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Using Numicon for an inclusive classroom

February 1, 2023February 1, 2023Oxford Primary

Johanna Aiyathurai, CEO of Learn and Thrive, talks about inclusivity in the classroom and how Numicon can help.

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Using Numicon in teaching maths to children with Down’s syndrome

January 20, 2023January 20, 2023Oxford Primary

Johanna Aiyathurai, CEO of Learn and Thrive, writes about how you can use Numicon in teaching maths to children with Down’s syndrome.

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Making the most of stories and rhymes to explore maths ideas

October 18, 2021November 28, 2021Oxford Primary
Stories and rhymes to explore maths

Rachel Hussain explains how to explore key EYFS maths ideas through stories and rhymes

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Parents: Start helping your kids discover wonder in maths today

September 24, 2021May 6, 2022Oxford Education 1 Comment
Image shows different activities in the home involving maths

International Maths Teaching Lead, Adil Jaffer shows parents three easy ways to encourage joy and curiosity through maths in the home.

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Why I love Numicon Firm Foundations

September 5, 2021August 24, 2021Oxford Early Years
Numicon firm foundations

Author and early years teacher Sue Cowley shares why she loves Numicon Firm Foundations a comprehensive programme of maths activities for EYFS.

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Maths in Early Years: How to build solid foundations for Primary

September 2, 2021September 15, 2021Oxford Primary

We summarise Dr Helen J Williams’ webinar on key priorities for early maths and the predictors of later achievement, part of our Maths Adventure series.

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Opening conversations and building positive, practical steps together

May 6, 2021May 7, 2021Oxford Education

Beth Cox has been making books incidentally inclusive since 2005. She works with publishers to help them understand the basic principles of inclusion so that they can embed inclusion in everything they publish. She’s also a co-founder of  Inclusive Minds , a collective of people championing authentic inclusion in the children’s book world. Inclusive Minds has a […]

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Independent thinking, critical analysis, global ethics: what thinkers of the future need

March 23, 2021March 23, 2021Hannah Ball

What should education outside planet Earth look like? One of my students’ favourite thought is to imagine that we have found a new planet to inhabit and that they have been put in charge of the extra-terrestrial education system. What will they bring to the future home of humanity? What classes would they mandate? What […]

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‘It takes a village to raise a child’ – How to move wellbeing from being someone’s job to everyone’s job.

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021Hannah Ball

Beth Kerr is Group Wellbeing Director at Cognita, offers advice on how to make the promotion of wellbeing in school communities a collective responsibility.

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Why wellbeing and relationships are key to learning in the classroom

August 27, 2020May 6, 2022Hannah Ball 3 Comments

Being in the midst of a pandemic means there has never been a better time to focus on the importance of relationships and connection in schools, as well as the wellbeing of students and teachers. But, it shouldn’t have to take a global health emergency for us to prioritise the things that research has been […]

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