MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT PLANNING DAY
The department had it first planning day on the 23/9/14. The focus was to look at the four rules of number and plan out a progression of skills which the department would all teach to. This would allow us to have a consistent approach int terms of order of skills taught as well as a consistent approach to methods allowing for pupils to have a consistent experience across the five years.
It was an amazing opportunity to be given an entire day of lessons covered to talk as a maths team about our teaching and how children learn. We discussed opportunities to review and develop methods within the department to improve the understanding of our students. To ensure that methods of application and understanding are embedded in all of our students. The most exciting development was our new approach to teaching directed number across the school to all pupils. We believe that with this approach we will minimalise the misconceptions and difficulties in this topic.
We were also lucky enough to have a maths specialist from our local Junior School. Mrs Longhurst was very helpful in helping us develop strategies for our low attainers.
As a department this was an exciting and useful day, sharing ideas and collaborating as a team. Looking at how we can improve and develop within the department, developing ideas and executing these into our classes.
Not forgetting to thank our wonderful Master Baker, Mrs Williams, for the wonderful cakes - a different cake extravaganza for each lesson of the day.
From 2014 Mayfield School becomes the first state all-through-school in Portsmouth. It is evolving from a secondary school of 1000 youngsters to introduce a new reception class in September. This blog is to share our successes and how we have evolved teaching and learning across the year groups in a rapidly improving school.
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