A wide range of Primary classroom activities, reviews and resources has been developed and published over the years originally by MAPE and, more recently since the merger in 2004, by Naace.

The Direct2U service was a weekly email service produced by Becta in partnership with Naace. The service was for primary teachers and offered lesson plans featuring ICT in activities based on six subject strands. The service is discontinued but you can view the lesson plans in this archive.

Some practical ideas and activities for parents to help their children develop mathematical thinking and confidence. The activities require no specialist mathematical knowledge or equipment beyond that found in most homes.

An ICT resource for teaching mental maths

A fascinating question and one that teachers would probably answer with 'more knowledge than we have now!' That alone is reason to share this vast wealth of understanding in the world, and really begin to learn from each other. Knowledge and understanding are not learned in isolation for in collaboration we can achieve much more. Teachers cannot possibly know all the answers to the questions children ask but it is their responsibility to equip learners with the thirst, skills and opportunities to be able to find out - and not simply through a Google search either.

This article explores this approach with Key Stage 1 pupils in a Hampshire infant school.

Jim Fanning provides a picture of flexible learning at the Tideway School.

As more studies emerge into the potential application of computer games in both industry and education I'm interested in whether computer games can hone cognitive skills in the same way that a recent US study claims that they can improve fine control skills for surgeons. 'Wii warm-up good for surgeons' BBC News Online 17 January 2008.

Naace have been successful in securing a TDA bid won by Steven Coombes based at Bath Spa University and being delivered as a 'Visual Learning Course' by Christina Preston and John Cuthell at MirandaNet (based at The Institute of Education, London).

This article gives some ideas for teaching young children about fruit. In particular it utilises the Find the Pairs game on the Naace website. This is not a whole scheme of work on fruit. It focuses on one particular aspect and suggests possible extensions. There are further resources listed at the end of the article.

When most people take their cameras on holiday it is to capture memories of somewhere picturesque or a place that holds special memories. For many teachers a picturesque or quaint location can hold a different meaning and we come home armed with pictorial resources to support our teaching in the coming year.
Roger Keeling and Rhona Dick show how to make mathematical capital from some photos of colourful beach huts.