Inviting students to play along with a fictional maths problem game and use their numeracy skills to plan out a party.

This lesson sees Chris Johnson opening a bakery, with some maths help from Bitesize Daily’s Mrs Vee. They learn how to count and use place value to figure out which numbers are bigger and smaller.

Early literacy often dominates conversations around foundational learning in today’s educational system. However, despite the emphasis on STEM in later years, the importance of early numeracy in ...

A new study suggests that giving youngsters a series of games designed to engage them in the subject improves their abilities by three months Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for FREE by ...

Readers remain unconvinced by the prime minister’s plan for students to study maths until the age of 18 Re your article (Rishi Sunak to propose maths for all pupils up to age 18, 3 January), as ...

Nationally, the percentage of students falling below acceptable literacy and numeracy standards rises between year 3 and year 9. In addition to the Northern Territory – where the failures of the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Not bad, but must try harder is probably how UK prime minister Rishi Sunak reads the country’s mathematics ...

Children do better at maths when music is a key part of their lessons, an analysis of almost 50 years of research on the topic has revealed. It is thought that music can make maths more enjoyable, ...