Problem Solving - 19th March 2015
Sessions & Timing of the day
Registration from 9.00am.
The day will start promptly at 9.30am
and conclude at 3.30pm.
Refreshments and a buffet lunch will be
provided. Please advise at the time of
booking if you have any specific dietary
needs.
Session 1: Exploring teachers’ subject
knowledge of problem solving. (To be
able to teach problem solving, you need
to solve problems yourself!) Not
threatening!
Session 2: Navigating and teaching the
8 Problem Solving Strategies.
Lunch
(There will be an opportunity to tour the
school at this stage).
Session 3: Progression and continuity
in Problem Solving. Planning and
assessment, as well as tracking the 8
Problem Solving Strategies. Introducing
the ‘STOPS’ system.
Session 4: Developing ‘Gecko Maths’ –
collaborative cooperative problem
solving. Learning from our colleagues in
the Far East.
Practical teaching resources will be
provided for delegates who attend.
Course Content
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The 8 Problem Solving Strategies. (Act it out, trial & error, trial by improvement,
making a list, looking for patterns, simplifying the problem, working backward,
algebraic approach).
Planning and assessment.
Tracking the 8 Problem Solving Strategies.
Introducing the ‘STOPS’ system.
Developing ‘Gecko Maths’.
Cost of Training Course
£150.00 per delegate inclusive of course materials, refreshments and buffet lunch.
Venue, Parking and Transport links
John Perryn Primary School, Long Drive, Acton, London W3 7PD
020 8743 5648
conferences@johnperryn.ealing.sch.uk
Parking is restricted and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis at the time of
booking.
Transport
Tube: East Acton (Central Line)
Buses: 7, 70, 72, 95, 228, 260, 272, 283.
By road: Exit the A40 Western Avenue at the Western Circus Junction, East Acton on to
Old Oak Common Lane, Long Drive is 3rd turning on the left.
Contact
To book your place at this conference, please email conferences@johnperryn.ealing.sch.uk
marked for the attention of Miss Kate Upton.
Booking forms may be downloaded from our website: www.johnperryn.ealing.sch.uk
Ray Maher
Maths Matters
‘Aiming high to achieve success in all that we do’
“Teachers maintain a careful check on pupil’s
progress as the lessons proceed, using skillful
questioning to judge levels of understanding
and to encourage deeper thinking”.
Ray Maher
Maths Matters
&
John Perryn Primary School
Ofsted - July 2013
Ray Maher is an internationally acclaimed
specialist Maths consultant with an outstanding
track record of supporting schools to rapidly
improve their Maths teaching. Ray has worked
as a headteacher and lead consultant with
Bradford Local Authority before successfully
working with schools both nationally and
internationally.
Since Ray began working with us at John Perryn
Primary School in January 2012, coupled with our
staff team’s hard work, the school has scored
above 94% Level 4 and above 66% Level 5 in
Maths in Key Stage 2 SATs 2012 & 2013 and a
Maths Progress score of 103.4 (July 2013). More
recently, we were rated as 4th in Ealing based on
combined SATs results and awarded a prize in
recognition of the progress of our Pupil Premium
pupils (104.4).
Join us at our conference on Thursday 19th March
2015 to find out how it was achieved.
‘Aiming high to achieve success in all that we do’
Maths Conference
Problem Solving
Thursday 19th March 2015
John Perryn Primary School
Long Drive
Acton
London W3 7PD
Intended for Primary Teachers, Numeracy
Leaders and Headteachers
Additional conferences planned for 2015:
11th June 2015 – Creativity in Mathematics