Live Online Professional Development
Led by Gareth Metcalfe, Director of I See Maths
A range of online professional development courses and events are being run by Gareth Metcalfe in 2023-2024, all built around the key themes of creating reasoning habits, building problem-solvers. Full details of courses and events are listed below. When you sign on to a course, the school will be emailed the Zoom links for the sessions and an invoice will be sent. If you have any questions, please email iseemaths@hotmail.com.
Deconstructing Word Questions Mini-INSET
Monday 4th September, 9:15am-10:45am, Y1-Y6
£150 per school
This Zoom session, hosted by Gareth Metcalfe, is for Y1-Y6 teachers. It will explore a systematic approach for helping all children to understand and break down multi-step mathematics word questions. We will see how the 'slow reveal' technique can be used to focus thinking on the structure of a question before a question can be answered. We will consider how equipment and images can be used, and how to present sequences of questions to gradually increase challenge and make connections. This session is ideal for schools that have a scheme of work but want to deepen all children's ability to problem-solve. It will be a thought-provoking session!
Deconstructing Word Questions in Y6
Tuesday 26th September, 3:45pm-4:45pm
£25 per participant
This Zoom training session, hosted by Gareth Metcalfe, is for Y6 teachers. It will explore a systematic approach for helping all children to understand and break down multi-step mathematics word questions. We will see how the 'slow reveal' technique can be used to focus thinking on the structure of a question before children can calculate an answer. We will consider how equipment and images can be used, and how to use related questions together to help children to make connections. Examples from the resource Deconstructing Word Questions - Y6 will be shared. It will be a practical, exciting vision for all Y6 teachers!
Creating Reasoning Habits, Building Problem-Solvers in Y1 & Y2
Session 1: Tuesday 26th September, 1:15pm-2:45pm
Session 2: Tuesday 21st November, 1:15pm-2:45pm
Session 3: Tuesday 30th January, 1:15pm-2:45pm
£120 per participant for all 3 sessions
£90 per participart for 2+ teachers from the same school
This course, running over 3 sessions on Zoom, will explore how to place reasoning and problem-solving at the heart of the KS1 maths curriculum. We will consider a wide range of techniques for interweaving reasoning into maths lessons for all children. This will include how children can reason in whole-class teaching through to ways to build reasoning into questions and tasks. A coherent approach to introducing problem-solving will also be shared. Short tasks will be set between sessions for the participants.
Creating Reasoning Habits, Building Problem-Solvers in Y3 & Y4
Session 1: Wednesday 20th September, 1:15pm-2:45pm
Session 2: Wednesday 8th November, 1:15pm-2:45pm
Session 3: Wednesday 17th January, 1:15pm-2:45pm
£120 per participant for all 3 sessions
£90 per perticipant for 2+ teachers from the same school
This course, running over 3 sessions on Zoom, will explore how to place reasoning and problem-solving at the heart of the LKS2 maths curriculum. We will consider a wide range of techniques for interweaving reasoning into lessons for all children. This will include how children can reason in early knowledge acquisition through to how more open challenges can be built in. A coherent approach to teaching problem-solving will also be shared. There will be short tasks set for participants between sessions.
Creating Reasoning Habits, Building Problem-Solvers in Y5 & Y6
Session 1: Tuesday 19th September, 1:15pm-2:45pm
Session 2: Tuesday 14th November, 1:15pm-2:45pm
Session 3: Tuesday 23rd January, 1:15pm-2:45pm
£120 per participant for all 3 sessions
£90 per participant for 2+ teachers from the same school
This course, running over 3 sessions on Zoom, will explore how to place reasoning and problem-solving at the heart of the UKS2 maths curriculum. We will consider a wide range of techniques for interweaving reasoning into lessons for all children and deepening the challenge and we will discuss when each technique could be used within a sequence of lessons. A coherent approach to teaching problem-solving will also be shared. Lots of practical ideas will be given and there will be tasks to experiment with between sessions.