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Ben Harding

@_Ben_Harding_

Specialist supporting schools teach Number Fluency https://nitter.cf/t.co/TIEJeUkRY1. Ex-Headteacher/Ofsted. Created Learning Ladders & Big Maths in earlier life!

 England, UK
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An explanation of the 'Winning With Numbers' number-fluency program. It's like phonics for Maths! #NumberFluency #mathchat #mathschat #SLT
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Great launch of Wining With Numbers at Ellington Primary School yesterday. It really is 'like phonics for maths'!! @Animate2Educate @_Bethan_Harding @_WWNumbers @EllingtonTweets #teaching #pedagogy #NumberFluency #PhonicsForMaths #PhonicsForMath wwnumbers.com
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This FAB 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗻𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝗲 ‘W𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀’! They're implementing our ‘𝙋𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙨’ program (the system, the pedagogy, the sequence of learning) thoroughly & strongly! #PhonicsforMaths @CeltAcademies #SLT #Number
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A Winning staff training day for Winning Numbers at The Federation of Blenheim Road and Coed Eva Primary Schools today. @TheFederation1 @_WWNumbers #Education #Teaching #NumberFluency #Maths #CfW #WWN #WinningWithNumbers
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London for the day to take part in the @FonettiApp Read Aloud Challenge Awards! Fantastic to celebrate children across the country reading fluently and confidently! What it’s all about! A bonus to meet the legend that is @clarebalding
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Implementing 'Phonics for Maths': 'Do’s' and 'Don’ts'

Implementing 'Phonics for Maths': 'Do’s' and 'Don’ts'

Timetabling Do: Agree a discrete daily session across the school, or until children have finished their ‘Phonics for Maths’ journey. This should be around 15-20 mins per day, as it should be cognit...

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𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿-𝗙𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆...unlike other aspects of Maths development (but, like phonics) is characterised by 'Expert to Novice' transmission of information. Has your school separated out curriculum parts; mapped either to direct teaching or self-discovery?
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Just as we use #phonics to #teach pupils the relationship between the sounds & letters of language, we should use a similar approach to teach basic number fluency in #maths, says @_Ben_Harding_ buff.ly/4fk4RGV #teaching #edutwitter
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#NESCardiff2024
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Looking forward to speaking to the 100+ sign-ups for my seminar at #NESCymru Cardiff on Friday! @_WWNumbers
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It is a joy getting off the train in Cardiff and seeing the city celebrating educators in style! #bettycampbell #headteacher
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A year ago, the @Ofstednews #mathematics subject review warned that the poor recall of addition & subtraction facts at key stage 1 could be holding back learners. @_Ben_Harding_ offers an eight-point self-evaluation checklist for #teachers buff.ly/3ZCk94G #edutwitter
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Looking forward to speaking to the 100+ sign-ups for my seminar at #NESCymru Cardiff on Friday! @_WWNumbers
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Always great to be at St James Park … whether it’s #NUFC or #WinningWithNumbers
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What a wonderful staff team at The Pointer School!! Such fun to spend the day Winning With Numbers with them on their staff training day #WinningWithNumbers #maths #NumberFluency
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Another fantastic training day completed with a group of schools in Cornwall! ‘We are going to really go for this!’ 🎉 Winning With Numbers…it’s like phonics for maths! Now on to London and the North East for more training days tomorrow. Let’s make this year a WINNING year!
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Great to be in North Wales getting 2 fantastic schools up & running with Winning With Numbers! ‘Subject & pedagogical knowledge taken a huge step forward’. These schools are on a mission to ensure all children are fluent & confident with number! Going to be a WINNING year!
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Just taking a look at one of the several schools in Cornwall that we’re launching ‘Winning With Numbers’ in tomorrow. Looking forward to a whole day leading WWN training with over 200 teachers. It’ll be a Winning start to the new school year! #NumberFluency #LikePhonicsforMaths
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'𝗣𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀' isn't just a strapline.. ..it's implementation! Embedding number-fluency? 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘴: • discrete sessions • direct teaching • progression of micro-steps • track within the program • 'keep up' sessions
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Look who was Winning With Numbers today…@ChristsSR4 & @bphillipsonMP It was great to host @bphillipsonMP in an amazing WWN school & talk about the need for phonics for #maths in schools! Thank you for visiting. Winning With Numbers….it’s like phonics for maths!
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A winning way to end the week @ChristsSR4 Thank you for visiting one of our WWN schools @bphillipsonMP It was great to discuss how we can work to break down barriers and improve life chances for our youngest children. #winningwithpartnerships
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