Hello and welcome to Digging for the why - the podcast for maths teachers of years 5-8 looking at continuity and why we need to dig for the why in our lessons.

In this episode, Alison and Andy are joined by a special guest, Vicky Osborn. Again this episode was recorded in two parts:

Part One: Andy and Alison

• The differences between KS2 and KS3 for stakeholders
• KS3: The Wasted Years? Ofsted report 2015
• What is being done to address issues from this report?
• Valuing the mathematical journey of our students at every stage

Part Two: Andy, Alison and Vicky

• Andy has a rant
• Vicky's experience of the transition years
• Parents as stakeholders in the transition
• Is pedagogy the same at KS2 and KS3? What is should be vs what it could be.
• How does joint planning help plan a scheme of work in KS3?
• What happens after SATs in Y6?
• Why do Year 7s put their hand up and ask what to do when they finish their page?

Links to things mentioned in this episode:

• NCETM
• Find your local maths hub
• Ofsted report

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You can find us on twitter:
Andy - @desire2undrstnd
Alison - @AlisonHopperMEI
Vicky - @CheerVix

Our intro/outro was produced by a talented young creative - check out his Soundcloud.

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A talented young creative iingledew produced our intro/outro – check out his Soundcloud.