WORK GROUPS Now Open For Bookings
Specialist knowledge for teaching of mathematics WORK GROUPS now that the new term is fully underway, we are delighted to announce that bookings have opened for the first of our SKTM Work Groups for 2024/25.
There are seven SKTMs in total: five SKTMs across Early Years & Primary and two in Secondary.
All of these Work Groups are fully funded by the Maths Hub Programme and so are free to participating schools SKTM: Early Years Teachers this programme is designed for individuals who would like to develop their specialist knowledge for teaching maths to three-to five-year-olds.
This may be particularly relevant for teachers that have moved phases or have not received maths-specific training. It is designed to improve the subject knowledge and pedagogical knowledge for all practitioners teaching and supporting the learning of early maths.
Bookings are now open for the Berkshire and Oxfordshire cohorts of this Work Group, with a Buckinghamshire cohort to come later. You can book your place online via our website.
SKTM: Primary Early Career Teacher, Phase 1 Communities in this project are for those identified as early career teachers - teachers in their first or second year of teaching.
This Work Group will enable participants to develop subject knowledge for the teaching of mastery with a particular focus on number sense and place value. Please book online via our website.
SKTM: Secondary Non-Specialist Teachers this project is designed to support non-specialist teachers who teach maths in a secondary school in developing the specialist knowledge necessary for teaching mathematics thus enabling them to understand, teach and support students in the classroom.
The project starts in October with all sessions taking place online between 4.30 and 7pm. If you have non-specialist teachers teaching maths in your secondary school who you feel could benefit from this, book a place online today. View the full details on our website.
SKTM: SECONDARY EARLY CAREER TEACHERS Aimed at Early Career Teachers – teachers in their first or second year of teaching - this project has been designed to support newly qualified and recently qualified maths teachers during the early years of their career to help develop strong and capable practitioners. Delving deeply into multiplicative reasoning, participants will have opportunities to observe learning and consider task design. The communities formed as part of the project provide an opportunity for participants’ conversation to remain focused on the teaching of maths, with teachers at a similar stage of their career. For more information and to book online, please visit our website.
Years 5-8 continuity this project is for both primary and secondary schools. It may be particularly suitable for linked ‘families’ of schools: primary, secondary etc.
A ‘family’ could be a secondary school and their associated (feeder) primary schools or groups of schools from within a MAT. Lead participants should be teachers of Years 5-8, ideally with some responsibility for curriculum development. Work Groups in this project focus on curriculum and pedagogical continuity over years 5 to 8.
Participants will explore a selection of high-quality resources: Checkpoints, Multiplicative Reasoning and Algebraic Thinking materials. Book your place today.
It's not too late to join the teaching for mastery – Development Project in 2024/25 every year, the Maths Hub looks to engage schools that have not yet begun the teaching for mastery journey in the project, and we are delighted to announce that applications are still open to take part in 2024/25.
Don’t delay, however, as we will be aiming to get started on this project very soon. The Teaching for Mastery Programme is a professional development opportunity designed to support teachers in state-funded schools to develop best practice in maths in your school. It is suitable for schools interested in implementing a teaching for mastery approach to maths.
Mastering maths means pupils of all ages acquiring a deep, long-term, secure and adaptable understanding of the subject. The phrase ‘teaching for mastery’ describes the elements of classroom practice and school organisation that combine to give pupils the best chances of mastering maths.
Achieving mastery means acquiring a solid enough understanding of the maths that’s been taught to enable pupils to move on to more advanced material. There is a wealth of information about Mastery on the NCETM website.
To find out more about how your school can get involved in this fully funded project in 2024/25, head to the relevant page on our website using the links below:
• Primary Teaching for Mastery – Development : https://bbomathshub.org.uk/project/primary-teaching-for-mastery-development/
• Secondary Teaching for Mastery - Development : https://bbomathshub.org.uk/project/secondary-teaching-for-mastery-development/
For primary schools that are not quite ready to join the project yet, we also have the Mastery Readiness programme which will prepare for implementing a teaching for mastery approach.
Find out more and apply via the following page: Primary Teaching for Mastery – Readiness : https://bbomathshub.org.uk/project/teaching-for-mastery-readiness/.
All WORK GROUPS and opportunities for 2024-2025. We are busy setting up the remaining Work Groups we will be running in 2024/25 and as soon as these are ready, they will be available for booking via our website. In the meantime, we invite you to visit the website and register your interest in the projects you would like to take part in.
You will then be amongst the first to be contacted when bookings go live. To see all of the fully funded opportunities we are offering next year, please visit the 'Projects' area of our website.
Alternatively, contact us at info@bbomathshub.org.uk to discuss the best programme for you and your department. REMEMBER -
All of our WORK GROUPS are free. We hope that these opportunities are of interest and look forward to working with you soon. The BBO Maths Hub team.