A Work Group for schools who are currently developing mastery across their school. The Work Group aims to secure Early Years' best practice and build firm foundations for all children by the end of Reception year. Practioners and senior leaders will develop their understanding as to how Early Years Best Practice feeds into a teaching for mastery approach and supports progression through the school.

Participants will consider how to build progression in mathematical concepts and how to make these accessible to young children. Attention will be given to appropriate pedagogy, in particular the nature of direct teaching within an Early Years context.

The Work Group aims to support schools in providing a consistent message about high quality maths provision in the Early Years and how this provision supports progression into the next stage of learning. Schools will develop an understanding of how to link teaching in EYFS and the Teaching for Mastery (5 big ideas) in Year 1.

Important : 1 Reception Teacher plus the Maths Lead or Teacher who is leading on Teaching for Mastery in the school should attend all 4 sessions. A member of SLT will be required to attend at least one of the sessions (to be confirmed).

A choice of three online groups to choose from

Group 1: Wednesdays 2-3.30pm: 10 Feb, 3 March, 5 May and 19 May

Group 2: Thursdays 3.45 - 5.15pm: 18 March, 29 April, 13 May and 27 May

Group 3: Thursdays 3.45 - 5.15pm: 22 April, 20 May, 10 June and 24 June

Although this Work Group is online, it is offered to State-funded schools in the North-East Hants and Surrey Maths Hub Region. 

Please Note: It is now a DfE requirement to provide your TRN when registering for this work group - if you need to locate this, please go to : https://www.gov.uk/guidance/individual-teacher-records-information-for-teachers

All registrants will be added to an NCETM Basecamp online community for this Work Group in order to access resources and information. Please ensure tick the confirmation box on registration.

Once registered, we will be in touch with details of how to access the first online session via Zoom.