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Debra Adams
Debra is a freelance primary mathematics consultant. She has worked for a number of years as a local authority consultant after being a leading mathematics teacher and subject leader in school. Her particular interest is creating a classroom culture that promotes mathematical thinking through talk. |
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Caroline Ainslie
Caroline 'Bubblz' Ainslie is a full time mathematical
clown. She performs at primary schools and offers
giant balloon workshops at Secondary schools.
Bubblz is passionate about using clowning to
impart her love of mathematics and give a different
perspective on learning to children. |
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Mike
Askew
Mike has
taught in London primary schools and has written
mathematics education materials for various
publishers. Mike is also a professor at King's
College London, where he supervises PhD candidates,
researches and writes. His research work has
included commissions from the Teacher Training
Agency, Nuffield, and the Leverhulme Trust.
He is particularly interested in promoting problem
solving and creative approaches to mathematics
learning and teaching, and how to foster classroom
communities of learners. |
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Patti Barber
Patti works at the Institute of Education coordinating
primary mathematics. She taught for many years
in a variety of London schools and has also
been a mathematics consultant. Her particular
interest is in the Early Years and in encouraging
and developing children's problem-solving abilities
in mathematics. |
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Carole
Bean
Carole is a freelance primary mathematics consultant.
She worked for many years as an advisory teacher
and numeracy consultant for the Primary National
Strategy. She has worked with teachers and Early
Years practitioners both in the UK and abroad.
She is keen to promote mathematics as a useful,
exciting and creative subject. |
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Elaine Bennett
Elaine Bennett is an experienced EYFS and KS1 practitioner, currently on a two year secondment at Southend LA as an EYFS consultant, where her particular focus is raising the
profile of maths in the Early Years and into KS1. She is passionate about making maths real, exciting, and accessible for all children and the adults that support them.
Elaine
is the co-author of the Storybook Maths: Reception, Storybook
Maths: Year 1 and Storybook Maths: Year 2 series published by BEAM last year and has
more recently written a series of articles for the Early
Years Educator magazine. She is especially interested in developing maths through play and exploration, often using stories and rhymes as creative starting points to develop
not only PSRN learning, but a love and fascination for all things mathematical! |
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Jeannie
Billington
Jeannie is a freelance primary mathematics consultant
as well as a PCAME tutor and Oxford Brookes
associate teacher. She has worked in primary
mathematics for many years at many different
levels: as a subject leader, advisory teacher,
headteacher, external examiner and senior lecturer.
She has written articles and books for teachers,
parents and children. Jeannie has a passion
for promoting a problem-solving approach to
mathematics. |
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Janine
Blinko
Janine is a deputy headteacher of a large primary
school in Thurrock. She has been an advisory
teacher, senior lecturer, a writer of curriculum
materials, a member of the writing team for
National Tests at Key Stage 1 and was involved
in the training for the Primary National Strategy.
She is very interested in promoting children's
self esteem and positive view of themselves
as learners. |
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Alison Borthwick
Alison is currently a mathematics advisor for
Norfolk. She is also a mathematics tutor for
the PGCE programme at Cambridge University and
occasionally lectures at the University of East
Anglia. She has taught in Croydon and Norfolk
primary schools and is a trained Ofsted inspector.
She is particularly interested in the use of
models and images to support mathematical learning. |
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Pauline
Braviner
Pauline works as a local authority and freelance
mathematics consultant. She is an experienced
primary teacher and mathematics subject leader.
She has also worked as a lecturer in further
education and has been involved in basic skills
work with adults. She is particularly interested
in the use of the electronic board to promote
mathematical learning. |
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Keith
Brentnall
Keith is currently a headteacher.
He has a wealth of experience both as a mathematics
lecturer and as a teacher in a number of schools.
He has carried out a great deal of work on data
analysis and knows first-hand how to raise achievement
in mathematics in school. His particular interest
is in helping all children become successful
learners in mathematics, particularly those
who are underachieving. |
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Simon Caplan
Simon is a primary mathematics consultant. He
is an experienced teacher and trainer across
the primary phase and at adult education level.
He has produced a number of practical resources
to support teachers' and children's understanding
of mental calculation and is in the early stages
of writing a series of mathematical poems. He
is particularly interested in helping children
access mathematical ideas through the use of
appropriate apparatus and visual imagery. |
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Barbara Carr
Barbara works as a local authority and freelance
mathematics consultant. She has a varied background
in business, primary and secondary education.
She has developed a range of mathematical resources
and is constantly devising ways of making mathematics
more accessible and fun for children. She specialises
in basic skills and inclusion. |
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Elizabeth Carruthers
Elizabeth is headteacher of an inner-city children's
centre as well as a freelance mathematics consultant
and researcher. She has taught for many years
in primary schools and nurseries in the UK and
the United States. She has written peer-reviewed
academic articles, as well as publishing a highly
acclaimed book on children's mathematics. She
specialises in children's recording of mathematics,
and mathematics for children under three years
old. |
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Peter
Clarke
Peter lectures on a Graduate Teacher Programme
and contributes to a parent/child project in
London. He is also a freelance mathematics consultant
working throughout the UK and abroad. He has
been a mathematics subject leader and deputy
headteacher in primary schools in Australia
and London. Peter was also a mathematics advisor
for Barking & Dagenham local authority on
the 'Improving Primary Mathematics' initiative.
He has written and edited a range of mathematics
materials and books, where his creative approach
to maths learning is very evident. Peter has
a particular interest in supporting more able
children in mathematics and in developing children's
mathematical problem solving, communicating
and reasoning skills. |
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Caroline Clissold
Caroline is an experienced teacher and currently works as a Primary Strategy Consultant for a local authority. She is a part-time lecturer and has had many articles and books published. Her interests lie in developing ways to link objectives to each other and the wider curriculum, along with integrating using and applying and speaking and listening skills in a meaningful, engaging way. |
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Matthew
Copping
Matthew is the headteacher of a Primary school
in Shropshire. As a Head of a small school he
still maintains a substantial teaching commitment.
Prior to his current post he was a Local Authority
Numeracy Consultant for three and a half years.
He has also held teaching posts in London and
Cheshire. |
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Karen Erskine
Karen is a freelance mathematics consultant.
She is an experienced primary mathematics consultant,
teacher, senior manager and mathematics subject
leader, who has worked in Key Stages 1, 2 and
3 and in Special Educational Needs. She is interested
in promoting pupil voice and supporting classroom
communities of learners. |
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Gillian Foote
Gillian works as a local authority and freelance
mathematics consultant. She is an experienced
primary teacher and leader of learning in mathematics
She has a particular interest in the Development
of young children's mathematical understanding,
and the application of this in practical and
purposeful problem solving. |
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Rosie Foulkes
Rosie works as a local authority and freelance mathematics consultant. She has taught for many years from the Foundation Stage to Year 8. She has experience as a mathematics subject
leader, deputy headteacher and acting headteacher. She is interested in promoting mathematical learning for all through creative strategies. |
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Liz Free
As BEAM’s PD Lead, Liz is actively involved in devising, planning and implementing professional development programmes in schools, settings and for Local Authorities both
within the UK and internationally. She plans and manages a programme of over 60 courses across the UK and BEAM annual conferences. Liz has a wide experience of Primary and Nursery
settings having been a Primary and Early Years Headteacher in the UK and the United States. She has particular expertise of cognitive acceleration programmes and developing strategies
to increase pupil motivation in learning. She has produced several papers and completed action research in school settings. She has a particular interest in exploring how effective
professional development promotes whole-school improvement. |
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Elizabeth
Gibbs
Liz works as a local authority and freelance
mathematics consultant. She is an experienced
primary and Early Years teacher and numeracy
consultant. Liz worked for the national strategy
as a national whiteboard director and ICT regional
advisor. She is particularly interested in the
role ICT can play in promoting children's mathematical
learning. |
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Sue
Gifford
Sue lectures in mathematics education at Roehampton
University. She has taught in London primary schools and worked as a
mathematics consultant. Her areas of research include children’s own
recording and early years mathematics. Sue’s current research interests
are dyscalculia and the prevention of mathematics difficulties. Her
publications include Teaching Mathematics 3-5, and she has reported on
dyscalculia for QCA. |
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Michael
Hall
Michael is currently working as a primary and
secondary mathematics consultant and as an associate
lecturer with the Open University for the MA
in Education. He has been an advisory teacher,
PGCE tutor, and tutor for B.Ed and M.Sc education
courses, mathematics subject leader, head of
year and senior teacher. He has contributed
to numerous publications and projects including
Secondary Mathematics Individualised Learning
Experience (SMILE), National Council for Educational
Technology (NCET), National Association for
Language Development in the Curriculum (NALDIC)
and the Mathematical Association. He brings
a wealth of experience to his BEAM consultant
work and a passion for supporting children explore
their mathematical thinking, through the use
of open questioning in the classroom. |
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Anne
Henderson
Anne is a freelance primary mathematics consultant.
She has many years experience of teaching mathematics
across all age ranges and has been a special
needs mathematics subject leader. Anne lectures
across the UK and internationally on both dyslexia
and special needs in mathematics. She writes
extensively on dyslexia, dyscalculia and mathematics.
She uses her wealth of experience to support
teachers and teaching assistants in developing
their understanding of learners who face specific
challenges with mathematics. |
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Elizabeth Hinchliffe
Elizabeth is a freelance primary mathematics
consultant. She has many years experience in
both primary and secondary sectors. She has
worked both in school and as an advisory teacher.
She is particularly interested in developing
maths subject knowledge and pedagogy with teachers
and teaching assistants. |
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Ray Huntley
Ray teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses,
and is researching mathematical content in primary
Initial Teacher Training for his EdD. He is
an experienced teacher who worked across the
primary range in Essex and Melbourne, Australia,
as a subject leader, deputy head and headteacher.
He has published a number of articles and reviews,
and enjoys promoting mathematics through games
and problem-solving activities. |
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Chris Ingram
Chris is a freelance primary mathematics consultant.
She is an experienced primary teacher, subject
leader and senior manager. She has been part
of the writing team for the National Tests at
KS1 for QCA and has also worked as a Primary
National Strategy consultant. She has a particular
interest in models and images to support the
Development of early number, counting skills
and calculation skills for young children. |
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Denyse
Irwin
Denyse is currently a lead consultant assessor
for the Basic Skills Agency and Primary Strategy
Consultant for a local authority as well as
being a freelance primary mathematics consultant.
She has experience of working with Foundation
Stage, KS1, 2 and 3. She has taught children
with a range of educational needs. She has a
particular interest in both summative and formative
assessment for learning. |
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Laurie Jacques
Laurie has been a KS1/2 teacher for 11 years. She worked as a leading maths teacher and then as an advancd skills teacher (maths) - these roles provided opportunities to run demonstration lessons, support teachers 1:1 and present at cluster meetings to teachers and headteachers. She has been a subject leader for 10 years leading professional development days/twilight, using gap analysis to action-plan pupil and staff needs. Laurie has an MA in maths education from the IOE.
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Andrew
Jeffrey
Andrew combines his freelance mathematics consultancy
and his passion and enthusiasm for maths with
his work as a professional magician. He is an
experienced teacher, deputy head and Independent
Schools' Inspector. His particular interest
is in improving the confidence of both children
and teachers in mathematics. |
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Sue Keith
Sue divides her time between working in Further
Education and Higher Education and as an local
authority and freelance mathematics consultant.
She is an experienced primary teacher who has
taught across the primary range in a number
of schools. She has been a mathematics subject
leader, and an advisory mathematics teacher.
Sue is very interested in learning styles, developing
thinking skills and behaviour management. |
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Jennie Kerwin
Jennie is a freelance primary mathematics consultant.
She has extensive experience of teaching and
has been both a consultant and regional director
for the Primary National Strategy in the Southwest.
She has written mathematics materials for teachers
and children. She has developed a particular
interest and expertise in the Dutch approach
to the Development of calculation skills and
the progression from beadstrings to the empty
numberline. |
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Penny Latham
Penny combines Educational Action Zone consultancy
with being a freelance mathematics consultant.
She has extensive experience as a mathematics
advisor, school improvement officer and mathematics
subject leader. She has taught in a range of
schools in England and also taught in Thailand.
She works to promote a 'maths talk' approach
in the classroom to facilitate children's mathematical
learning. |
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Jill Mansergh
Jill works as a curriculum Development advisor,
senior lecturer and freelance primary mathematics
consultant. She is an experienced secondary,
primary and early years teacher. She has written
a variety of mathematics materials for the primary
age range. Her interests include mathematical
questioning and thinking skills. |
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Lynda
Maple
Lynda is the numeracy project leader for an
Educational Action Zone and a Cognitive Accleration
in Mathematics Education (CAME) tutor. She has
many years experience as a consultant advisor,
helping schools with internal audits, as well
as project leading. A major curriculum Development
project was the setting up of BEAM in 1987.
She has written and contributed to a range of
mathematics publications. Her interests are
in creative problem solving and the Development
of thinking skills. |
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Lynne McClure
Lynne has taught maths in primary and secondary
schools, further education, universities and
has lectured at the Royal Institution and for
the Millennium Mathematics Project. Her favourite
job was being head of a small school in Oxfordshire.
She now lives in Scotland and works for teachers
and pupils of all ages, both in the UK and abroad.
She is currently responsible for the primary
Post Graduate Diploma in Education maths course
at Edinburgh University and works with the Nrich
project in Cambridge, and with BEAM. She writes
and edits lots of maths books including the
Mathematical Association's Primary Mathematics
journal and the termly 'Primary Subjects'. She
is particularly interested in how teachers can
meet the needs of the most able mathematicians
in inclusive classrooms. She likes to think
that her enthusiasm for the beauty and power
of mathematics is infectious. |
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Liz
Meenan
Liz has been a maths advisory teacher, head
of department, class teacher and more recently
the Maths Education Officer for 4Learning -
the education arm of Channel 4. She has helped
produce a range of multimedia resources for
both primary and secondary mathematics. She
is now a freelance mathematics consultant working
with a range of providers. |
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Sami Miller
Sami works as a local authority and freelance
mathematics consultant. She has extensive experience
across the primary age range as a teacher and
has been both a mathematics subject leader and
deputy head. She is interested in strategies
to engage everyone in mathematical learning,
whether adults or children. |
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Mike Ollerton
Mike is a freelance primary mathematics consultant.
He has many years experience as a teacher, leading
a secondary mathematics department, and as a
teacher trainer. He has also sat on the Association
of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM) general council
and is the ATM conference officer for the 2008
conferences at Keele University. He has contributed
to many articles and publications. His passion
is for a problem-solving, investigative approach
to mathematics. |
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Chris
Olley
Chris is a freelance mathematics consultant
and lecturer on the secondary mathematics PGCE
course at King's College London. He has many
years experience as a classroom teacher and
head of department. Chris has developed numerous
materials for the web and printed publications
and is particularly interested in dynamic software
that offers children an open-ended mathematical
experience. |
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Jennie Pennant
Jennie is an independent consultant and researcher, having been the Professional Development manager at BEAM Education for several years. She has wide experience in writing, teaching and advising on mathematics both in the UK and abroad and is a trained Ofsted inspector. She has a particular interest in exploring classroom cultures that promote mathematical learning and the role of coaching in effective Professional Development. Jennie is a trained leadership coach and enjoys working with Heads, Senior leaders and Maths Subject Leaders on realising their vision for mathematics in their school. |
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Adrian
Pinel
Adrian lectures in mathematics education at
the University of Chichester. He is an experienced
teacher, consultant and lecturer at primary,
secondary and higher education levels. He has
written a range of books and magazine articles.
He invented 'Loop Cards' and is the designer
of the Association of Teachers of Mathematics
(ATM) mathematical activity tiles. His current
interests are number imagery, gifted and talented
provision, problem solving and creativity in
primary mathematics. |
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Jeni
Pinel
Jeni lectures in mathematics and childhood studies
at the University of Chichester and coordinates
the Primary Flexible PGCE there. She is an experienced
advisory teacher and deputy headteacher. She
has also led mathematics curriculum projects
with groups of schools. She has written a number
of books and articles and is particularly interested
in approaches to mental maths. |
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Gill
Potter
Gill Potter is an independent consultant, researcher and author with a national and international reputation in mathematics, e-learning and thinking skills. She is a Cognitive
Acceleration through Mathematics Education (CAME) tutor and a specialist in long-term INSET which focuses on developing creative leading and learning approaches to mathematics
across schools.
Gill is a professional leadership coach and a consultant for the National College for Leadership of Schools and Childrens' Services and works extensively to develop
leaders of learning in 21st century classrooms across the world. Her experiences as a Deputy Headteacher and a senior lecturer in gifted and talented education at Oxford Brookes
University enable her to use research strategies to evaluate impact in mathematics across the school. She has developed a range of parallel learning approaches which create opportunities
for her to work alongside colleagues and their pupils in real and virtual classrooms. This enables her to personalise the professional development needs for each school by selecting
the most appropriate and efficient pathway. This may be a combination of a keynote speech, a practical workshop, individual leadership coaching or bespoke INSET sessions.
Gill
works tirelessly to enable staff and pupils from different schools to become excited by challenging Maths – not frightened of it! Above all Gill believes that all professional
development is an opportunity to celebrate the fun and excitement that Mathematical thinking can bring within schools both at home and abroad. |
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Janet
Rees
Janet is a freelance mathematics consultant.
She has wide experience as a headteacher and
advisory teacher as well as lecturing adults
and college students in mathematics education.
She has written books and games for use by both
teachers and children. Her interests are many
and varied from Early Years to Year 7 including
the assessment of learning, creative ways to
engage children in mathematics and mental calculation
strategies. |
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Amy Sinclair
Amy is a freelance primary mathematics consultant. She has taught in a variety of Scottish schools and has worked at local authority level supporting schools in developing good
practice. She was part of the writing and engagement team for Curriculum for Excellence at LTS and has written publications on active learning in maths. She is passionate
about engaging pupils in Maths through creative, active learning opportunities. |
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Les
Staves
Les is a freelance mathematics consultant. He
has been a headteacher of an outstanding special
school and a consultant for local authorities,
special schools and support services across
the country. He is the author of Mathematics
for Children with Severe or Profound Learning
Difficulties. With this wealth of experience,
Les can offer a range of consultancy support
looking at working with children with substantial
learing difficulties. |
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Paula Stone
In addition to her consultancy work, Paula has
recently taken up a part-time post as a senior
lecturer on a primary mathematics Initial Teacher
Training programme. Paula is also an associate
consultant for the National Centre for Excellence
in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM). Following
many years teaching in the primary age phase,
Paula worked as a local authority consultant
before moving to her current role. Her special
interest is citizenship within primary education. |
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Stef
Sullivan
Stef is a tutor on the mathematics PGCE course
at Nottingham University and a freelance mathematics
consultant. She has taught mathematics throughout
all key stages and has spent many years providing
Professional Development courses for state and
independent schools both in the UK and abroad.
She is currently exploring how teachers can
support each other in their professional learning.
Stef has a particular interest in problem-solving
approaches to mathematics. |
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Elizabeth Thomas
Elizabeth works as a local authority and freelance
mathematics consultant. She has worked in primary
mathematics at many different levels throughout
her career: as a subject leader, leading maths
teacher, consultant and advisor. Her main interests
are developing subject leaders' skills to lead
learning in their schools and supporting schools
in raising standards in maths. |
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Ian
Thompson
Ian is a freelance primary mathematics consultant.
He has experience in teaching children, trainees,
teachers and Primary National Strategy Consultants.
He has edited publications for Open University
Press and written many articles for a range
of professional and academic journals. He has
a particular interest in strategies that help
develop children's calculation skills. |
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Margaret
Travers
Margaret is a freelance Early Years advisor
and trainer with 25 years experience in working
with young children, researching Developmental
issues, and teaching students to degree level.
She has owned and managed a nursery school and
worked as Head of Early Years in primary settings.
Margaret also holds a Montessori teaching diploma,
and is an experienced Ofsted inspector. She
specialises in training practitioners who work
with birth to three year olds and three to five
year olds. Her particular interests are in sustaining
and promoting young children's thinking and
problem-solving skills. She is also interested
in promoting early mathematics as a by-product
of having fun through open ended resources,
appropriate adult interaction, effective observation
and planning for individual needs. |
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Judith Twani
Judith works as a local authority Early Years consultant and Children’s Centre teacher in Thurrock, Essex. She is an experienced primary and Early Years teacher and has taught in both the UK and South Africa. She describes herself as having “hated maths” throughout school, and so now passionately committed to ensuring young children grow up with a love for maths. She has been collecting examples of successful mathematics across early years settings and Year 1 classes in Thurrock. She facilitates a weekly exploratory play session for parents and 0-2 year olds with a particular focus on developing mathematical thinking. |
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Jenny Weidner
Jenny is currently working as an advanced skills teacher specialising in mathematics, after being a mathematics leading teacher and subject leader in her school. Her particular
interest is developing creative approaches to mathematics, especially using stories and rhymes as vehicles for exciting, engaging learning. Jenny is the co-author of the Storybook
Maths: Reception, Storybook Maths: Year 1 and Storybook
Maths: Year 2 series published by BEAM last year which
she has used to undertake training and assist support in her Local Authority. |
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Melanie Willcox
Melanie is a freelance primary mathematics consultant. She is currently working as a local authority consultant for mathematics and early literacy after being a leading mathematics
teacher, KS1 moderator and subject leader in school. With strengths in KS1 mathematics her particular interest is in making maths contextual and fun for everyone. |
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Helen
Williams
Helen is a freelance education consultant. She
is an experienced advisory teacher and has been
involved in Initial Teacher Training, and consultation
groups for the Department for Children, Schools
and Families and QCA. She is a member of the
Association of Teachers of Mathematics and edits
their journal. She has a particular interest
in the place of role play in mathematical learning. |
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Val Worcester
Val is a freelance primary mathematics consultant.
She is an experienced advisory teacher, primary
headteacher and teacher trainer. She has taught
throughout the primary age range. She has been
involved in developing and testing assessment
materials for QCA and in making training videos
for teachers. She is passionate about developing
a problem-solving, investigative approach to
maths. |
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