Tag Archives: Professional Development

CPD: Recordings from the SMC Online Conference 2021

Posted on March 28, 2021 by highlandnumeracyblog

If you missed us at the recent Scottish Mathematical Council Online Conference or our sessions clashed with other sessions you were attending but you still wanted to access the materials, we have now put links to the three sessions we … Continue reading →

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CPD Recording: Understanding Number: Part 1 (Early Level)

Posted on March 19, 2021 by highlandnumeracyblog

Happy Friday everyone! If you didn’t manage to catch the live session of Understanding Number: Part 1 which was exploring number at Early Level then fear not, we’ve now added the recording to our CPD page. You can access it … Continue reading →

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Evaluation of Live and Recorded CPD – Please help!

Posted on March 18, 2021 by highlandnumeracyblog

Education Scotland are evaluating the benefits and impact of the delivery of the STEM Grants Programme. Highland were fortunate to receive funding as part of this and one element of how this was used was to put together the live … Continue reading →

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CPD: Understanding Number at Early Level

Posted on March 15, 2021 by highlandnumeracyblog

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 →

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Read and Write Training – this will be a game changer for many pupils!

Posted on January 13, 2021 by highlandnumeracyblog

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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Summer Reading Ideas

Posted on July 4, 2020 by highlandnumeracyblog

I have just finished writing a long list of book suggestions for someone on Facebook so I thought I might as well post it on here in case anyone else is looking for some teaching related summer reading ideas! The … Continue reading →

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Training Slides and New ‘CPD’ section on the blog

Posted on June 22, 2020 by highlandnumeracyblog

CPD Slides: Firstly, for all those who were asking for the ‘slides’ from the live sessions we have been delivering these are now up on the Highland Digital Hub. You’ll see that they have been organised so that the slides … Continue reading →

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CPD: More Live Sessions

Posted on June 19, 2020 by highlandnumeracyblog

We will be putting on some more live sessions for the final two weeks of term.  The details of these are below.  The sessions outlined here are aimed at Early Level and so would be particularly relevant to teachers in … Continue reading →

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CPD: Additional Live Sessions

Posted on May 22, 2020 by highlandnumeracyblog

Here is an updated list of all the live CPD sessions that we have going on in the next few weeks. Sessions that were already publicised but have not yet been delivered are listed in red.  New sessions not previously … Continue reading →

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CPD – Concrete Materials at Secondary School: Algebra Tiles

Posted on May 4, 2020 by highlandnumeracyblog

In addition to the sessions we’ve already published, Fiona Philips from Alness Academy will be presenting a session on Tuesday (tomorrow) and Wednesday on using Algebra Tiles with secondary pupils to support understanding.  Many Highland secondary teachers are already aware … Continue reading →

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