Unfortunately I was unwell and unable to attend our second CoL Meeting of the year today.
We were asked to do the following before we met:
And these were the quotes I prepared:
I found it interesting, particularly as I am inquiring into Maths already, the line about girls' self-perceptions in Mathematics being related to having higher verbal achievements, when so much discussion within my school has centred around the importance of understanding language to advance Mathematics achievement. It is definitely an area I am looking to purposefully build into my teaching - looking to bridge the gap between the two Mathematics programmes we are using; Numicon in Year 3 to Pr1me in Year 4. They both incorporate Mathematical language expectations for the children, but I need to look into how they are relate to each other across the programmes - as well as the vocabulary mentioned within the new Mathematics Curriculum itself.
I also really reflected on the statement about cultural value placed on Mathematics versus Sports for instance. It is naturally going to affect children, when families show a bias towards one area or another. I suppose as educators we need to balance that; not just favouring Mathematics, but showing how Sports and Mathematics can be equally valuable to the enrichment of our students' lives.
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