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SMC Conference – May 2024
The SMC Conference is back for another year! See details below for information on the different range of sessions. Julie Brewer and I (Sarah Leakey) are very excited to be presenting some work related to subtraction. I’m also looking forward … Continue reading
SMC Conference
The SMC Conference is back in action as a face-to-face conference in Stirling this year. There are a great range of workshops available for both primary and secondary; I know I had trouble choosing which ones I would go to … Continue reading
The final post from me!
As many will know, the decision was made last academic year to no longer have a council wide development officer for numeracy or literacy which meant that aspect of my job came to an end. I was fortunate that I … Continue reading
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Choral Counting with the Marvellous Merkinchers
Some of the P7s at Merkinch had a go at their first Choral Count yesterday with Mrs Campbell. Choral Counts are brilliant for helping pupils to think mathematically as they explore the patterns and relationships they see within the count … Continue reading
Highland Diagnostic Assessment Updates
We were making a few updates to some of the Highland diagnostic assessment materials towards the end of last year and these have now been finalised and I have updated the relevant materials on both the blog and the shared … Continue reading
The end, the middle and the beginning
You may have noticed that it’s been a little quiet on the Highland Numeracy Blog for a while now. Unfortunately early in Term 4 we were told that the Development Officer positions for both numeracy and literacy were being discontinued … Continue reading
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Music Survey – Can you help?
A colleague is carrying out a research study on music education in Scottish primary schools. If you teach in a primary school and have 5 minutes to spare they would be very grateful if you could take the time to … Continue reading
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It’s not goodbye but see you later!
Today we sadly bid farewell to Seonaid who has been with the team for the past two years but as the title says hopefully it’s not goodbye but see you later! Our positions are funded from various different sources and … Continue reading
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CPD: Understanding Number at Early Level
Last year we ran four CPD sessions related to supporting pupil understanding of numeracy and mathematics at Early Level which included: Language of Maths Real World Use of Maths Curiosity, Creativity and Confidence Spatial Awareness These can be accessed here: … Continue reading
Read and Write Training – this will be a game changer for many pupils!
If you are with the Highland Council, you will now have access to Read & Write. I know this doesn’t sound like a maths related post but it will be useful for all subjects and for some kids it really … Continue reading
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