Supporting children to meet England’s new Early Learning Goals Written by Catherine Gripton The new goals From the first of September 2021, schools in England with four and five year old children will begin assessing them against new Early Learning Goals (ELGs). In Sue Gifford’s 2020 blog post, she examined the research basis for these new goals and concluded that they … [Read more...]
BSRLM New Researchers’ Day Virtual Conference 2020
Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, all education establishments have adopted some form of ‘blended learning’ and taken up online platforms and this has also been the case for conferences. Our commitment to our members and the mathematics education and research community at large, prompted us to organise our first virtual day conference. Our day conference organisers, Marie … [Read more...]
Consultation on the Early Learning Goals
Written by Sue Gifford Consultation on the Early Learning Goals: Are the new reforms based on research? The government are proposing reforms to the current EYFS Early Learning Goals, the statutory assessment for five year olds at the end of reception (Consultation closed January 2020). With regard to mathematics, the reforms are intended to ensure a good foundation in … [Read more...]
Making mathematics pedagogy more visible to learners
Written by Pete Wright Introduction The Visible Maths Pedagogy project is a collaboration between Dr. Pete Wright (UCL Institute of Education), Alba Fejzo and Tiago Carvalho (mathematics teachers at Stoke Newington School) which began in November 2017. The study focuses on developing strategies for making teachers’ pedagogy more visible so that students are more able to … [Read more...]
The case for Space in the early years
Written by Sue Gifford The case for Space in the early years Recently, the government proposed removing Shape, Space and Measures as a learning Goal for five year olds at the end of reception, and replacing it with a second Goal about number. Early years teachers I spoke to were adamant about the importance of SS&M for early maths. They were also convinced that, if these … [Read more...]