SBC Curriculum for Excellence

Numeracy and Mathematics

This page shows available resources and other developments in Numeracy and Mathematics. Some of the Sharing Practice examples are from SBC’s Numeracy Working Group. Our thanks go to all who contributed.

For advice, guidance and policy, see the Building the Curriculum series from the Curriculum for Excellence website.

Numeracy and Mathematics: Developments & Updates

Newsletters Links

4 February 2010
17 March 2010

GUIDANCE TO SUPPORT TRACKING PUPIL PROGRESS from Midlothian.

Online Parental Toolkit to help you talk with confidence to parents and carers about Curriculum for Excellence.

Excellent Teaching for Excellent Learning: The four areas of choice for Learning Communities to develop within SBC. Click any of the 4 areas to find out more and to see resources.

Learning Together: Mathematics: HMIe Guidance—download the pdf from this link

 

Experiences and Outcomes

General Resources Planning Strategies

Numeracy:  Sharing Practice

How teachers in early years, primary & secondary sectors are using ICT for learning & teaching of Numeracy and problem solving.

Numeracy Resources

Numeracy:  UK Organisations and Associations

Matching 5-14 levels to CfE Experiences & Outcomes Scottish Heinemann Matching Charts

East Lothian have produced the following grids matching CfE Experiences & Outcomes to their SHM Maths Units A1-D10.  The codes for the Es and Os are not the final ones.  If you would like a copy of this document with up to date codes, please contact me and I’ll send you the ones I’ve done.
5-14 MathsAB to Early/First level.
5-14 MathsCD to Second level.

 

 

Early Level

Resources Sharing Practice

Early Numeracy: Resource Pages - Money

Fairy Tales:
Fairy Clock A fairy tale clock that can be used to tell the time
Active Maths in the Early Years Resources around the themes of Fairy Tales, animals and monsters, Bears, Seasons
Fairy Tales Galore
CBeebies Storytime

The following Glow Groups are also full of links to important information and some excellent resources (including some that SBC has subscribed to, to save individual schools having to subscribe).
Numeracy and Mathematics glow group
Numeracy/Mathematics glow group

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators

Woodlands Junior School in Kent for all sorts of online maths resources

Doorway Online - free learning activities from SBC

Early Numeracy: Case Study - Newtown Nursery Shopping

Early/First Numeracy: Case Study - Money Week
(Click links to see Planning Sheet and Aims)

Examples of how other schools in Scotland have started to implement the Numeracy experiences and outcomes under Curriculum for Excellence and also be found at.
Emerging Primary Practice

Planning for choices and change

 

First Level

Resources Sharing Practice

First Numeracy: Resource Pages - Money

Fairy Clock A fairy tale clock that can be used to tell the time

Active Maths in the Early Years Resources around the themes of Fairy Tales, animals and monsters, Bears, Seasons

The following Glow Groups are also full of links to important information and some excellent resources (including some that SBC has subscribed to, to save individual schools having to subscribe).
Numeracy and Mathematics glow group
Numeracy/Mathematics glow group

Recommended book by Stuart Naylor on Active Assessment:  thinking, learning and assessment in maths (also available for English and Science)

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators

Woodlands Junior School in Kent for all sorts of online maths resources

For an excellent online tangram, suitable for use with an IWB, click here: —->  Tangram
Tangram puzzles and activities galore!
A worksheet to support young learners with tangrams

Doorway Online - free learning activities from SBC

Early/First Numeracy: Case Study - Money Week (See planning sheet and aims above)

Examples of how other schools in Scotland have started to implement the Numeracy experiences and outcomes under Curriculum for Excellence and also be found at.
Emerging Primary Practice

 

Second Level

Resources Sharing Practice

Second Numeracy: Resource Pages - Money

Maths in the World Around Us
Upper primary resources around the themes of: Outdoor maths, Transport—including how maths is used to produce a car, Shopping, Planning a journey and Buildings
Math Playground –maths skills games and activities.
Teachers TV—videos and links to resources for maths skills.
Planning a Holiday—another great Glow Group for primary and secondary

Recommended book by Stuart Naylor on Active Assessment:  thinking, learning and assessment in maths (also available for English and Science)

‘Using Maths’ resource—Exciting Real Life Maths Activities

Maths with Alice will take you on a course through Mathematics with the help of Alice, the girl in Lewis Carroll's stories. She will guide you through the field of Algebra.

Fantastic Videos, quizzes, etc looking at skills for life with reference to money and number
BBC Raw Money     BBC Raw Number

Woodlands Junior School in Kent for all sorts of online maths resources

For an excellent online tangram, suitable for use with an IWB, click here: —->  Tangram
Tangram puzzles and activities galore!
A worksheet to support young learners with tangrams

Second Numeracy: Case Study - Designing an Eco-Garden within a Fixed Budget

Second Numeracy: Case Study - Money Week P6 (See planning sheet and aims above plus P6 Planner)

Second Numeracy: Case Study - Money Week P7 (See planning sheet and aims above)

Examples of how other schools in Scotland have started to implement the Numeracy experiences and outcomes under Curriculum for Excellence and also be found at.
Emerging Primary Practice

 

Third/Fourth Level

Resources Sharing Practice

Third/Fourth Numeracy: Resource Pages - Money

Third/Fourth Numeracy: Resource Pages - Data Analysis

Fourth Numeracy: Crosscutter with English Resource Pages

A History of Maths
Some interesting resources can be found in this Glow group on the history of money, the history of clocks, a walk through time and chronology. 
Maths in the World Around Us—see information in Primary Resources above.
Math Playground –maths skills games and activities.
Teachers TV—videos and links to resources for maths skills.
Planning a Holiday—another great Glow Group for primary and secondary

Recommended book by Stuart Naylor on Active Assessment:  thinking, learning and assessment in maths (also available for English and Science)

‘Using Maths’ resource—Exciting Real Life Maths Activities

Maths with Alice will take you on a course through Mathematics with the help of Alice, the girl in Lewis Carroll's stories. She will guide you through the field of Algebra.

Fantastic Videos, quizzes, etc looking at skills for life with reference to money and number
BBC Raw Money     BBC Raw Number

Woodlands Junior School in Kent for all sorts of online maths resources

For an excellent online tangram, suitable for use with an IWB, click here: —->  Tangram
Tangram puzzles and activities galore!
A worksheet to support young learners with tangrams

Fourth Numeracy: Crosscutter Case Study - Pyramid Project

Fourth Numeracy: Crosscutter Case Study - Pyramid Project Pupil Tasks

Examples of how other schools in Scotland have started to implement the Numeracy experiences and outcomes under Curriculum for Excellence and also be found at.
Sharing Practice in the Secondary Stages

National Qualifications  

New qualifications were announced in June called National 4 and National 5, they will replace Standard Grade General and Credit, and Intermediate 1 and 2 qualifications.  Click on the link for the structure from 2013.
Ready Reckoner

… and for up to date news about National Qualifications…
Qualifications Development

 
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