Abacus maths books year 59/17/2023 ![]() Items from our extended range section are dispatched separately. We sometimes split orders between multiple parcels. Please note orders are only processed Monday-Friday. The orders go into our warehouse to be picked, packed and consolidated into one parcel where appropriate. I also want an uber precise online dictionary and a greater range of creative assessment strategies.We aim to process and dispatch our orders within 24 hours. ![]() What I’d like to see are more videos, especially childfriendly clips explaining methods and ways of working. It’s worked for me in high achieving leafy suburbs and it’s worked just as well in city schools. I think it could be brilliant for you and your school. It’s also been said that Abacus resources can be too over-prescriptive and are heavy on the IT. If you head to the forums then you’ll find reviews of the old resource from teachers who say that the pupil books are okay for average middle attainers, but too easy for solid middle mathematicians and high flyers - and I’d say this hasn’t been completely resolved. But Abacus is ahead of the game – its activities and advice is bullseye stuff in a time of change. The paint isn’t yet dry on the new maths curriculum and we’ve all got to put up with the fumes before things settle down. Activities are child-friendly, bursting with vigour, highly engaging and pitched perfectly for the primary key stages. The Abacus folks have got things spot on for kids. The Practice portion, meanwhile, is full of graded practice, homework videos, fluency fitness, five-minute fillers, quick maths, workbooks and textbooks. The Make Sense chunk contains excellent activities that focus on problem-solving and reasoning, speaking and listening, and structured play. Their experience is split into two parts: Make Sense and Practise. Teachers don’t get all the goodies, though. The online activities within Abacus are some of the best you will see in primary maths, and it’s easy to allocate these electronically to the children in your class (saving what information you need to your own files). Lesson plans are detailed, if not a bit too scripted in places, and link to helpful resources here, there and everywhere. If you need to stop and search for a concept or resource, type in what you are looking for and let the system strut its stuff. Additional expert help is also on hand from Ruth Merttens, who appears in videos that talks you through calculation strategies. The overview of calculation methods and strategies for KS1 and KS2 are colourful, clear and perfect for running parent workshops helping mums, dads and carers understand current teaching methods. There’s an editable Y1-6 calculation policy for goodness sake – how helpful is that! After all, do you really need to reinvent the wheel? You’ll have to add or subtract your own spokes and tinker with the gears for uphill maths work, but this is perfectly possible using such grand designs. On closer inspection you will find daily, weekly and medium term plans that can be easily edited. Added to this you have workbooks, textbooks and oodles of support should you need it. Pupils get their own online world as well, within which there’s a wealth of lively games, problem-solving activities galore, avatars and rewards. There’s an online planning tool for teachers, which is packed with inspiring ideas and assessment materials. ![]() The complete toolkit includes a number of different elements. The question is, has it changed? Well, it’s had to evolve in order to shake hands with the new maths curriculum, but I’m pleased to say things are still hunky-dory. The activities, especially those involving ICT, are purposeful and exciting, and the teacher support is excellent – notably when it comes to assessment. The planning is top-notch and written by those in the know. I know where I am with it and it has served me and my classes extremely well. I’ve used loads of maths schemes over the years, but Abacus is the one to which I’ve always taken a shine. Under the spotlight this issue is a unique maths toolkit from Pearson that’s been carefully crafted for the new primary maths curriculum. ![]()
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