Jo Austen

There's a LOT of online maths stuff out there...in this article for @teachprimarymag.bsky.social I had a think about which work best and why. Lots to consider, including virtual manipulatives, adaptive teaching and gameification v game-based learning. Take a look: www.teachwire.net/news/online-...

Great @hlearningpd.bsky.social session on financial education this week....great to have teachers from all over contributing 🌎 🇦🇪 🇮🇳 🇵🇰 🇳🇬 🇬🇧 🇿🇲 🇯🇲 🌎 On Wednesday@4pm UK, we're doing ways to support struggling readers in maths. Join live / get the recording: hachette-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📚 🔑 🔢 Maths is really great but reading is number 1! 💡 So how to support struggling readers in maths? How to design tasks to minimise the barrier weak readers and EAL students face? Join our free webinar @HLearningPD. 21st Oct @ 4pm UK time. lnkd.in/evep_mit

Tools of the trade... Amazing what you can do with a laptop, cheap headset and a very old graphics pad....awesome to see GCSE resit students showing such commitment in yesterday's session. Totally free, every Monday until Nov resits. Details & sign up:https://grade3to4bynovember.carrd.co/

As part of @hlearningpd.bsky.social's autumn webinar series, we're taking a look at financial education in primary schools. Really interesting topic, including the citizenship side as well as plenty of maths! Tuesday 13 Oct @ 1600 UK time. Free to attend. Sign up here: lnkd.in/eiM-nHCN

All @hlearningpd.bsky.social webinar recordings are FREE! In the Small Numbers, Big Ideas series we covered: 1️⃣ Counting principles 2️⃣ Number sense 3️⃣ Models and manipulatives 🎥 Recordings: lnkd.in/ey73M-Rf 📚 Buy Small Numbers, Big Ideas: lnkd.in/eTtiRFr9

Wish I could have made it to #MathsConf41 or #rED26 today! If any of you have GCSE resit students, please consider sharing! ⬇️

⭐⭐ 4️⃣ ➕⭐⭐ 4+ in GCSE maths is a big deal! However, the tallest bar is the 153,255 who got a Grade 3 this year. Can you help me find them? 💻 9x free webinars, every Monday at 5pm 👨‍💻 Small online lessons (max 6 students) @ £15 a session More info & sign up: grade3to4bynovember.carrd.co

I’m incredibly excited to launch HoD Space - I genuinely think it is going to be a game changer in secondary school maths departments. Sign up for a free trial today: www.hodspace.com My blog post explains what, how and why: www.resourceaholic.com/2026/08/hod-... Please share! #ukmathschat

I've been trying out the brilliant @numberclub.com games recently. Far too many maths 'games' are just normal maths practice, gamified - correct maths gets points and prizes etc, but that's it. Here, the maths is totally 'baked into' the structure of the games. Have a look! #maths #earlymaths

I really enjoyed this conversation with @joncripwell.bsky.social on The Primary Maths Podcast! If you want to skip our initial chatter, skip to 18:00 for the main section on how we can make informed choices about which manipulatives to use when. open.spotify.com/episode/5JbD...

And the winner from here and the other place was... @toto68086883.bsky.social 🏆🏆🏆 Drop me a DM with your address and I'll get it in the post!

Small Numbers, Big Ideas is turning 1! 🎂1⃣🎉🥳🍾 To celebrate, we've got another free copy to give away! Give this a like and repost, then we'll pick a winner at random on Sunday 30th November. www.amazon.co.uk/Small-Number... #primarymaths #EYFS #earlyyears #keystage1 #maths

A week to go until our third Small Numbers, Big Ideas webinar! 🔢 🧮👩‍💻 @hlearningpd.bsky.social This time, how can we pick the right models & manipulatives for the right moment? Tuesday 21st Oct, 6pm UK time Sign up is free: lnkd.in/eTM5fedd Buy the book: amazon.co.uk/Small-Number...

Made this for my Year 7s and Year 8s tomorrow after @joausten.bsky.social's fab session on Number Sense at #Mathsconf39. Will be very interesting to see how it goes! #MathsToday

When you can't make the second screen work...get it on the TV! Awesome first webinar with @hlearningpd.bsky.social & 100 people around the world. We're doing it all again on 7th October. Next time - what is number sense and how can we teach it? Sign up: www.hachettelearning.com/events/inter...

A few days left before our first Small Numbers, Big Ideas webinar! 🔢👩‍💻💻👨‍💻🧮 First up - what all primary teachers should know about counting. If time / timezones are tricky, you'll get 6 months' access to the recording 🎥 Sign up: www.hachettelearning.com/events/inter... @hlearningpd.bsky.social

Happy holidays everyone! ⛱️🌻⛵️ I've found one more copy of Small Numbers, Big Ideas to give away! Give this a like and repost and I'll pick a winner on Sunday 17th. www.amazon.co.uk/Small-Number... #primarymaths #eyfs #earlyyears

Passionate about early years? Help shape the future of non-statutory guidance. 📝 Project Lead – Birth to 5 Matters (part-time, fixed-term) 🌱 Lead the national review 📍 Apply now: early-education.org.uk/project-lead... #EarlyYears #BirthTo5Matters #EYFS #EarlyEducation #PlayMatters

It's the summer holidays, which means I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away. Simply **repost** this post for your chance to win. I will pick a winner on Sunday 17th August. Good luck!

"Conveyor belt classrooms are typified by teachers who believe that the timetabled 'lesson' is a good unit of learning." Great blog from @markmccourt.bsky.social on the importance of getting off the conveyor belt approach. Well worth reading! www.emaths.co.uk/blog/general...

Contactless payments have dramatically changed children's early experiences of money. So what can we do about it? Here are some ideas for teaching money well in #EYFS that I wrote for @TeachEarlyYrs. Let me know what you think! cdn.teachearlyyears.com/e-mag/Teach-... #eduskyprimary #primarymaths

Schools everywhere following White Rose #primarymaths have been on decimals/fractions/percentages this term. This virtual manipulative from @studymaths.bsky.social is a powerful tool for live modelling and helping children see the connections. Give it a try! mathsbot.com/tools/decima...

NEW: Decimal Square. mathsbot.com/tools/decima... Thanks to @joausten.bsky.social for the idea in his #MathsConf37 session. I've got a few more features I'd like to add to this, but I'm way too tired after the weekend!

#TDaPEManchester is two weeks away! Inspired by @markmccourt.bsky.social book, 'Teaching for Mastery', I'll be banging the drum again for a forward-facing approach to #primarymaths. It's all for a great cause - get tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-thinki...

We know the curriculum is too full, but finding ways to make space for spatial reasoning is super important. Here's what I wrote about it for @teachprimarymag.bsky.social cdn.teachwire.net/e-mag/Teach-... #edusky #eduskyprimary #primarymaths #EYFS

🚨 Today, we start our π Challenge Series leading up to our Friday Social on π Day, 14th March! 🎯 🧮 Use your birthday (DDMMYY) as the numerator of a fraction over 100,000. How close is it to π? 🤔 📩 Submit your answer. The winner will be announced on Monday at 7 PM! ⏳

Looking forward to this! Come along!

This Valentine's, share the love of maths! ❤️➗🔢 Get two MathsConf37 tickets for £10! 🎟✨ ❤️ Like this post 🔁 Retweet 💬 Comment "Count me in!" and tag your loved one in the comments! 📩 We’ll DM you a promo code! Hurry – this offer is only available until 7PM today! ⏳💥 More details in the comments! ⬇️

Really enjoyed doing this session on 'forward facing' primary maths today at #TDaPELondon. Thanks very much to everyone who came. If anyone fancies seeing the slides just drop me a DM! 🧮 🔢 🧑‍💻

Great day at #TDaPELondon big kudos to @kieran-m-ed.bsky.social and everyone who helped with organising. Particularly liked this slide @garein.bsky.social shared on a cool head / warm heart approach to leadership

#TDaPELondon is two weeks away! Get tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-thinki... Inspired by @markmccourt.bsky.social book, 'Teaching for Mastery', here's what I'll be talking about. Come along!