Connect Teaching School Alliance

Effective transition within a primary school
– how to create and sustain best practice in Maths
LAMP is a highly respected Maths focused school improvement
programme in Lincolnshire with a proven track record of
raising KS2 attainment through effective implementation of the
evidenced based practise addressed in EEF guidance.
In response to feedback from colleagues this has now evolved
into two separate projects to address key transitions within
primary schools – Project 1 Transition Early Years to Year 1 and
Project 2 Transition Year 2 into Year 3. These will launch late in
the autumn term ready for a January start.
Significantly the project straddles the periods up to and
including transition. The tandem team of School Champions
from each setting also ensures that teachers either side of
the transition point have access to the training and CPD, the
bedrock of sharing good practise within school and securing
sustainability. As long as either member of the tandem team
can be present for the Professional Learning Community
meeting there will be continuity. Each meeting will result in
short term action plans being generated for delivery by the
School Learning Champions to share their responsibility in
trying out new learning or teaching strategies.
The project will launch in late Autumn with a sharing of the
aims, processes and structures with stakeholders. These will
include headteachers, governors, School Learning Champions
and Specialist Leaders in Education. There will be a front
loading of the content of the projects so that the overarching
journey is understood by all. Following the launch the initial
bespoke school based meeting will reflect on current practice,
strengths and weaknesses, perceived action points and the
Maths intent in each. This will feed into the value added aspect
of the PLC to ensure there is a bespoke
element for the participants.
Building on learning
from the previous LAMP
projects the structure will
continue to operate around
Professional Learning Community
meetings with the Education Endowment Foundation evidence
at the heart of the programme. Strategies will address and
target classroom teaching and learning as well as strategic
subject leadership. This will raise the confidence of Maths for
both children and teachers as they transition from one stage to
the next.
Continued support by the senior leaders within each school will
be essential in ensuring the successful implementation of the
programme. Underpinning the programme is the methodology
of sustained school improvement to empower staff to structure
the school’s approach to delivery ensuring a viable, sustainable
and effective approach to effective transition.
All participants will have access to enrichment as part of the
project. A half day on Number Fluency led by Gareth Metcalfe
forms one aspect of this enrichment and a half day on Lesson
Design led by Kat Finch will form the other. There will be
opportunities for non LAMP participants to take part in these
activities and so widen the access to the expertise.
Connect is highly committed to the delivery of such an exciting
programme. Using the latest research as a driver, we firmly
believe that it will meet the needs of pupils, teachers and
schools in ensuring a strong transition between age phases.
Furthermore, it will offer leadership development for teams
of teachers within school who can then act to sustain the
strategies learned and developed in the long term.
MATHS SUBJECT LEADER
NETWORKS
11th November 2020
5th March 2021
9th June 2021
1.30pm-
3.30pm
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