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Bowland Maths
Bowland Mathematics provides pupils and their teachers with interesting, exciting problems designed to develop the thinking, reasoning and problem solving skills required by the new Key Stage 3 curriculum in England.
The five modules of the Bowland Maths professional development package cover the main pedagogical challenges in handling activities in the classroom that are involved in the type of investigative, non-routine problem solving found in the Bowland Case Studies.
Bowland Maths
After a Bowland case study, the teacher asked her pupils
What do you think of yourself and mathematics now that you have experienced this way of
working mathematically?
One pupil wrote:
I used to HATE maths ...Doing this project has increased my confidence a lot and I would love to do another project!! Using Bowland! I LOVE MATHS NOW. Its the best. I really wanted to be better at maths and doing this has made me really happy about it.
Bowland Mathematics: 24,125 views on the NCETM forumsince its launch in November 2007 The NCETM will undertake • 6 twilight Bowland sessions (summer)• 5 networks/ funded projects from September• tag materials for bespoke Bowland next steps (autumn)
East of England
Regional Mathematics CentreAimsRaise standards in & improve the quality of
mathematics and numeracy teaching and learning
Increase the number of learners and achievements in mathematics in the East of England
Raise the status and profile of mathematics and numeracy in the East of England and beyond
Launched in February 2007…
AchievementsCPD events attracting 650 practitioners from 197 organisations
Regular local peer support networks 320 attendees
Regional Maths Week – ‘You do the Maths’ events across the region as part of Adult Learner’s Week
Developing partnership model to support the delivery of Level 5 teacher training (DTLLS) programmes
The NCETM are partners in the FMSP & will support CPD aspects of the programme through
• customised tools, communities and other activities on portal• targeted teacher enquiry projects & regional networks
The Further MathematicsSupport Programme (FMSP)
On 1 August the FMSP replaces the Further Mathematics Network
Its main objective is to encourage more schools/colleges to offer FM
A key aspect of its role is to provide CPD to enable more teachers to teach AS/A level Further Mathematics and level 3 diploma mathematics
Stimulating demand
latest portal statistics• over 25,000 users• including 9300 secondary teachers (3367 schools)• including 7873 primary and EY teachers (17,504 schools)• almost 3500 in the FE sector
1 April to 9 June 200849,000 visits, 271,000 pages1 April to 9 June 200991,000 visits, 360,000 pages
Impact Events
1349 schools and colleges have sent
4327 staff to NCETM events & meetings over the past year
from written evaluations, all attendees rate NCETM events as being Useful or Very Useful
the tipping point?
interactions with ITE students risen tenfold
Before April average of 12,000 per month
currently 120,000 per month
use of the Personal Learning Space (including the Self Evaluation Tools)
Before April average of 11,000 interactions per month to currently 247,000 interactions per month
The NCETM website is invaluable for maths teachers. It's always my first port of call for resources, advice and ideas
Inspiration:Objectives 2009 - 2011
Sara McCarthy- Fry MP Minister for London Schools
It is important to help young people to get the maths bug early. The picture is improving but we would all need to work together to keep maths on that rising curve….
The creation of the NCETM is part of this upward drive ……
Collaboration Impact
Inspiration
I plug myself into the NCETM to recharge
Head of Mathematics
Help us to achieve our goals together
