1. Raising Achievement in Mathematics
Dorset LA continues to work closely in partnership with: The Wessex School Improvement Partnership Board and The Jurassic Maths Hub. /

2. Firstly..
We are developing further the: Dorset Mathematics Self-Improving System
Developing Maths Team
‘Getting to Good’
Developing Leadership and Management
Improving Maths Team
‘Consistently Good’
Improving Mathematic Pedagogy
Outstanding Maths Team
‘Getting to Outstanding’
Evolving
Self-Improving Teacher led Action Research
The new brochure of activities was sent into school in July and will be resent this month. It can also be found
on the Jurrassic Maths Hub website.
We will again support schools in identifying the development that they will need by sending letters to school we have identified using Value Added data to be ‘developing’ (sig -) or ‘outstanding’ (sig +)as new VA data becomes available.

3. Secondly…. We are beginning the Singapore Mathematics Research Project
Phase 3
Hosting Lesson Study
Summer Term
Phase 2 Gathering Best Practice
Spring Term
Phase 1 Training Begins Autumn Term
Circulated by Twynham Learning in July. We will be recirculating information about this In September

4. If you are a school that is currently using a Singapore approach such as ‘Maths No Problem’ or ‘Inspire’ or you are a school which will be developing this for the first time this year we would welcome your involvement in the project. Please contact: Heidi Whitney – Senior Advisor
It is well documented that children’s understanding of mathematics remains an issue across the country, and our region is no exception. This means that addressing teachers’ ability to teach mathematics effectively is a significant priority. The Singapore approach is one where very high quality resources were written to enable teachers, who were not themselves mathematics specialists, to teach mathematics effectively and in such a way that children’s understanding is addressed.
Many of our schools have already begun to explore this pedagogy and we would like to ensure that these schools, and schools about to adopt a Singapore approach, are supported by Teaching schools and support each other through local hubs. In addition we would like to gather impact evidence of the approach so we can share best practice across the region. For example, the impact of the Concrete, Pictorial, Abstract (CPA) approach on pupils will poor working memory.

5. Thirdly…. Increasing the number of Primary Mastery Specialists
Cohort 1:
Helen Edwards, Tiverton
Kara Hartland, Barnstaple
Vicky Morris, Weymouth
Cohort 2:
Lousie Gadd, Bournemouth Catherine Gee, Okehampton
Mel Lane, Yetminster Peter Lewis-Cole, Torbay
Annie Nesbitt, Parley
You may have heard in the press about large sums of money for Shanghai and Singapore approach's to be used in the UK.
The teaching for mastery programme in primary schools in England is to be significantly expanded over the next four years with £41 million of new funding from the Department for Education (DfE).
The announcement was made by the Schools Minister Nick Gibb at the annual conference of the Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (ACME) in London today (12 July 2016).
The money, channelled through the 35 Maths Hubs in England, will fund four further years of the Mastery Specialists programme, which began last September, and in which 140 experienced primary teachers have engaged in professional development activities to become expert in mastery approaches to teaching mathematics.
Thanks to the new funding, every year from autumn 2016 onwards, a further 140 teachers will undergo a year of development as Mastery Specialists and, once established, continue to be funded to lead professional development groups of teachers from neighbouring schools. In this way, by summer 2020, a total of 700 Mastery Specialists will be trained, and teachers from 8,400 schools will also have received training in teaching for mastery approaches.
The funding will also help schools participating in the programme pay for textbooks consistent with teaching for mastery approaches.
In Cohort 2’s first year:
work with colleagues, supported by the head teacher, to develop teaching for mastery approaches across their school, supported by professional development activity, including regular TRG meetings
lead a pilot TRG with teachers from interested local schools
In the second year (Cohort 1): lead a Teaching for Mastery Work Group for their Maths Hub involving six schools
lead a half-termly TRG meeting with 12 teachers (two lead teachers from each school) and an associated online community
Shanghai
Each Maths Hub will nominate two Cohort 1 Mastery Specialist teachers to visit Shanghai in November The visit takes place from Saturday 5th November to Friday 18th November (Helen and Kara will be going)
Each Maths Hub will receive two Shanghai teachers, who will be based together in a single host school for the duration of their visit. The visits will take place in two phases and will last for a fortnight only. The first phase is from Saturday 26th November to Saturday 10th December 2016 (Tidcombe primary) and the second phase is from Saturday 7th January to Saturday 21st January 2017.

7. + 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Y1 facts Y2 facts Adding 1 Bonds to 10
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13-5…what do you need to know

8. Subtraction facts bridging 10
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9. Finally… Jurassic Maths Hub Funded Projects: Mastery in early years
Research into effective pre-teaching strategies.
Transition KS2 to 3: Development of the teaching for mastery materials with a focus on variation
Teaching for mastery in secondary schools.