I really enjoyed this conversation with @joncripwell.bsky.social on The Primary Maths Podcast! If you want to skip our initial chatter, skip to 18:00 for the main section on how we can make informed choices about which manipulatives to use when. open.spotify.com/episode/5JbD...

And the winner from here and the other place was... @toto68086883.bsky.social 🏆🏆🏆 Drop me a DM with your address and I'll get it in the post!

Small Numbers, Big Ideas is turning 1! 🎂1⃣🎉🥳🍾 To celebrate, we've got another free copy to give away! Give this a like and repost, then we'll pick a winner at random on Sunday 30th November. www.amazon.co.uk/Small-Number... #primarymaths #EYFS #earlyyears #keystage1 #maths

Small Numbers, Big Ideas is turning 1! 🎂1⃣🎉🥳🍾 To celebrate, we've got another free copy to give away! Give this a like and repost, then we'll pick a winner at random on Sunday 30th November. www.amazon.co.uk/Small-Number... #primarymaths #EYFS #earlyyears #keystage1 #maths

A week to go until our third Small Numbers, Big Ideas webinar! 🔢 🧮👩‍💻 @hlearningpd.bsky.social This time, how can we pick the right models & manipulatives for the right moment? Tuesday 21st Oct, 6pm UK time Sign up is free: lnkd.in/eTM5fedd Buy the book: amazon.co.uk/Small-Number...

Made this for my Year 7s and Year 8s tomorrow after @joausten.bsky.social's fab session on Number Sense at #Mathsconf39. Will be very interesting to see how it goes! #MathsToday

When you can't make the second screen work...get it on the TV! Awesome first webinar with @hlearningpd.bsky.social & 100 people around the world. We're doing it all again on 7th October. Next time - what is number sense and how can we teach it? Sign up: www.hachettelearning.com/events/inter...

A few days left before our first Small Numbers, Big Ideas webinar! 🔢👩‍💻💻👨‍💻🧮 First up - what all primary teachers should know about counting. If time / timezones are tricky, you'll get 6 months' access to the recording 🎥 Sign up: www.hachettelearning.com/events/inter... @hlearningpd.bsky.social

Happy holidays everyone! ⛱️🌻⛵️ I've found one more copy of Small Numbers, Big Ideas to give away! Give this a like and repost and I'll pick a winner on Sunday 17th. www.amazon.co.uk/Small-Number... #primarymaths #eyfs #earlyyears

Happy holidays everyone! ⛱️🌻⛵️ I've found one more copy of Small Numbers, Big Ideas to give away! Give this a like and repost and I'll pick a winner on Sunday 17th. www.amazon.co.uk/Small-Number... #primarymaths #eyfs #earlyyears

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It's the summer holidays, which means I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away. Simply **repost** this post for your chance to win. I will pick a winner on Sunday 17th August. Good luck!

"Conveyor belt classrooms are typified by teachers who believe that the timetabled 'lesson' is a good unit of learning." Great blog from @markmccourt.bsky.social on the importance of getting off the conveyor belt approach. Well worth reading! www.emaths.co.uk/blog/general...

Children forget stuff....and so do teachers! Many schools are now using short quizzes as part of staff CPD sessions. I've started using Kahoot to create free maths subject knowledge quizzes you can access any time. First two are done - links below! #primarymaths #edusky #eduskyprimary

Contactless payments have dramatically changed children's early experiences of money. So what can we do about it? Here are some ideas for teaching money well in #EYFS that I wrote for @TeachEarlyYrs. Let me know what you think! cdn.teachearlyyears.com/e-mag/Teach-... #eduskyprimary #primarymaths

Schools everywhere following White Rose #primarymaths have been on decimals/fractions/percentages this term. This virtual manipulative from @studymaths.bsky.social is a powerful tool for live modelling and helping children see the connections. Give it a try! mathsbot.com/tools/decima...

NEW: Decimal Square. mathsbot.com/tools/decima... Thanks to @joausten.bsky.social for the idea in his #MathsConf37 session. I've got a few more features I'd like to add to this, but I'm way too tired after the weekend!

#TDaPEManchester is two weeks away! Inspired by @markmccourt.bsky.social book, 'Teaching for Mastery', I'll be banging the drum again for a forward-facing approach to #primarymaths. It's all for a great cause - get tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-thinki...

Had a great time at #MathsConf37! In my session we looked at models and manipulatives that are still underrated and underused in primary maths. Here's a flavour of it, starting with an interactive 'to scale' multiplication square from Mathigon. polypad.amplify.com/p/VvXls4cQH6...

We know the curriculum is too full, but finding ways to make space for spatial reasoning is super important. Here's what I wrote about it for @teachprimarymag.bsky.social cdn.teachwire.net/e-mag/Teach-... #edusky #eduskyprimary #primarymaths #EYFS

🚨 Today, we start our π Challenge Series leading up to our Friday Social on π Day, 14th March! 🎯 🧮 Use your birthday (DDMMYY) as the numerator of a fraction over 100,000. How close is it to π? 🤔 📩 Submit your answer. The winner will be announced on Monday at 7 PM! ⏳

Looking forward to this! Come along!

This Valentine's, share the love of maths! ❤️➗🔢 Get two MathsConf37 tickets for £10! 🎟✨ ❤️ Like this post 🔁 Retweet 💬 Comment "Count me in!" and tag your loved one in the comments! 📩 We’ll DM you a promo code! Hurry – this offer is only available until 7PM today! ⏳💥 More details in the comments! ⬇️

Really enjoyed doing this session on 'forward facing' primary maths today at #TDaPELondon. Thanks very much to everyone who came. If anyone fancies seeing the slides just drop me a DM! 🧮 🔢 🧑‍💻

Great day at #TDaPELondon big kudos to @kieran-m-ed.bsky.social and everyone who helped with organising. Particularly liked this slide @garein.bsky.social shared on a cool head / warm heart approach to leadership

Developing young children's number sense is so important. Here are a few ideas for how to do it from Small Numbers, Big Ideas: www.amazon.co.uk/Small-Number...

#TDaPELondon is two weeks away! Get tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-thinki... Inspired by @markmccourt.bsky.social book, 'Teaching for Mastery', here's what I'll be talking about. Come along!

To celebrate the release of 'Small Numbers, Big Ideas' we've got a couple of free copies to give away! Give this a like and repost then we'll pick two winners on December 1st! www.amazon.co.uk/Small-Number... #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary #PrimaryMaths #Maths #EYFS #EarlyYears #EarlyYearsSky

To celebrate the release of 'Small Numbers, Big Ideas' we've got a couple of free copies to give away! Give this a like and repost then we'll pick two winners on December 1st! www.amazon.co.uk/Small-Number... #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary #PrimaryMaths #Maths #EYFS #EarlyYears #EarlyYearsSky

Exciting day coming up....'Small Numbers, Big Ideas' will be published tomorrow! Thank you very much to everyone who gave such kind reviews! We hope it'll be useful for lots of parents, teachers, TAs and school leaders. www.amazon.co.uk/Small-Number... #eduskyprimary #edusky #primarymaths

Proud moment after 18 months working on it with John Catt! Small Numbers, Big Ideas - published on Friday 22nd November www.amazon.co.uk/Small-Number... We hope it'll be helpful for school leaders, teachers, TAs & parents. Thank you to everyone who read it in advance and gave such kind reviews!

First Complete Maths big MathsConf of the year...loads for primary as well as secondary teachers to explore...come along! #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary #PrimaryMaths completemaths.com/community/ma...

Looking forward to this in the new year! It'll be a great day with lots of really interesting speakers and panels....and any money raised is for a very good cause. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-thinki... #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary @kieran-m-ed.bsky.social

Had a great time doing some maths in #Reception today! Ways to make early counting a little more complex...how many pink? How many blue? Can children say why these are a little trickier? #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary #PrimaryMaths #EYFS

This will be a brilliant CPD event….and it’s free! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/elevate-yo...

Really enjoyed talking early maths with @kieran-m-ed.bsky.social this week! Thank you for having me on the show and for the very kind book review. Podcast on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5VZe... Book pre-order: www.amazon.co.uk/Small-Number... #PrimaryMaths #EYFS #EduSky #EduSkyPrimary

This is really good on how the primary maths curriculum could do less, but better. www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

Following a few requests from teachers and school leaders, I've made a short video on the key ideas that I think teachers (and parents/carers) need to know about reading development, based on my reading concept map. youtu.be/JvtUxB5WM1k?...

Calling all MAT CEOs, Directors of Education, and Directors of Mathematics with primaries. I would like to invite you to attend this full day of CPD at which I will describe how to significantly improve standards in primary mathematics. I’d love to see you there completemaths.com/elevate-math...

This has been my side project for the past year and a bit….finishing touches nearly done and it’ll be published in November. Hoping it will be useful for parents as well as teachers and TAs….link below if you’re interested! #edusky #PrimaryMaths #EduSkyPrimary www.amazon.co.uk/Small-Number....

I thought my first post might as well be my most useful one from the other place!! Having a 'kit of parts' maths flipchart to easily build new ones from is an essential time-saver! Here are mine, free to download on TES: www.tes.com/teaching-res... www.tes.com/teaching-res... #primarymaths