Respond to The Rose review which looked at the organisation and content of the primary national curriculum. Click here to visit the QCA website and read more.

Secondary Education Mathematics Conference

Run by The Mathematical Association and hosted by Stirling University on Saturday, 19th September 2009

Ed balls announces new 'school report cards'.

Major reforms to school accountability including an end to compulsory national tests for fourteen year olds. More support in year 7 to help children make the jump to secondary school.

British Congress of Mathematics Education BCME-7 April 6th - 9th 2010

To be held at the University of Manchester
Opening Plenary given by Marcus Du Sautoy
Plenary given by Paul Cobb
Closing Plenary given by Margaret Brown

Council Member, Branch Champion

Government Plan for 'Masters in Teaching and Learning'

Read the draft paper here.

Bowland Maths Regional Conferences

The Mathematical Association and Association of Teachers of Mathematics have jointly designed a one-day event for secondary Mathematics advisors, Consultants and Advanced Skills Teachers to provide a hands-on introduction to both the Bowland lesson resources and the accompanying professional development materials for key stage 3 mathematics teachers.

These conferences are aimed at the coordinators of professional development for mathematics teachers and will equip delegates with an adaptable toolkit of professional development resources to tailor to meet the local need. It is anticipated that this will support an active "cascade" model of local activity to widely disseminate both the aims and content of the Bowland Maths DVD.

Over 170 delegates attended these events and they were very highly evaluated with comments such as "the discussions about pedagogy were fascinating and thought provoking - this was an important intro to looking at the materials" and "there was a good structure to the day - placing the new resource in the context of teacher development."

Please contact your NCETM regional coordinator for further information about organising Bowland PD events for key stage 3 mathematics teachers in your region.

www.ncetm.org.uk

Secondary Education Mathematics Conference, run by The Mathematical Association
hosted by Stirling University
Saturday, 20th September 2008

To read the report on the conference, please click here.

The Marches Network
(formerly "Mathematics in the Marches")

This is the new name for the Marches ATM branch, because we are now much more than an ATM branch. The organising committee comprises representatives of both the ATM and MA, five mathematics consultants from local LEAs, three initial teacher training tutors and local teachers. The NCETM is also represented on the committee, because we are delighted to report that we have received a grant of £1000 from the NCETM. This will be used to cover travel expenses for our workshop leaders and expenses related to providing a venue and refreshments for our meetings. We shall still need to charge a small entrance fee in order to cover our costs.

If you would like to know more about The Marches Network or know someone who wants to be added to the mailing list please contact Barbara Ball at barbara@ludlowballs.force9.co.uk.

Read Any Good (Maths) Books Lately?

A new version of the booklist of mathematical reading for sixth formers has just been published by the Post-16 Subcommittee of Teaching Committee.

Mathematical Gazette on JSTOR

The Mathematical Gazette is now available on JSTOR the Scholarly Journal Archive. Issues currently available are from the very first one in 1894 to the end of 2000.

Contact Bill Richardson for further details.

DfES funded In-School Support for embedding ICT in KS3/4 mathematics

The MA and ATM have secured (limited) funding for a pilot in each of the North East, West Midlands, East Midlands and London regions in which support, in the form of in school CPD focussed on improving the effective use of ICT within mathematics, is offered at zero cost to the school*. For further detail see here.

* Costs of reproducing handouts etc (agreed between the school and the provider) will be born by the school.