Strengthen the transition from primary to secondary school
Aims:
To support a coherent experience for students in Years 5 to 8, it is important to place the transition in a wider context so that students are well-prepared for KS3, and so their KS3 work builds on from KS2. To enable this, it is vital that teachers understand what has gone before the maths they are teaching, and where it goes next. Through genuine, cross-phase collaboration, participants gain a deeper understanding of how the maths in the primary curriculum develops in KS3, and how key concepts are developed and represented at KS2.
Participants will make common use of approaches, representations and language across phases
Participants will deepen your knowledge and understanding of the curriculum across KS2 and KS3 and the expectations of pupils at the end of each Key Stage
Who can take part?
The project is for those who teach and/or have responsibility for the curriculum in Years 5-8. Participants may be subject leaders or teachers with responsibility for transition in a school.
Currently there are two groups for 2024-25 running in Stockport and Rochdale/Oldham – please contact us via email to get involved
The most effective model is where secondaries and their feeder primaries work together and attend the same sessions or where schools within the same MAT collaborate. If you are interested in creating a local group please get in touch via our admin email to express your interest
What is involved?
Sessions will take place in KS2 and KS3 settings, offering the chance to see tasks in the context of a classroom. School-based activities between meetings encourage participants to make use of the resources with their own pupils.
Participants will attend 6 x ½ day workshops spread across the academic year.
What is the cost?
The Years 5-8 Continuity project is fully funded by the Maths Hubs Programme so is free to participating schools.
