This is a very handy PowerPoint that I used to introduce the idea of ‘Mastery’ in Maths to my school. USeful for your own knowledge or use in own Staff Meeting/INSET Day. It includes information taken from across the internet (NCETM, White Rose Maths, Primary Schools etc). There are notes with each slide to help your talking and discussion points. Link to National Curriculum (Why Mastery?) What is Mastery? Teaching for Mastery Concrete, Pictorial, Abstract (CPA) What is depth? How to introduce White Rose Maths

Sentence Starters for ‘Lower Primary’ and ‘Upper Primary’ using useful Mathematical language to encourage reasoning. There is also a useful reminder ‘I can prove using…’ bubble to encourage children to use manipulatives and pictorial representatives when proving answers. This a very handy resource for any Maths ‘Working Wall’ or ‘Reasoning Maths’ session.