enhance learner experiences in numeracy and mathematics.

Provide opportunities to reflect on current practice and plan for future development.

Highlight relevant research and links to further learning opportunities.

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Education Scotland Early Career Teachers Professional Learning Modules (Secondary)

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Education Scotland Early Career Teachers Professional Learning Modules (Secondary)

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This programme aims to:

Raise awareness of approaches which enhance learner experiences in numeracy and mathematics.

Provide opportunities to reflect on current practice and plan for future development.

Highlight relevant research and links to further learning opportunities.

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Education Scotland Professional Learning Resources - Documents

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Explore this resource

This package of professional learning resources aims to enhance knowledge and understanding of effective learning and teaching progression, whilst impacting positively on numeracy attainment. It includes the following resources:

Guidance document

Number and Number Processes

Fractions, Decimal Fractions and Percentages

Time

Data and Analysis

Ideas of Chance and Uncertainty

Money (New 2022)

Glossary

These resources, produced as part of the National Improvement Framework, aim to support schools and establishments to identify opportunities for targeted learning and enhance the effective teaching of numeracy concepts and associated skills. They also aim to help practitioners to:

identify methods for enhancing learners' progression and skills in numeracy and support application;

plan how to develop their own practice to ensure the progression of skills when teaching numeracy.

Within each document there is progressive guidance for each level from early through to fourth. Each level includes the following:

Effective learning and teaching approaches;

Things to consider;

Links to other curricular areas;

Reflective questions.

In addition to supporting practitioners to review and reflect on the current progress of their learners, this resource also supports practitioners to identify development themes required for the reinforcement of learning. Furthermore, this resource can support practitioners to review and reflect strengths and improvement areas within their own professional learning.

School leaders can use this resource to support curriculum development and improvement. Local authority leaders can use this resource to support consideration and enhancement of centrally provided professional learning offers to practitioners.

Downloads

Guidance documents
PDF file: Guidance document (510 KB)PDF file: Guidance document (Gaelic version)(480 KB)
Professional Learning resource documents
PDF file: Number and Number Processes (2.7 MB)PDF file: Number and Number Processes (Gaelic version) (3.2 MB)PDF file: Fractions, Decimal Fractions and Percentages (1.9 MB)PDF file: Fractions, Decimal Fractions and Percentages (Gaelic version) (2.2 MB)PDF file: Time (2.1 MB)PDF file: Time (Gaelic version)(2.2 MB)PDF file: Data and Analysis (1.8 MB)PDF file: Data and Analysis (Gaelic version)(2 MB)PDF file: Ideas of Chance and Uncertainty (652 KB)PDF file: Ideas of Chance and Uncertainty (Gaelic version) (900 KB)PDF file: Money (2.6 MB)
Money - Gaelic Version coming soon.

Sketchnotes
PDF file: Early Level Sketchnote - Number and Number Processes (267 KB)
Glossaries
PDF file: Glossary (436 KB)PDF file: Glossary (Gaelic version) (480 KB)PDF file: Numeracy Glossary (Gaelic version - alphabetical) (479 KB)

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This package of professional learning resources aims to enhance knowledge and understanding of effective learning and teaching progression, whilst impacting positively on numeracy attainment.

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National Numeracy - Family Maths Toolkit

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National Numeracy - Family Maths Toolkit

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Free resources to support family learning and engagement in numeracy/maths activities

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Find out about our Family Maths Toolkit resources and sign up to access them for free.

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Education Scotland Professional Learning and Research

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Education Scotland Professional Learning and Research

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SWEIC Embedding Assessment in Numeracy and Maths

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SWEIC Embedding Assessment in Numeracy and Maths

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Session 1 of the SWEIC Embedding Assessment in Numeracy and Maths CLPL

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Embedding Effective Assessment - Professional Learning

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This Sway captures the input provided by the SWEIC Maths Group on the 8th June 2022.

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How Schools are Taking Steps to Encourage Family Engagement Blog

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How Schools are Taking Steps to Encourage Family Engagement Blog

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What the research says about the best way to engage parents

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Research shows being welcoming, responsive and listening can create true learning partnerships and encourage family engagement.

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Numeracy Across Learning - Principles and Practice

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Numeracy Across Learning - Principles and Practice

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Multiplying Skills, Adding Value.  Numeracy and Mathematics Thematic Inspection Report

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Multiplying Skills, Adding Value.  Numeracy and Mathematics Thematic Inspection Report

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Sketch note Early Level - Number and Number Processes

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Sketch note Early Level - Number and Number Processes

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East Ayrshire Numeracy and Maths Planners

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East Ayrshire Numeracy and Maths Planners

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Education Scotland - Effective Questioning to Support Assessment in Numeracy and Mathematics

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Education Scotland - Effective Questioning to Support Assessment in Numeracy and Mathematics

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Effective questioning to support assessment in numeracy and mathematics

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Education Scotland is a Scottish Government executive agency responsible for supporting quality and improvement in Scottish education.

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Assessment in Numeracy and Maths (East Ayrshire)

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Assessment in Numeracy and Maths (East Ayrshire)

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Paper highlighting approaches to assessment in East Ayrshire establishments.

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4. ‘How to….’ Videos – East Ayrshire Numeracy and Mathematics

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We've split the curriculum up into a small number of areas - we call these 'spines' -

Spine 1: Number, Addition and Subtraction,

Spine 2: Multiplication and Division and

Spine 3: Fractions.

Each spine is composed of a number of segments, and we've provided a recommended teaching sequence for segments across the three spines.

An explanation of the structure of these materials, with guidance on how teachers can use them, is contained in a Getting Started video we've put together for you.

Unlike a textbook scheme they are not designed to be directly lifted and used as teaching materials. The materials can support teachers to develop their subject and pedagogical knowledge and so help to improve mathematics teaching in combination with other high-quality resources, such as textbooks.

You can find out how one primary school is using the materials in this article.

In addition to the materials themselves, we have also interviewed a range of teachers who have been using the materials, and they tell us how it is going.

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Primary materials that will assist you in your professional development and enable you to deliver teaching for mastery with confidence

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Materials that will assist you in your professional development and support you in teaching for mastery with confidence

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Maths resources for teachers | White Rose Maths

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Find the free maths schemes and all related teaching resources for each of the year groups. View our Maths resources from White Rose Maths.

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Based on the New Zealand Assessment Tool this assessment can be useful in determining progress within key numeracy concepts.

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Planning maths activities linked to the theme of a storybook has many benefits for teachers and learners at Early and First Level. The Maths Through Stories website contains a wide range resources and lesson ideas.

Planning frames have been created by SAC Numeracy teachers and teachers involved in the East Ayrshire 'Raising Attainment in Numeracy' training inputs to develop maths through the theme of a story book. These frames allows teachers to contextualise maths through activities linked to the storybook and 'bundle' E's and O's while planning numeracy and maths learning.

A full explanation of Maths Through Stories is available here:
Maths Through Stories Overview Video
A full selection of Maths Through Stories planning frames and resources are available through Glow by following this link:

Here is an example of a completed Maths Through Stories planning frame:
Goldilocks and the Three Bears Early Level
Child and Parent Maths Through Stories Activities

The planning frames have been developed by the SAC Numeracy team to provide parent and child friendly versions. These versions have been used by teachers to engage parents and children in numeracy and maths learning activities linked to the theme of a story. For more information and to access these resources follow this link:

Maths Through Stories Parent and Child Activity

California Early Math Project

The Early Math Project have collated book reviews and prompt questions for mathematics on their website:
Early Math Collaborative - Children's Literature

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Support for planning, learning and teaching within Early Level.

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Support for planning, learning and teaching within First Level.

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Support for planning, learning and teaching within Second Level

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Support for planning, learning and teaching within Second Level

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Education Scotland Professional Learning Resources - Videos

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Education Scotland Professional Learning Resources - Videos

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Professional Learning videos, resources and links to key documents in relation to the planning, learning, teaching, assessment and moderation cycle. Th blog includes links to the Education Scotland Moderation Hub

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Welcome to the East Ayrshire Planning, Learning, Teaching, Assessment and Moderation site

This site has been created to support practitioners in EA while engaging in the planning for learning, teaching, assessment and moderation cycle.

Here is a link to the session on Formative Assessment hosted by the NIF team at Education Scotland.

The East Ayrshire Planning, Assessment, Moderation and Reporting Framework provides guidance and support for East Ayrshire practitioners engaging in the planning, learning, teaching, assessment and moderation cycle in East Ayrshire schools.
East Ayrshire Planning, Assessment, Moderation and Reporting Framework 2021-22
A presentation delivered by Education Scotland colleagues from the NIF team and the Literacy and English Team. It provides an example and first and second level of what high quality assessment looks like in Literacy and English. Planning High Quality Assessments - Literacy

Digital Approach to Moderation in the BGE

Visit the Moderation Hub on Glow for information on a Digital Approach to Moderation in the BGE using Microsoft Teams and OneNote. The step by step process and moderation template aims to support collaboration of planning learning, teaching and assessment and review of learner evidence in the BGE.

Assessment within BGE 2020/21 (Update)

Education Scotland have published the following guidance building upon Assessment within BGE 2020/21 (June 2020). The guidance has been updated to reflect considerations for approaches to assessment in the current context as children and young people return to in-person learning.
Assessment within BGE 2020-21 (Update)
Assessment in Literacy and English and Numeracy and Maths in the BGE

The following papers have been produced to provide an overview of assessment in Numeracy and Maths and Literacy and English for the BGE.

These documents are intended to provide an overview of the different types of assessment you may wish to consider when measuring progress in numeracy and literacy.
Assessment of Literacy & English Assessment of Numeracy and Maths : Supporting Collaboration for Planning Learning, Teaching and Assessment Online Sessions
Monday 18th January - Early Level

Thursday 21st January - First Level

Monday 25th January - Second Level

Thursday 28th January - Secondary (BGE)

Given the change in circumstances and move to remote learning, we have consulted with practitioners who were due to co-present at the above sessions and have decided to cancel the event.

Although the sessions are cancelled, we will be publishing the Education Scotland presentation on the Moderation Hub during the week beginning Monday 18th January. We will also be working with practitioners to record their presentations and intend to share these on the Moderation Hub before the end of February.

We hope that sharing the presentations online will support practitioners when planning learning, teaching and assessment in the BGE. We also plan to provide opportunities for practitioners to collaborate and discuss approaches to learning, teaching and assessment both during the period of remote learning and upon return to school.

Practitioners have been informed of this change and participants will also be notified this morning.

Regards,

NIF Team

The NIF Team is hosting sessions for practitioners to hear a short input from Education Scotland relating to the Planning Learning, Teaching, Assessment and Moderation Cycle; Assessment in the BGE 2020/21 guidance and Assessment within the BGE: a thematic inspection. *
These sessions will also include practitioners from across Scotland sharing current approaches to planning learning, teaching and assessment in their establishments.
These include a focus on:
Early level - numeracy and STEM and play-based literacy skills

First Level - learner voice and a school's journey following inspection

Second level - planning across the four contexts and novel studies to develop higher order reading skills

Third level/Fourth Level - rubrics for providing feedback to learners

The second part of the session will provide opportunities for reflection and allow participants to share practice in smaller breakout discussions.

These sessions will take place via Microsoft Teams on Glow. Once participants sign up, they will automatically get an email sent to them with the Teams joining code.

Early Level 18th January 2021 4-5.30pm: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/early-level-supporting-collaboration-planning-learningteachingassessment-tickets-130373732343

First Level 21st January 2021 4-5.30pm: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/first-level-supporting-collaboration-planning-learningteachingassessment-tickets-130374099441

Second Level 25th January 2021 4-5.30pm: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/second-level-supporting-collaboration-planning-learningteachingassessment-tickets-130374161627

Secondary BGE 28th January 2021 4-5.30pm: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/second-level-supporting-collaboration-planning-teachingassessment-in-bge-tickets-130374835643

The sessions are open to any practitioner - including existing QAMSOs. To apply, click on the appropriate link and book a space on Eventbrite. Spaces are limited to 150 per session. This is open to practitioners across Scotland.
Please feel free to share with colleagues.

Documents mentioned:
Assessment in the broad general education 2020/21 | Learning resources | National Improvement Hub
Assessment within the broad general education: a thematic inspection | National Thematic Inspections | HM Chief Inspector Report | Inspection and review | What we do | Education Scotland

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East Ayrshire Council PLTA Professional Learning Site

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Welcome to the East Ayrshire Planning, Learning, Teaching, Assessment and Moderation site This site has been created to support practitioners in EA while engaging in the planning for learning, teaching, assessment and moderation cycle. Here is a link to the session on Formative Assessment hosted by the NIF team at Education Scotland.

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Sketch note First level - Number and Number Processes

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Sketch note First level - Number and Number Processes

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East Ayrshire Raising Attainment in Numeracy CLPL

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East Ayrshire Raising Attainment in Numeracy CLPL

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East Ayrshire's 'Raising Attainment in Numeracy' programme 2023-24
All of the SAC funded numeracy training has been adapted and recorded as webinars and is available through this East Ayrshire Numeracy and Maths Blog here:
Early Level Training First Level Training Second Level Training
There are currently 25 webinars, 8 themed sessions for each level (9 for Second Level) listed above with associated links to training materials, resources, links and sources of inspiration. It is the engagement in the webinars, training packs, resources, links and sources of inspiration that provides practitioners with support in developing teaching and learning across these themes.

The format of the training below provides a possible structure for Teacher Learning Communities (TLCs) within individual establishments. This can be adapted to link with improvement priorities in individual establishments.

To access the recordings and resources participants must join the East Ayrshire Raising Attainment in Numeracy Training MS Team.
Training Outline 2023-24

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2. Raising Attainment in Numeracy Programme 2023-24 - East Ayrshire Numeracy and Mathematics

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East Ayrshire's 'Raising Attainment in Numeracy' programme 2023-24 All of the SAC funded numeracy training has been adapted and recorded as webinars and is available through this East Ayrshire Numeracy and Maths Blog here: Early Level Training First Level Training Second Level Training There are currently 25 webinars, 8 themed sessions for each level (9 for Second Level) listed above with associated links to training materials, resources, links and sources of inspiration.

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A range of professional development resources to support planning, learning, teaching and assessment in numeracy and maths.

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Discover ways to develop your practice and pedagogy, and that of your school or department

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EEF Improving Mathematics (3 to 7 year Olds)

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EEF Improving Mathematics (3 to 7 year Olds)

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at registration and snack time – to familiarise children with maths language and make the most of the school day.  it also highlights that story and picture books can be a powerful tool for engaging children with basic maths concepts

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while board games (such as snakes and ladders) are particularly beneficial to developing understanding of numbers.  based on the best available international research – and drawing on the expertise of teachers and academics – this report is packed with examples and case studies to support practitioners.

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Improving Mathematics in the Early Years and Key Stage 1

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Five recommendations to support practitioners in developing the maths skills of 3-7 year-olds

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We have loads of fun and free activities, events and resources to help children feel good about numbers, including...

Get dancing with BBC CBeebies Numberblocks and Strictly's Katya Jones

Free livestream event for kids at 9.30am on Wed 17 May

Bobby Seagull's Number Heroes competition

Rachel Riley's confidence tips for kids

And loads more rapping, baking and counting fun! Take a look...

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NCETM Early Years Professional Development Resources

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NCETM Early Years Professional Development Resources

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Early Years materials designed to support Reception teachers (those working with 4-5 year olds)

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Sketch note Second Level - Number and Number Processes

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Sketch note Second Level - Number and Number Processes

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Learning Trajectories - Early Maths - Birth to Age 8

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Learning Trajectories - Early Maths - Birth to Age 8

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Self Evaluation Tools for East Ayrshire HTs and Numeracy/Maths Leads

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Self Evaluation Tools for East Ayrshire HTs and Numeracy/Maths Leads

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A selection of tools to support self evaluation and improvement in relation to numeracy and mathematics developments.

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Resources and sources of inspiration to support planning, learning and teaching of numeracy and mathematics across Early Level

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Erikson Institute Early Math Collaborative

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Our set of Big Ideas map the key math concepts young children need to explore between the ages of 3 and 6. Big Ideas are foundational to lifelong mathematical thinking and can guide teaching and learning in the early childhood years. They are organized by topic here and in our book, Big Ideas of Early Mathematics: What Teachers of Young Children Need to Know. Learning early mathematics means opportunities to play around with and talk about big math ideas.

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Here are the Big Ideas when teaching and learning mathematics in the early years. Topics such as number sense, measurement, sets and patterns.

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Five Ways to Use Diagnostic Assessment in Mathematics

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Five Ways to Use Diagnostic Assessment in Mathematics

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When we think of ​'assessment' in mathematics, it can bring to mind exam halls full of nervous teenagers sat at distanced desks, classrooms of pupils sat in silence while working through a written task, and that sinking feeling we remember from school when faced with a question we just couldn't tackle.

But often we don't need the formality of a written assessment - and the associated marking that goes with it - to provide us with the information we seek. Indeed, GCSE and SATs mathematics papers are not composed with ​'next steps' in mind, being a tool designed to summarise a pupil's learning rather than add to it.

Diagnostic assessment strategies provide frequent, quick opportunities for us to reflect on our pupils' thinking, strengths, and weaknesses: interpreted with skill, they can give useful insights into pupil learning and the next steps we should take as teachers.

Five ways to use diagnostic assessment in the mathematics classroom

Hinge questions

These are multiple-choice questions which provide an immediate check of initial understanding and, when well designed, have wrong answers based upon common misconceptions. Rich discussion opportunities can follow ("What mistake might a pupil have made if they had chosen Answer A?"). Craig Barton's ​'Diagnostic Questions' website is a good source of these, and Ben Gordon at Montgomery Academy in Blackpool has detailed his team's approach to using these in this EEF case study.

Quizzing

Low-stakes retrieval activities provide a quick way of checking understanding prior to attempting more complex tasks. These could be four quick questions at the start of a lesson (perhaps from last lesson, last week, last term, and last year - such as these ones from ​'Maths Bot'), or simply targeted verbal questions.

Mini whiteboards

A staple of most mathematics classrooms, these can provide a quick way of assessing immediate understanding of the class at a glance. Combined with hinge questions, targeted questioning, or other strategies they are a simple yet effective tool. The key is in using them well, and Tom Sherrington blogs here with some tips for maximizing their impact.

Questioning

The questions we ask in lessons can provide us with rich information about the level of pupils' understanding and can be a very powerful diagnostic tool when used effectively. ​"Give me an example of...", ​"Which is the odd-one-out and why?", ​"Is this always, sometimes, or never true?" are all example of question stems which can provide useful information to teachers - more can be found in the excellent publication, ​'Thinkers', from the Association of Teachers of Mathematics.

Online question banks

During the pandemic, many schools have invested time or money in implementing the use of software packages which include built-in assessment opportunities. Many of these can be used to provide information about pupils' understanding of a particular mathematical skill (such as expanding a double bracket) and may give teachers pointers as to which questions their pupils are struggling with (for example, brackets with the ​'x' term at the end, or brackets containing two negative values).

Next steps?

Regardless of what form diagnostic assessment takes, it is important that we consider why we are conducting it, what information the assessment is being designed to produce, and how this information will inform our subsequent decision making

With the information diagnostic assessments provide, we might:

decide to adjust the level of challenge of our lesson activities;

reteach specific concepts or topics to the whole class or to small groups within the class;

adjust our curriculum content in the medium or long term to prioritise certain topics;

address mathematical misconceptions which are causing issues;

decide which pupils may need additional, targeted academic support (such as tutoring).

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EEF Blog: Five ways to use diagnostic assessment in the mathematics...

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When we think of ​'assessment' in mathematics, it can bring to mind exam halls full of nervous teenagers sat at distanced desks, classrooms of pupils sat in silence while working through a written task, and that sinking feeling we remember from school when faced with a question we just couldn't tackle.

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East Ayrshire Professional Learning Webinars (Videos)

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East Ayrshire Professional Learning Webinars (Videos)

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A range of professional learning that has been recorded which can be accessed any time, any place.

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5. East Ayrshire Professional Learning Webinars (Recorded) – East Ayrshire Numeracy and Mathematics

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In addition to the range of universal professional development opportunities available throughout session 2022-23, there is range of professional learning that has been recorded which can be accessed any time, any place.

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Blog by Chris McGrane containing a range of resources and sources of inspiration to support planning, learning, teaching and assessment in numeracy and maths.

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Building Fluency, 3 Act Tasks, Progression Videos, Fresh Ideas

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Steve Wyborney\\\'s Blog: I\\\'m on a Learning Mission.

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Steve Wyborney's Blog: I'm on a Learning Mission

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Steve Wyborney is on a learning mission to spread math joy to classrooms everywhere! On this blog you'll find math resources for teachers and for kids of all ages.

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A fantastic source of tasks and activities compiled by Jo Morgan

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Resourceaholic - free resources and ideas for teaching secondary school maths

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High quality tasks and activities to promote mathematical thinking

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Unfortunately, my father Don Steward passed away from Covid-19 on 3rd May 2020.

Throughout his working life he was passionate about improving the teaching of mathematics and has requested that all of his work remains freely available.

As per his wishes, I have uploaded all of his work to this Blog in the pages section which contains links to google drive where slides and presentations can be downloaded for free.

Don has also requested that those who use his work make a discretionary donation to charities supporting education in Africa.

We have set up a Justgiving fundraising page to support this wish below:
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/jessesteward

Many thanks for all of the kind messages we have received which are of great comfort to myself and the family.

Kind regards,

Jess

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ideas and resources for mathematics teachers of 10 to 16 year olds

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Enriching mathematics for all learners

A free-to-use collection of mathematics activities, lessons and problems designed to nurture curious, resourceful and confident learners of mathematics. Produced by The University of Cambridge.

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The Nrich Maths Project Cambridge,England. Mathematics resources for children,parents and teachers to enrich learning. Problems,children's solutions,interactivities,games,articles.

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Raising Attainment in Numeracy and Mathematics MS Team

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Raising Attainment in Numeracy and Mathematics MS Team

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East Ayrshire MS Team hosting professional learning resources and webinars.

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This section provides information and links to help parents, families and children enjoy maths activities together.

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This section provides information and links to help parents, families and children enjoy maths activities together.

East Ayrshire Parental Engagement Pack
East Ayrshire Parental Engagement Pack - Numeracy
The East Ayrshire SAC team developed a parental engagement pack with a range of activities to support family learning in numeracy and maths

Maths Through Stories Family Activities

The SAC Numeracy Team have developed a range of activities for parents and children linked to the theme of a story. The activities provide an opportunity investigate the maths within and based on the theme of a story.
Maths in the Outdoors
Maths Through Stories Parent and Child Activity
Outdoor Maths Activities for Parents and Children
The following link provides ideas for parents to engage children in maths activity when in the outdoors:

East Ayrshire Home Learning Hub

East Ayrshire Home Learning Hub has been developed by the Families and Communities team to support family learning across the curriculum. You will find links to numeracy activities here.
Family Literacy and Youth Literacy Video Links
Family Literacy and Youth Literacy Videos

The East Ayrshire Family and Youth Literacy Team have created a number of videos showcasing some great ideas used by the team to engage families in numeracy and literacy learning.

Numeracy Strategies for Parents
Numeracy Strategies for Parents/Carers
The link below takes you to a series of videos have been created to share some of the approaches to teaching and learning in numeracy, calculation strategies and terminology currently being developed across schools in East Ayrshire.

The National Numeracy website have developed a Family Maths Toolkit to support family learning in numeracy and maths. There are a range of activities here with a focus on where maths can be found in everyday life.
Learning Together Sessions
Education Scotland have provided support for parents and carers in numeracy and mathematics in their Scotland Learns - Numeracy and Mathematics site.

The videos provide support for parents and carers supporting their childrens learning in numeracy and mathematics.

The Parentzone - supporting numeracy site provides a number of links and activities to support family learning in numeracy.
NRICH Solving Together
The National Centre in the Teaching of Mathematics have created a site Support for Parents and Carers Helping Children with Maths This site provides links to activities and lessons.
Erikson Early Math - Family Maths
Solving Together is an exciting project, funded by Nesta and Tata, which aims to promote parental engagement with mathematics. This project focuses on family-friendly homework activities for age 11-12 students. We suggest that parents/carers and their children work together on one activity each week, over a six week period. Parents and carers may wish to watch the Guidance for Parents video before trying out the activities with children.
The Guidance for Teachers explains the thinking behind this project, and offers suggestions for how to follow up the homework activities in class.
Maths Snacks Videos
The Erikson Early Math Collaborative have provided links to resources and activities to support family learning focussed on early level numeracy and maths. A great site for supporting Early Level maths development.

ATM experts are sharing ideas through Maths Snacks videos, to support children and parents whilst children are away from school for whatever reason. The videos are a mix of tasks, puzzles, challenges and games; selected to support and enrich mathematics taught at school.
Many videos can be accessed by very young children, with a little bit of adult support, and all are relevant to pupils across the school age range. There's hardly ever a single right answer and there are many ways of working on tasks. The videos are designed to entice and to focus on working in the ways mathematicians do; such as exploring situations, looking for patterns and rules, asking questions and seeking answers, and trying out and testing ideas.

Kentucky Family Math is a site dedicated to supporting family learning in maths and has a range of activities that are engaging for parents, carers and children.

Bedtime Math is an app that provides daily maths activities linked to a bedtime story. A lovely way for parents, carers and children to develop literacy and numeracy skills together.

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This section provides information and links to help parents, families and children enjoy maths activities together. East Ayrshire Parental Engagement Pack East Ayrshire Parental Engagement Pack - Numeracy The East Ayrshire SAC team developed a parental engagement pack with a range of activities to support family learning in numeracy and maths Maths Through Stories Family Activities The SAC Numeracy Team have developed a range of activities for parents and children linked to the theme of a story.

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EEF Improving Mathematics (7 to 14 year olds)

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EEF Improving Mathematics (7 to 14 year olds)

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Improving Mathematics in Key Stages 2 and 3

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Eight recommendations to improve outcomes in maths for 7-14 year olds

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LOST/SAC Outdoor Learning Planning Frames - Numeracy and Maths

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LOST/SAC Outdoor Learning Planning Frames - Numeracy and Maths

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Outdoor Learning Maths Planning Frames

The East Ayrshire SAC Numeracy Team and LOST have collaborated to create outdoor learning planning tools to support the planning of numeracy and maths learning in the outdoors for Early, First and Second Level.

The planners are based around different themes, including Daily Walks, Trees, Sport and Weather. The link below take you to a selection of the planning frames developed to date:

Here is an example of one of the planning frames for outdoor learning:
Outdoor Learning Early Level At the Park Planner Teacher
The following document was created to support the development of maths in the outdoors providing ideas for outdoor learning zones and equipment ideas:
Outdoor Learning Zone and Equipment Ideas
The following link provides ideas for parents when in the outdoors:
Outdoor Maths Activities - Parent planner Useful Websites
The following websites and blogs will provide you with sources of inspiration when planning Numeracy and Mathematics activities through Outdoor Learning.
East Ayrshire LOST - Learning Outdoors Support Team Blog https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ea/learningoutdoorssupportteam/
Sign up to receive the LOST weekly newsletter containing Literacy, Numeracy and HWB Outdoor Learning ideas.
CPD
Recorded Education Scotland Webinar - Learning and Teaching Numeracy and Maths Outdoors (around 50 min long and full of useful information)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyzhJn_M6DU Juliette Robertson website for support in developing your space and resources https://creativestarlearning.co.uk/ Learning Through Landscapes
https://www.ltl.org.uk/free-resources/ will take you to the search tool by stage and curricular area.
Sustainable Learning https://www.sustainablelearning.com/resource/outdoor-maths RHS Gardening Campaign https://schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk/resources/activity/estimating-environments Signposts for Global Citizenship http://www.signpostsglobalcitizenship.org/curriculum-area/numeracy Woodland Trust https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/support-us/act/your-school/resources/ Woodland Trust Investigating Leaves https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/media/48345/leaf-id-sheet.pdf Play of the Wild https://playofthewild.com/2020/08/19/outdoor-maths-activities-ks1-maths-outdoor-learning/ Citizen Science
The WOW data base from the Met Office was mentioned in the Weather planner
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/met-office-for-schools/other-content/other-resources/are-you-obsessed-with-the-weather
TCV keeps an updated record of current Citizen Science projects (lots of information handling, measure etc.)
https://www.tcv.org.uk/scotland/discover/citizen-science/
There is also a bank of surveys from the OPAL project. OPAL is a project that is no longer live so you can't upload to a national data base but the materials are excellent and very user friendly. Good for school and local area surveys.
Tree measuring
https://www.owlscotland.org/images/uploads/resources/files/TreeMeasuring2018.web3.pdf Great resource especially for 2nd level and up.
Other useful blogs Learning Outside the Classroom https://learningoutsidetheclassroomblog.org/2019/04/17/9-ways-to-take-your-maths-lessons-outside/
Maths Trails

The LOST Team have developed Maths Trails. Maths Trails are a fun and engaging way to use and learn maths skills outdoors. They can be used to apply and enhance learning in different contexts and to make numeracy and maths learning relevant by linking it to real life and demonstrating maths in the world around us. For teachers, this means that the activities can be amended to meet different learner needs and can be used to focus on a variety of Experiences and Outcomes within the the MNU Curriculum. Maths Trails are therefore suitable for learners working at Early Level and beyond and can be completed in school grounds or further afield. You can find out more on their Maths Trails page, where they have example trails for each level and even some ready made for East Ayrshire schools.

The LOST team have developed a range of outdoor learning maths activities across Second Level . They can be found here:

Second Level (Primary 5, 6 and 7) Numeracy and Maths Learning Activities

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Outdoor Learning Maths Planning Frames The East Ayrshire SAC Numeracy Team and LOST have collaborated to create outdoor learning planning tools to support the planning of numeracy and maths learning in the outdoors for Early, First and Second Level. The planners are based around different themes, including Daily Walks, Trees, Sport and Weather.

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East Ayrshire Numeracy and Maths Policy and Priorities 2026-27

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East Ayrshire Numeracy and Maths Policy and Priorities 2026-27

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Microsoft Education site developed to support learning and teaching within the Minecraft platform.

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Help students learn math essentials with Minecraft Education. From units of measurement to basic arithmetic, geometry, and algebra, Minecraft Education has lessons to engage your math learners.

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Microsoft Education site developed to support learning and teaching within the Minecraft platform.

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Help students learn math essentials with Minecraft Education. From units of measurement to basic arithmetic, geometry, and algebra, Minecraft Education has lessons to engage your math learners.

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View the interactive image by ES Numeracy and Mathematics

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Children at risk of mathematical difficulties

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Background and Evidence Paper CIC – Background and Evidence Paper – Numeracy and Mathematics – November 2025Download Maths and Numeracy Posts