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Play-based Maths in the Early Years

Workshop 1Advisor Name

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Play-based maths allows pupils to explore mathematical strands, language and skills.

Playful teaching involves planning for both teacher-led and child-led play.

Teacher interactions play a key role in assessing play-based maths.

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Workshop 1

Play Pedagogy

Teacher-led vs. Child-led play

Language Play• Picture Books

Games with Rules Play• Strands

Parents and ICT

Workshop 2

Feedback

Planning for Play

Physical Play• Interactions

Creative Play• Skills

Pretend Play• Assessment

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ObjectivesTeachers will be enabled to:

differentiate between teacher-led and child-led play as a teaching methodology.

identify maths language in play-based maths, and plan for its development using picture books.

utilise games with rules across all maths strands in a playful way.

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Pupil Experience of Play

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Guidelines for Best Practice

building partnershipsbetween parents and

practitioners

learning and developing through

interactions

learning and developing through

play

supporting learning and development through

assessment

Playful teaching

and learning all day

Child-led play

session

10 minute promise

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Teacher-led vs. Child-led Play

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Intentional Play and Interactions

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Tell Me Everything You Know

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Maths Language

Words should be

used in meaningful

contexts between ten

and fifteen times.

(Allen, 1999)Students must be exposed to

a word about six times to

adequately learn a new word

in context. (Jenkins, Stein, Wysocki, 1984)

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Maths Language

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Language Play

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Mathematising a Story

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Mathematical Content?

Appropriate Level?

Opportunities to introduce and reinforce mathematical symbols

and vocabulary?

Opportunities to think and reason

mathematically?

Build appreciation of both mathematics and

literature?

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Padlet

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Change Please

Guess My Secret

Ready, Set, Go - Maths

Introducing Tokens

Sequencing Events

Measures

Three Block Tower

Missing Piece Grid

Data

Secret Shape Folder

2-D Shape Bingo

Shape and Space

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ICT and Parents

Seesaw

@PDSTNumeracy

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What is still going around in your head?

What is squared away?

What 3 activities will you use in your classroom?

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Play-based Maths in the Early Years

Workshop 2Advisor Name

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Play-based maths allows pupils to explore mathematical strands, language and skills.

Playful teaching involves planning for both teacher-led and child-led play.

Teacher interactions play a key role in assessing play-based maths.

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Workshop 1

Play Pedagogy

Teacher-led vs. Child-led play

Language Play• Picture Books

Games with Rules Play• Strands

Parents and ICT

Workshop 2

Feedback

Planning for Play

Physical Play• Interactions

Creative Play• Skills

Pretend Play• Assessment

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ObjectivesTeachers will be enabled to:

frame interactions to develop mathematical concepts, language and skills.

explore the role of play based maths in developing mathematical skills.

guide assessment based on key language, skills and concepts identified in planning.

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Warm-Up Activity

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Professional Reading Time

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Playful teaching

and learning all day

Child-led play

session

10 minute

promise

Child-led play session

10 minute

promise

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Teddy’s Party

• Assessment Tool: Sample of Pupil’s Work / Checklist

Zootropolis

• Assessment Tool: ICT

Teddy City

• Assessment Tool: Observations

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Seesaw

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Pass the Ball Show and Tell

Before and After Hands Up

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Reflection

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School-Self EvaluationTeaching & Learning Framework; 6 Step SSE Process; gathering, collating & analysing relevant data; implementing the SIP for

literacy, numeracy and any other area of teaching & learning.

Health and Wellbeing➢ SPHE including Child Protection and Stay Safe➢ Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE)➢Active Learning Methodologies ➢Anti Bullying-Procedures and Policy, Awareness

Raising, Prevention and Intervention Strategies➢ PE➢ Wellbeing for teachers

PDST Websites

➢www.pdst.ie➢pdsttechnologyineducation.ie➢scoilnet.ie (portal for resources)➢teachercpd.ie (on-line courses)➢ollscoil.net (ITE students awards)

Overview of PDST Primary Supports for Leading Learning in the 21st Century

www.pdst.ie/schoolsupport

Models of support:in-school support (in-class modeling, meeting principal/groups of teachers, Croke Park hrs), seminars, workshops, clusters

Literacy SSE & strategies for improving

oral language, writing, reading and the use of broadcast /digital media.

NumeracySSE & strategies for improving

numeracy. Supporting the development of Mathematical

thinking.

GaeilgeTacaíocht chun Curaclam na Gaeilge a chur i

bhfeidhm i Scoileanna T1&T2, Féinmheastóireacht Scoile, chomh maith le

tacaíocht lán Ghaeilge a sholáthar do Ghaelscoileanna agus scoileanna sa

Ghaeltacht.

Integrating ICT - Primary➢Active Learning Methodologies- Key methodologies of the primary curriculum through the effective use of ICT.➢Literacy & Numeracy – Creating, developing and using ICT to create teaching resources in all areas of primary literacy and numeracy.➢SSE – Online tools for gathering, collating & analysing relevant data.➢eAssessment & ePortfolios – Assessment of / for learning with ICT.➢ePlanning & Collaboration – Google Apps for Education.➢Tablet Technology Integration – Pedagogy, Curriculum & SEN ➢Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) – Google Classroom, Edmodo

PDST Leadership ProgrammesMisneach.....New PrincipalsTánaiste.......New Deputy PrincipalsTóraíocht.....Aspiring Leaders accredited by

Maynooth UniversityForbairt .......Experienced Principals & ALNsSpreagadh...NAPD & PDST collaboration