Research School Network: Primary Maths Monthly Bulletin

Anna Tapper shares the evidence and top tips she has acquired working in a number of schools, to support evidence-informed practice and bridge the gap between research and the classroom. Download, read through the pdfs, follow the clickable links and use these ideas for evidence-informed practices and resources in your classroom.

Issue #1 – THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING TIMES TABLES FOR CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING

Issue #2 – DEVELOPING RETRIEVAL PRACTICE IN MATHS

Issue #3 – USING MANIPULATIVES IN EARLY YEARS, KS1& KS2

Anna works as a Maths Advisor for Unity Schools Partnership and Unity Research School. She has worked for the last year leading a maths and metacognition research project across 15 primary schools in Suffolk. She has a passion for social justice and is proud to have made such an impact on children’s life outcomes through her work. Before moving to beautiful Suffolk, Anna worked for many years across a number of boroughs in East London as a teacher, maths lead and ITT tutor and maths lead. She is particularly interested in how the focus on evidence informed teaching has changed the nature of the profession and sharing this enthusiasm with others.