Survey

Time to set up my Inquiry blog and record what has happened so far.

Here are the results of the survey about current attitudes to Maths:
Interestingly the kids all see themselves as being OK or good at Maths. This must be a good thing because they need to have good self esteem to progress. Most of the class enjoys Maths usually or always. Fantastic!The Basic Facts Ladder is perceived as being helpful. Although Dinah Harvey suggests it shouldn't be done in maths learning time, my observation is that it is highly motivational. Kids like to know they're improving at something and the ladder provides for that.

Another notable result is the lack of students who don't know if the modeling books and FIOs are helpful. We use modelling books, but seldom use FIOs. I've noted in my Inquiry plan that I should make better use of them to allow kids to get used to the link between literacy and number - as per PAT tests.