Numeracy News

Follow our advice for a happy home during the school closures. You can do this! This is probably going to be the most complicated time for most of us to juggle family life. Not only will your…

Long-term lifestyle changes are better than dieting, and this long-term approach is also the case for  children revising for exams. Let’s start this blog off by saying happy new year! January is…

In response to government plans to introduce compulsory times table testing, we are offering a 50% discount on our Times Tables workbooks. The individual books are available for £6.50 (usual price…

In primary school, when a child is first developing an understanding of mathematics, I believe a structured emphasis on learning the foundational skills is key. Without a thorough understanding of…

The way in which mathematics is taught to children has been the subject of much debate in recent years, with many parents raising concerns about the teaching methods in UK schools. The new maths…

With China leading the way in academic achievement, it makes sense for us in the UK to observe the Chinese schools’ methods of teaching and see what, if anything, can be learnt from the Chinese …

You may have read the Sunday Times article this weekend (a front page commentary written by Tim Shipman and Sian Griffiths), about the ‘war on innumeracy’ that could take place over the…

‘Alice in Wonderland’ is a delightful story written by Lewis Carroll (a mathematician whose real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). The story originated from an experience when Carroll…

Parents often comment on how they have either forgotten the maths they learnt at school, or they did not learn maths the way their children are now taught in school. They have said that maths scares…