Participant Information 

The intended participants for this Work Group are those who teach and/or have responsibility for the maths curriculum in Years 5 to 8. Participants may be subject leaders, phase leaders or teachers with responsibility for transition in a school. 

Participants are expected to attend the equivalent of three full days of workshops, and to complete school-based tasks between sessions. Work Group Leads aim to hold sessions in both KS2 and KS3 settings, affording opportunities to see the tasks in different classroom contexts.

A range of materials have been developed which exemplify the principles of teaching for mastery, and focus on key elements common to both KS2 and KS3 maths teaching and learning. Some of these materials may be explored in Work Group sessions, and teachers will then try them out with pupils, observing the impact of different pedagogical approaches in their own class, reflecting on these activities, and preparing brief notes to support discussions in the following workshop. Participants may also be asked to contribute to online forum discussions.

Schools need to be willing to explore and trial a potentially different pedagogy in maths, and to develop their transition practice.