August 8, 2016
Project Maths cannot hurt you and being good at maths is not about how many maths questions you get right – it’s about what you do […]
February 25, 2016
In 1948, Edward William Dolch PhD, of the University of Illinois, in his book ‘Problems in Reading’ identified a list of words that he believed to […]
February 9, 2016
Thank you to everyone who made contact with us regarding ‘new’ subtraction. The response was overwhelming. Many of you have told me that long division is […]
January 22, 2016
Those of us of a certain age will remember the ‘borrow the one, pay back the one’ rule for subtraction. It works well because, even though […]
January 15, 2016
This time of year is not just the ‘season to be jolly’ but also parent/teacher meetings season, so I thought I’d write again about STEN & […]
September 29, 2015
“Homework is one of the thorniest issues at primary level”. Not my words but those of Peter Mullen of the Irish National Teachers Organisation, in an […]