Mastering Number - Supporting pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 to develop good number sense.  A national programme to secure firm foundations in the devlopment of good number sense.    

What is involved?
This programme focuses on the key knowledge and undersanding needed in Reception classes, and progression through KS1.  Participating schools will receive central training (online) and a wealth of pupil-facing resources.

There is an expectation that schools will provide a daily teaching session for all children of 10-15 minutes, in addition to their normal maths lesson.  Lead Teachers in schools will also contribute to an online community to share practice and engage in critical reflection.

Whilst digital rekenreks are freely available online, schools taking part in the September start cohort of this programme may wish to consider purchasing class sets of physical rekenreks for Year 1 and Year 2 prior to the start of the programme.

Who can take part?
Lead participants from Work Group schools will be three teachers - one each from Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 - known as Lead Teachers.  Some support will also be given to subject leaders and headteachers.  Where appropriate, Lead Teachers are expected to support the other teachers in their year group.

This programme and its Work Groups are open to all schools that have not yet engaged with the Mastering Number programme.

Benefits:
Your pupils will be able to clearly communicate their mathematical ideas.
You will develop a secure understanding of how to build firm mathematical foundations.
You will work to develop teaching strategies focused on developing fluency in calculation and number sense for all children.
You will develop understanding and use of appropriate manipulatives to support your teaching of mathematical structures.
The programme is fully funded by the Maths Hub programme so is provided FREE to participating schools.

Application Process
Please complete this application form by 8 September 2022.  The North-East Hants and Surrey Maths Hub will review applications and will notify you or acceptance or otherwise by 9 September 2022.

Training
There will be 3 central (LIVE) online training sessions across the year (1 hour per Lead Teacher) plus 3 local Work Group sessions (online) run by your local Work Group Lead to support subject knowledge across the programme.  In addition is it expected that Lead Teachers will contribute to an online Basecamp community ongoing, sharing practice, impact and challenges and responding to message threads about topics arising across the year.

September Start Dates:
It is expected that a  Live Launch will take place early September with the first central (LIVE) training sessions (1 hr for each Lead Teacher) taking place mid September -  so that you can get started with the programme as close to the start of the year as possible.

Queries
If you have any queries about the application process or the programme please contact mathshub@sjb.surrey.sch.uk