Improving the Teaching of Mathematics in Year 5 and 6 15.1.25
Improving the Teaching of Mathematics in Year 5 and 6
Audience: Primary
Single session
Primary School Improvement Training Package
Key Stage 2
Brief Overview
In the Education Endowment Foundations Guidance for Mathematics in Key Stage 2 and 3 it discusses how teachers need to emphasise the many connections between mathematical facts, procedures, and concepts. This often becomes an issue in Year 5 and 6, where pupils are building upon their existing knowledge gained in Key Stage 2 and become reliant of procedural and formal methods. Without this deep conceptual understanding, pupils may gain misconceptions which will disrupt their leaning into Secondary School.
This course will explore key concepts from the National Curriculum for Maths, using manipulatives to deepen and develop understanding of mathematical ideas within the year group Programme of Study. A range of activities and resources will be shared that develop children's ability to reason and communicate their mathematical knowledge and understanding.
Learning Outcomes
To ensure that teachers have a full understanding of the aims of the National Curriculum for their year group(s).
Gain awareness of the representations, including Bar Modelling and manipulatives, that can be used to support learning.
Recognise possible misconceptions and how to address these.
To explore a range of high quality teaching opportunities linked to each aspect of mathematics, and know where to find such tasks and how to recognise a good learning resource.