• Course overview



    Eligibility: This course is open to all infant, junior and primary schools. The staff meeting format is intended for all relevant teaching and support staff at a school to attend as one.

    As this course is in a Staff Meeting format, only one booking is required for your school. Please ensure the booking is in the name of the person who you wish to receive all communication (eg head teacher, maths lead).

    This 45-minute online staff meeting will support you as a school to review how you could be making more use of the bar model when teaching word problems to support pupils. We will look at the progression in the use of bar models for all types of word problems and the types of word problems we should be using in each year group.

    The course will also support you as a school with ensuring that you give your pupils the right tools so that they will be able to know what type of bar model they need to make or draw in order to solve a particular type of word problem.

    But why bar model at all you may ask?

    • Bar models provide a consistent model that can be used for all types of word problems.
    • Bar models provide images to support multi step word problems.
    • Bar modelling is an effective way to support pupils to solve unfamiliar word problems in tests , such as end of KS2 SATs.


    You may also want to book the bar models for arithmetic staff meeting as a starting point or just book onto this one.


    Learning outcomes

    As a result of this course, you will have knowledge and skills in the following areas:

    • To both draw and model bar models for every year group within the primary phase.
    • To ensure that your pupils have the right knowledge to know which bar model to choose to solve a particular word problem for each year group.
    • To understand the progression in bar models across the primary phase and the pitch of word problems that your pupils school be experiencing.
    • To be able to use concrete manipulatives to support all learners who struggle with drawing bar models to enable them to solve word problems.
    • To address pupil misconceptions when drawing bar models.


    Charges

    The charge for this course or event is: £50 per school

    Please note that only one booking per school is needed.

    If this course has a cost your school will be charged via statements or invoicing after the session.  Please ensure you cancel your place if you can no longer attend as you may still be charged. Please refer to our terms and conditions for more information.

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    Course activities to complete

    • Book and attend at least 1 event(s)
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