The HFL Education team of Primary Teaching and Learning Advisers are subject specialists offering a wealth of school improvement experience. The maths and English teams create resources and provide nationally acclaimed training, guidance and support to school leaders, teachers, teaching assistants and parents to improve outcomes for children.
The HFL Education team of Primary Teaching and Learning Advisers are subject specialists offering a wealth of school improvement experience. The maths and English teams create resources and provide nationally acclaimed training, guidance and support to school leaders, teachers, teaching assistants and parents to improve outcomes for children.
These FREE guidance documents have been designed to support schools to effectively implement the ESSENTIALmaths materials and respond to frequently asked questions
The full suite of Year 1 to Year 6 ESSENTIALmaths planning materials are available to purchase from https://www.hertsforlearning.co.uk/resources/essentialmaths for both single and mixed-age classes.
To accompany our implementation guidance, we have produced this ‘frequently asked questions’ page to answer some common questions.
The full suite of Year 1 to Year 6 ESSENTIALmaths planning materials are available to purchase from https://www.hertsforlearning.co.uk/resources/essentialmaths for both single and mixed-age classes.
The ESSENTIALmaths Mixed Age Planning is written to support the curriculum for primary teachers. The sequences are written as a spiral curriculum in which learning is built upon step by step, sequence by sequence and year on year. It is aspirational and ensures progression and coverage through the primary phase for pupils in mixed age classes of Years 1 & 2, Years 3 & 4 and Years 5 & 6.
Concepts in the parallel year groups have been carefully aligned.
This supports teachers to manage teaching and learning focuses in the classroom.
The full suite of Year 1 to Year 6 ESSENTIALmaths planning materials are available to purchase from https://www.hertsforlearning.co.uk/resources/essentialmaths for both single and mixed-age classes.
Contact the HFL Education maths team at primarymaths@hfleducation.org for further information.
This detailed sample plan focuses on positional and ordinal numbers in Year 1.
HFL subject experts have designed an easy to pick up and use set of sequences with step by step guidance covering the entire mathematics curriculum from Year 1 to Year 6.
Designed to support teachers, the planning includes examples of how concrete and pictorial representations can benefit pupils’ learning as well as other mastery techniques. The new ESSENTIALmaths planning tool has a wealth of ideas to deepen and extend mathematical thinking for all learners.
The ESSENTIALmaths sequences have been designed to benefit schools, teachers and pupils delivering carefully planned progression that ensures consistency. The inbuilt examples of what children should be able to achieve through destination questions allows teachers to keep assessing and informing the children’s learning against age-related expectations. In addition, the fun and easily adaptable games, activities and resources are built in, saving time for teachers enabling them to reinvest their valuable time and focus on the needs of their pupils.
The full suite of Year 1 to Year 6 ESSENTIALmaths planning materials are available to purchase from https://www.hertsforlearning.co.uk/resources/essentialmaths for both single and mixed-age classes.
Contact the HFL Education maths team at primarymaths@hfleducation.org for further information.
This planning synopsis outlines a unit of poetry work for year 1. The plan identifies the focus for each lesson e.g. reading, writing or spoken language, and gives a brief outline of each lesson. A Detailed English Plan to accompany this synopsis can be purchased.
This planning synopsis outlines a unit of work on visual literacy for year mixed age year 5/6 classes. The plan identifies the focus for each lesson e.g. reading, writing or spoken language, and gives a brief outline of each lesson. A Detailed English Plan to accompany this synopsis can be purchased.
This planning synopsis outlines a unit of work based on discussion for year 6 and would be ideally suited as a transition unit. The plan identifies the focus for each lesson e.g. reading, writing or spoken language, and gives a brief outline of each lesson. A Detailed English Plan to accompany this synopsis can be purchased.
This planning synopsis outlines a unit of work on explanation texts for year 4. The plan identifies the focus for each lesson e.g. reading, writing or spoken language, and gives a brief outline of each lesson. A Detailed English Plan to accompany this synopsis can be purchased.
A detailed English plan designed to support year 2 pupils reach the Expected Standard in writing plus ready to go resources. The plan incorporates aspects of the year 2 Programme of Study, including reading, writing, spelling and grammar and weaves them together to create engaging reading and writing opportunities. The unit is based on the text, Monsters: An Owner’s Guide by Jonathan Emmett.
