It’s an exciting time in the world of mathematics at the moment. Last week, I attended the NCETM annual conference where Lord Andrew Adonis formally accepted on behalf of the Government all the recommendations that Sir Peter Williams laid out in the launch of the Primary Mathematics Review. This included key recommendations such as a specialist maths teacher in every primary school in the country…, and paying teachers up to £8000 in incentives and rewards to train towards gaining a Masters in maths teaching. £24 milion will be invested over the next 3 years to fund this major training programme for 13,000 existing primary school teachers.

There was a great buzz at the NCETM surrounding the launch and the feedback was extremely positive with everyone welcoming the new initatives. Sir Peter’s vision for bringing improvements and change to primary education, is rooted in best practice with a greater emphasis on play. The message is about collaborative learning and pupils being active which should make for a lively atmosphere in the classroom!

The conference also saw the official launch of Bowland Maths.