Early career teachers: primary and early years
Please explore the resources on this page:
Statutory framework for the early year foundation degree Primary national curriculum Development matters Birth to five mattersMaths
Recommended websites
- Research review series: mathematics
- NCETM
- Maths Hubs
- nrich
- Mathematical Association
- Association of Teachers of Mathematics
- Parallel by Simon Singh
- Stanford youcubed
- Mathematical Association Primary Mathematics Challenge
- STEM Learning
- National Numeracy
- UK Maths Trust
- NRICH – Events for Teachers and Students
- Early Years Educator
- Maths Hubs Professional and School Development Opportunities 2022/23
Recommended books
- Mathematics explained for primary teachers by Derek Haylock with Ralph Manning (6th edition)
- Understanding and teaching primary mathematics by Tony Cotton
- Children’s errors in mathematics by Alice Hansen
Are you a primary or secondary teacher in your first or second year of teaching?
Two new Maths Hubs professional development opportunities are now recruiting, with sessions starting this semester. The projects – Specialist Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics – Primary Early Career Teachers and Specialist Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics – Secondary Early Career Teachers – are designed especially for teachers in their first or second year of teaching. They provide opportunities for peer-to-peer collaboration with other teachers at the same career stage, while focusing on maths subject knowledge and pedagogy. Get in touch with your local Maths Hub to find out more and sign up.
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Science
- Reach Out CPD
- The Association for Science Education
- The Primary Science Teaching Trust
- The STEM Learning Centre
- Science Sparks
- British Science Week
- PLAN
Primary science research update
OFSTED: Research Review: Science
Resources for schools
- Explorify
- Science and plants for schools
- The Woodland Trust
- Learning through landscapes
- BBC bitesize science
Computing
- National Centre for Computing Education provides CPD and resources
- Barefoot Computing provides free resources
- Code – it provides free resources
- Hello World – a free publication on computing education written by teachers for teachers
- Project Evolve – an online safety resources
- Childnet – an online safety resources
- Thinkuknow – an online safety resources produced by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection command centre (CEOP)
Music
- Model Music Curriculum: Key Stages 1 and 2
- Musical Development Matters
- OFSTED research review
- Primary Music Toolkit
- BBC Ten Pieces
- Tune Into listening
- Orff Society
- British Kodaly Academy
- Sing for Pleasure
- MERYC England (Music Educators and Researchers of Young Children)
- Voices Foundation
- Musical Futures UK
- Sing up
- KS1 music
- KS2 music
- National Plan for Music Education
Design and Technology
Useful books
- Atkinson, R. 2018. Mastering Primary Music. London: Bloomsbury Academic
- Greenhalgh, Z. 2018. Music and Singing in the Early Years: A guide to singing with young children. London: Routledge
- Daubney, A. 2017. Teaching Primary Music. LA: Sage
- Burnard, P. and Murphy, R., 2017. Teaching music creatively. 2nd edn. Oxon: Routledge.
- Cotton, M. 1996. Agogo bells to xylophone: A friendly guide to classroom percussion instruments. London: A & C Black.
- Maddocks, A. and Voices Foundation, 2012. Inside Music: A Music Education Programme for Class Music Teaching (5 – 7). The Voices Foundation: London.
- Maddocks, A. and Voices Foundation, 2014. Inside Music: A Music Education Programme for Class Music Teaching (7 – 11). The Voices Foundation: London.
- Minto, D. 2009. Games, ideas and activities for primary music. Harlow: Person Education Ltd.
- Pope, D., 2019. Understanding Subject Knowledge for Primary Teaching. Chapter 6. Los Angeles: SAGE
Useful websites
- Primary Music Toolkit
- BBC Ten Pieces https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces
- Tune Into listening
- Orff Society
- British Kodaly Academy
- Sing for Pleasure
- MERYC England (Music Educators and Researchers of Young Children)
- Voices Foundation
- Musical Futures UK
- Sing up
- KS1 music
- KS2 music