For some classroom teachers, the phrase 'when will we ever use this in real life?' uttered from students can be quite deflating. For others, it's an opportunity to relate maths to the wider world. With new funding for the Core Maths Programme, this could provide us all with a helpful solution. 

In this NCETM podcast episode, Professor Alf Coles and Professor Nathalie Sinclair talk about their book, I Can’t Do Maths! Why children say it and how to make a difference.

In this discussion shared by the NCETM, Dr Ems Lord and Liz Woodham from NRICH and Grace Coker from the EEF explore the many benefits of using maths games in both primary and secondary classrooms. 

Maths Hubs has published a new report  summarising the work of Maths Hubs during the academic year 2022/23.

Victoria Moore, primary maths lead and Year 5 teacher, Usworth Colliery Primary School, teaches in an area of high social and economic deprivation. In this podcast she explains how a mastery approach to teaching precise mathematical vocabulary is giving pupils in her school a voice.

There are many benefits of getting involved in the work of your local Maths Hub as a participating school, but there can also be an impact of having some of your staff become Local Leaders of Maths Education (LLME).

This new 90-second video, created by the NCETM, explains why embedding multiplicative thinking in KS1 is so important for maths in KS2 and beyond:

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