I find the teaching of Maths incredibly rewarding - that 'light bulb moment' in young children can create a real classroom buzz that is more difficult to replicate in the soft skill subjects. Maths can be competitive (and therefore fun as long as it is delivered in the right way!) and there are lots of opportunities for practical lessons and using concrete resources. 

In my experience, what is more difficult to achieve in Maths teaching is a cross-curricular, creative approach to lessons. I love teaching Maths through stories (and there are lesson plans and resources to accompany existing books in my resources section). However, with an increasing push for Maths to encompass 'real life problems' I began to ponder whether lessons could cover this content (recipes, sport league tables, currency and measurement conversions) alongside a cross-curricular approach.

Chances are that when we teach the Ancient Greeks in History we study one of the myths in an English unit, throw a democracy lesson in to our PSHE planning and maybe even host a one-off PE lesson to hold a mini Olympics with our class. But what if we could build in some Greek-themed Maths content to create an even greater holistic study of the period? Maybe we could use our position and direction vocabulary to help Theseus escape the labyrinth? Maybe we could teach ratio and proportion using the number of soldiers on each side of the Battle of Marathon? Could we use BC and AD timelines to help us teach negative numbers?

The potential for real-life and cross curricular learning opportunities with Maths are ripe with possibility... so dive in and have a look at some ideas in the resources section of the website.