Resources by Department for Education
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Gifted and talented education: guidance on preventing underachievement - a focus on exceptionally able pupils
This booklet is one of a series published by the National Strategies to support improved provision for gifted and talented students, especially those who are underachieving or are at risk of...
Gifted and talented education: helping to find and support children with dual or multiple exceptionalities
This DCSF booklet offers more detail in identifying and supporting children who are highly able with sensory impairment, learning problems, conduct issues and/or disabilities. The booklet offers guidance on:
- Identifying children with DME
- Supporting children with DME in ordinary schools ...
Going for Gold: Securing Attainment
A National Strategies teacher study unit booklet for science subject leaders, science teachers and higher level teaching assistants on intervention ideas and revision techniques to offer groups of students short-term help to cover what they have missed or address...
Guidance Notes for Planning Materials
These materials, from the National Strategies, have been written to support a mathematics teacher in a mainstream classroom working with one or a number of students that are working at or below level three.
Students working at level three and below can access relatively sophisticated concepts and make links...
Guidance Paper: Calculation
This paper, produced by the National Strategies, provides guidance on the teaching and learning of mental and written calculation. This is reinforced by the overall aim that when students leave primary school they:
• have a secure knowledge of number facts and a good understanding of the four operations;...
Guidance Paper: Oral and Mental Work in Mathematics
This paper, produced by the National Strategies, provides guidance, with examples, on how to strengthen children’s oral and mental skills. It includes vocabulary and a guide to use when identifying the purposes of oral and mental work.
At the time the National Numeracy Strategy was introduced, there was...
Guidance paper: the Use of Calculators in Teaching and Learning Mathematics
This guidance paper, produced by the National Strategies, provides guidance on how calculators can be used effectively as a teaching and learning tool with children in all age groups starting from the foundation stage.
The revised 2004 Framework for mathematics includes objectives that promote the use of...
Guidance paper: Using and Applying Mathematics
This paper, produced by the National Strategies, provides guidance on how the using and applying mathematics strand of the 2004 Strategy’s revised Framework is structured and how it might be embedded in the primary mathematics curriculum.
One of the aims of the renewed Primary Framework is to give greater...
This set of materials, from the Primary National Strategy, arose through the renewal of the Primary Framework for mathematics. The renewal provided an opportunity to take a fresh look at the overall structure of the primary curriculum for mathematics.
This resulted in a reorganisation of the objectives, now...
Guide to Examples of Good Quality STEM Placements
Produced for the Department for Education, this resource from Sheffield Hallam University, is designed to help employers, teachers, students and anyone involved in work experience develop strategies for creating good quality placements for young people aged 14–19.
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