Teaching

Maths Makes Sense puts you in total control of teaching. With assessment at its heart, you'll set the pace of lessons - and will see all your children make amazing progress.

The Teaching cycle explained

We have found that Maths Makes Sense often transforms teachers' attitude to and confidence in maths teaching. Whether you're a maths expert or a beginner, teachers thoroughly enjoy teaching Maths Makes Sense. The system's distinctive pedagogy offers non-specialist maths teachers the key to understanding what, why and how they are teaching.

With the inspiring training you can be sure that all your teachers will be confident mathematicians. Book training.

I am very happy that my children have been much enthused and certainly seem to grasp new concepts well. I am convinced that after 30 years I am teaching better than ever and look forward to my maths sessions even more than before and I have always loved maths."

Maths Co-ordinator, East Cowes Primary School, Isle of Wight

Dynamic teaching cycle

Direct instruction

The teacher leads the learning, teaching directly from the front of the class using big teaching.

Guided practice

The class work as a whole class or in groups or pairs under the guidance of the teacher. This enables children to practise and consolidate what they've seen demonstrated in direct instruction.

Partner teaching

Children work together in closely matched ability pairs, taking turns to teach each other while the teacher monitors. Explaining concepts to each other consolidates and deepens understanding, helping children to remember what they have learnt and teachers to decide on next steps.

Assessment

Maths Makes Sense has assessment for learning at its core. Children's understanding can be checked against the Steps for Assessment provided in every lesson.