Category: Practice

NCALNE (Voc): Essential But Not Sufficient

Sep 21, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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Skip this post unless you manage foundation tutors or work as a tutor in the adult literacy and numeracy sector. Here’s the question: Will the NCALNE training help my organisation develop more mature embedded literacy and numeracy practices? Here’s the answer: Yes. It’s a great start. But it’s the beginning of the journey. Not the…
Try These Maths and Numeracy Jigsaw Puzzles – Subtraction

Jan 27, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Development, Good ideas, Graeme Smith, Jigsaw, Learning, Materials, NCALNE, Numeracy, Practice, Progressions, Resources, Subtraction

For those of you who have attended our literacy and numeracy professional development workshops, you might have seen these cool maths jigsaw puzzles. If not, we’ve done the hard work… all you need to do is print them, cut them out, and use. Learners can complete individually or in pairs. Let me know how you get…