Practice Book 2a
These materials, produced by the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching (CIMT) for the primary extension of the Mathematics Enhancement Programme, include the pages from Practice Book 2a, with detailed lesson plans and all necessary resources to accompany them. Students are introduced to sets and relations, they select…
Maths Activity in the Early Years - Topic Booklets
This Eigen publications material is designed to support the teaching of early mathematics concepts. The booklets are independent of each other each with a specific focus. • Step on it develops numbers to 20 by physical activity using numbered carpet tiles. • Puppet maths gives ideas for the use of glove puppets in…
Skeleton Shapes
This NRICH maths activity focuses on the properties of solids especially edges and vertices by comparing the solid shape and the number of balls of modelling clay and straws required to make a skeleton of it. This activity helps children begin to understand the various properties of common geometric solid shapes, concentrating on…
Seeing in the Dark
This short lesson starter from Teachers TV, aimed at Year One children gives a clear example of how light is needed to see. A man takes his dog Woody for a walk in the woods at night, who promptly runs away. This clip leads into a discussion about how Dick managed to find Woody in the dark woods.
The Curriculum From 5 to 16: Curriculum Matters 2
This resource, published in 1985, was the second in a series of discussion documents published by HM Inspectorate intended to stimulate debate about the National Curriculum in primary and secondary schools. It suggests an approach to teaching a broad, balanced, inclusive curriculum for all students. The focus of this report is…
Teaching of Social and Ethical Issues Arising From Developments in Biomedical Research
This research, commissioned by the Wellcome trust, was undertaken by an interdisciplinary team led by Ralph Levinson and Dr Sheila Turner at the Institute of Education, University of London between May 1st and December 1st 1999. The project reports on five main areas: • The perceived importance amongst teachers (especially…
Mathematics: Non-Statutory Guidance
The National Curriculum Council (NCC) published non-statutory guidance to support the teaching of mathematics in the National Curriculum in 1989, and again in 1991, to accompany the first revision of the National Curriculum. Non-statutory Guidance 1989 • The guidance materials for mathematics were written to provide a reference…
Money and Measure Activities for Students Aged 3-5
A selection of resources, published by BEAM, for teachers of early years mathematics. It includes challenging problems and puzzles, open-ended investigations, cross-curricular activities, and resources to practise and consolidate students' mathematical understanding in the topics of money and measurement. • Fruit shop…
Primary Science with ICT: Pupils' Entitlement to ICT in Primary Science
Produced by Becta, this teacher guidance booklet looks at the use of ICT in primary school science. It describes a range of ICT-based activities for Key Stages One and Two. These include: • Plant growth • Plants and animals in their environment • Moving and growing • Light • Sound • Data handling •…
Measure
This resource from Maths Chest 1 is aimed at Foundation Stage and contains detailed teachers' notes for running activities on measure. It is divided into five topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic is organised into three visits or teaching sessions and contains…
Science From Wood
The Teaching Primary Science book Science from Wood was intended to complement the two texts in the Science 5/13 series Working with wood, stages one and two and Working with wood background. The activities proposed were expected to apply more to younger age groups, with suggestions of ways of using the most economical sources of…
Candles
The Teaching Primary Science book Candles uses the study of candles to illustrate how much science can come from the study of everyday objects. It describes a selection of the many investigations which start from candles and which give some idea of what science is. The first two chapters discuss matters of classroom organisation…
I Do and I Understand
This guide explains the intentions of the Nuffield Mathematics Project, gives detailed descriptions of the ways in which a changeover from conventional teaching can be made and faces many of the problems that will be met. The contribution of the psychologist Piaget to the development of mathematics is described, as is the significance…
Unit 2C Winding Up
From the Nuffield foundation this resource looks at winding mechanisms, their design and uses. Developed from the QCA scheme of work, this report describes an activity in which children designed and made card cylinder winders that could wind up and down. The activity was set in the context of a nursery rhyme in which the winders…
Sorting
This resource from Maths Chest 2 contains the teacher notes for running activities on sorting. It is divided into four topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic is organised into two sets of activities both of which include teacher-led activities, group activities and individual…
Metals, Stages One and Two
The Science 5/13 unit Metals, stages one and two, describes practical situations and enquiries in which children’s attention is focused on the use and properties of metals. In this unit, activities for stage one and stage two are in separate sections and written in contrasting styles. The stage one activities are set out to…
Mathematics in the National Curriculum 1991
The 1989 document was replaced by a revised version, Mathematics in the National Curriculum (1991). A major aim of the revision was to make assessment more manageable, whilst keeping the content of mathematics unchanged. The revisions came into force on 1 August 1992. The 14 Attainment Targets (ATs) were reduced to five. 'Measures'…
Minibeasts, Stages One and Two
The Science 5/13 unit Minibeasts stages one and two is about the ‘creepy crawlies’ of the animal world, meaning mainly invertebrates. This focus was selected because of the wide variety of these creatures normally available in any environment and accessible for first-hand observation by children. These enquiries can lead…
Science 5/13: a Formative Evaluation
A Formative Evaluation of the Science 5-13 project is a book of 128 pages, published by Macmillan education in 1975. It describes the evaluation which took place throughout the project and which fed information from trials into the revision of the Science 5/13 Units for teachers. It records the history, aims and procedures of the…
Interactive Teaching Programs 4
Interactive Teaching Programs (ITPs) are an ICT-based tool developed by the National Strategies to support the teaching of key concepts in mathematics. Where available, manuals which describe how the ITP works and could be used are posted as separate files. This section includes: *Number spinners generates random numbers using…
Solving the Maths Problem: International Perspectives on Mathematics Education
This resource, written by Emma Morris, outlines the core choices facing mathematics education and builds on the recommendations of the 2011 Vorderman Report, by examining which mathematics approaches and reforms have worked overseas. The paper does not recommend directly importing practice from either of the case study sites, high-achieving…
Number - Pack 1
This resource from Maths Chest 2 is aimed at Key Stage One and contains teachers' notes for running activities on number including: recognising, counting, ordering, number bonds, addition and subtraction. It is divided into 19 topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic…
SPACE Project Research Report: Materials
The Science Processes and Concepts Exploration (SPACE) project research report on Materials was published in 1991 by Liverpool University Press. The SPACE research was conducted at two centres: at the University of Liverpool and King’s College, London, with Wynne Harlen and Paul Black as joint directors. Each centre took responsibility…
Interactive Teaching Programs 5
Interactive Teaching Programs (ITPs) are an ICT-based tool developed by the National Strategies to support the teaching of key concepts in mathematics. Where available, manuals which describe how the ITP works and could be used are posted as separate files. *Ruler displays an on-screen ruler which can be used to measure lines…
Lots of Lollies
This NRICH maths activity requires children to apply their knowledge of factors and multiples, and is a good way of making the link between sharing, division and multiples/factors. It may also be used to introduce learners to the fact that a problem can have more than one solution and that the solutions can be generalised. It can…
Light Teachers’ Guide (Ages 5-7)
This Nuffield Primary Science Teachers’ Guide for teaching the Light topic, to students aged 5-7, is divided into three chapters: • Chapter 1: Planning - showing how to use the resources to plan a topic and, in the second edition, more guidance on how to implement the SPACE approach • Chapter 2: Exploring light…
Pictorial Representation
This resource from Maths Chest 1 is aimed at foundation stage and contains detailed teachers' notes for running activities on pictorial representation. It is divided into two topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic is organised into three visits or teaching sessions…
Pictorial Representation
This resource from Maths Chest 2 is aimed at Key Stage One and contains teachers' notes for running activities on graphs. It is divided into two topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic is organised into two sets of activities both of which include teacher-led activities,…
Measure - Pack 2
This resource from Maths Chest 3 is aimed at Key Stage One and contains teachers' notes for running activities on the topic areas of money, capacity, length, time, weight and area. It is divided into 11 topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic is organised into two…
Pictorial Representation
The guide Pictorial representation, from the Nuffield Mathematics Project, was designed to help teachers of students between the ages of 5 and 10. The guide deals with graphical representation in its many aspects. It contains helpful notes for the teachers as well as ideas and examples of students’ work.
Learning with Scarlet: Lesson Review
In this Teachers TV programme Jane Turner, deputy director of the East of England Science Learning Centre, visits St Mary's Primary School in Birmingham to review and discuss the Learning with Scarlet science programme. Jane joins Veronica Knight who taught a lesson on 'the parts of plants we can eat' to her Year…
Group Discussion Book: Level One
The Ginn Science Group Discussion Book for Year One (students aged five to six years), published in 1988, consists of 35 large colour photographs selected to relate to the key ideas of the modules for Year One. There are no titles or words on the photographs. Their use is suggested in the module guidance in the Year One Resource…
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