Transition to Year 1 Balancing support and challenge Raising self-awareness & personal responsibility Celebrating diversity - Building confidence

Enhancing the Learners Experience Build Relationships: Personal Professional Advisor Student Buddies Year 1/2 Convenor Individual Tutors Strengthen Communication: Sharing Language Shared Expectations Accessible Information Encourage Dialogue Promote Reading and use of ICT

Enhancing the Learners Experience Create a Community of Learners Collaborative TasksAssessment {Interactive Video WebCT {Guidance Identify Roles & Responsibilities ED1004 Learning 1.1 NSE Hours Timetable Personal Learning Plans Evaluation & Reflection Student Evaluations

Focus on Learning Tutor/student dialogue Engaging Student Participation Establish students understanding Share learning outcomes Students work in pairs Learning activities

Inputs informed by research documents Example Gelman & Gallistel (1978) – Counting Principles - Thompson, pp The one-one principle. Being able to count involves having an understanding of one-to-one correspondence by labelling each object with a different counting word.

Building on previous knowledge and understanding Repeated Subtraction Repeated subtraction is linked to the concept of division. Non-count-by-one strategies begin to emerge. Example

Applying Knowledge and Understanding Example Sharing or Grouping? 1.A milk crate can hold 24 bottles of milk. There are 4 rows of bottles in each crate. How many bottles are in each row? Sharing

Post face-to-face support Example Multiplication Grid Method = 24 x

Technology Completing inputs Time to prepare materials Issues