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Love this debut from Portuguese writer #InesViegasOliviera. “The Duel” is a profound and thoughtful tale of letting go of past conflicts and seeing beyond the hate. Two men duel but one just keeps walking. Change in palettes show the change in thought and outlook. Quietly great #PicturebookPage

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My next book - a journey through child development from prenatal to age three - will be called Wonderment…and for good reason. There’s not a lot that arouses awe in us as adults. After a point we’ve mostly seen it all. We’ve been there and done that. Thread 🧵

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Three triangles. Many tasks. One goal: to show how playful explorations of these mathematical objects can transform perspectives. Simple words can hold beauty and power in a poem, can simple mathematical objects hold the same? KS2/3 workshop @atmmathematics.bsky.social @mathematicala.bsky.social

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This article by Skemp written in 1983 & reproduced in @atmmathematics.bsky.social MT journal 293 is still extremely pertinent: “if we were to teach music the way we teach maths we would only succeed in putting most of them off for life.” >>

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www.early-years-reviews.com/play-matters We have some news. An update. You are not going to want to miss this. Play Matters will be out on March 18th 2025 🥳🥳🥳🥳 “Play Matters” – A Groundbreaking Free Guide to Champion the Power of Play in Early Childhood. #PlayMatters

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I do like that my cats follow me everywhere, but when you discover the ultimate spot for hide and seek and the cat leads the children straight to you, it feels a little unfair. Perhaps I'm taking the game too seriously.

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**HERE is our new Early Childhood Maths Home page: we hope things are easier to find & you enjoy furkelling! earlymaths.org

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Never too early for Which One Doesn’t Belong ♾️ #WODB

submitted 28 days ago • 8 comments

Residential done for another year. Wind, rain, sleepless nights, exhaustion, but still worth it. More important than ever for children to experience sights beyond the classroom. Especially when they look like this.

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Our new piece on these @atmmathematics.bsky.social KS1 assessment tasks in @tesmagazine.bsky.social @accomplishedu.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

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Hello Bluesky, we're NRICH! We offer FREE curriculum-linked resources for students aged 3-18, designed to nurture curious, resourceful and confident learners of school mathematics. We can't wait to get involved and talk all things maths with you 😀

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The chair of ATM’s General Council, Helen Madeley has written an update on the ‘five into one’ mathematics classroom facing association development. atm.org.uk/News/update-...

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So… on a number line like this I know you could mark the number 0.5 and you could mark where the number ½ is, but where would you mark 50%? Or does 50% not fit on a number line?

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Coming soon New website on early maths from earlymaths.org AND easy and appropriate research informed assessment indicators for spatial reasoning ChIPs. Take a look at our number and pattern ones👇🏼

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Product Paths Create a path in a 3×3 grid (1-9). Split it into groups of 3 digits. Each group makes TO×O or OxTO multiplication. Score a point for each hundred in the products. Products must increase along path. How many possible points? #primarymaths #ukmathschat islesofwhatif.com/2025/01/08/p...

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The difficulty at this time of year with three young children is working out where presents have been hastily hidden... Any ideas appreciated!

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We know that 2024 isn't QUITE over yet but our friends over at the Association of Teachers of Mathematics have their first of their 2025 Micro CPD sessions planned on 14 January and it's sure to be good! Follow the QR code or visit the ATM website to find out more.

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Mathematics for Human Flourishing is now in Turkish! yayinlar.tubitak.gov.tr/ana-sayfa/14... And if you're looking for other languages that it's appeared in--Spanish, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Romanian, Italian, Japanese, Korean--here are links: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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The Social Justice special issue of ATM’s Mathematics Teaching Journal is now available online and has been made ‘open access’ to all, so please do share with colleagues. It includes articles by Alf Coles, Pete Wright, Rose Griffiths and many more. atm.org.uk/write/MediaU...

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Sorry, but I really hope people who love THE WILD ROBOT movie know it was inspired by my book. It's mentioned in the credits but most people don't read that stuff. If you love the movie you should check out the book! There's more to the story and it's a quick read.

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With the very wet weekend, started working on my micro cpd session on January 14th - Embracing Purposeful Meanderings Who wouldn't want to spend a Tuesday evening in Jan doing and discussing maths? @atmmathematics.bsky.social atm.org.uk/Micro-CPD-Se... #Maths #EduSky #UKMathsChat #PrimaryMaths

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No 7 in my #FavePicturebooks24 is… “The Last Zookeeper” by @storybreathing. The visual storytelling in this book is utterly extraordinary, it’s rich in pathos and emotion without a single word. A modern day Noah’s Ark. A Magical #WordlessWonder. #PicturebookPage

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Did an assembly on maths to Y4-6 Introduced a challenge. Lovely how many chn (and teachers!) then came to me with their own attempts Fold an A4 piece of paper four times. How many sides can be constructed from the folded shape? We outlined the perimeter each fold for reproducibility #PrimaryMaths

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How would you answer a child's question "What does a mathematician do?" I think I'd start by saying that we notice patterns and try to explain them, but I'd love to hear other answers!

submitted 93 days ago • 4 comments

Mark making is so much more than pen on paper...

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I'm sure there are many very clever uses of ai but in my family, what matters is our 'plonker status'. It asks one question about each of us each day. Then it decides on our status based on the answers. I'm clearly still facing the impact of past mishaps today...

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If you’ve got some stats coming up with KS2 or KS3 then I think it’s well worth taking a look at slowrevealgraphs.com.

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“Without meaning, relying on memorising makes a huge demand on executive function skills and steers learners away from mathematical thinking.” Read this article from our latest journal for free: atm.org.uk/write/MediaU...

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KS1 Assessment Tasks NOT Tests. If you haven’t seen these yet do take a look - Free and with great reviews. atm.org.uk/KS1-Assessme...

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There needs to be time for children to #play alongside all the drive for 'high and rising standards'. It's not wrong to spend time exploring and discovering, especially in early years and primary. Not everything has to meet a standard or transfer specific knowledge. 😊 #EYFS #edusky

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The latest Mathematics Teaching Journal MT293 is now available to view online. There are 2 open articles that everyone can read. atm.org.uk/Mathematics-...

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Sum it Up 40th task on the website 🎉 Place numbers on a 10x10 grid so that they are: No greater than 1 more than any existing number The sum of all numbers equal or lower than it in neighbouring cells How high can you go? #ukmathschat #primarymaths #primaryedusky islesofwhatif.com/2024/10/17/s...

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The Joint Primary Group of the ATM and MA are pleased to launch ‘KS1 Assessment Tasks – Tasks not Tests’. a collaboration between mathematics educators and are freely available by all to access. @Mathematical_A atm.org.uk/News/ks1-tas...

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