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My class already recognise 1-5... but this is what the scheme says I should be teaching #earlyyears #earlyyearsmaths #eyfs #mastery #number #numbersense #subitising Nov 21, 2024

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This term, teaching 'Numbers 1-5' is the focus in many of our most well-known Maths schemes. 

 
BUT what if you feel that your children already have this knowledge and are ready to move on?

 

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Are You Teaching 'Composition of Number' Wrongly? (and how would you know?) #composition #earlyyears #earlyyearsmaths #eyfs #mastery #number #numbersense #subitising #subitizing Nov 29, 2023

It doesn't matter which Maths scheme you use (or whether you have a scheme in place or not), what matters is what YOU as the educator know (your subject knowledge) and understand (your pedagogy) about the Maths you're teaching and the ways it's most effectively taught.

Think of a scheme as like a r...

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The Reality of Setting up Your Early Years Provision for Next Year #earlyyears #eyfs Jul 25, 2023

Can you relate?

You have to have been a practitioner yourself to understand the strange, wonderful (and often overwhelming) experience of spending time in your setting without the children.

For those of us who have an extended time away from the children over the summer break, one of the first thi...

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