Liz Webster and Linda Duncan

Hands on Numeracy

Margaret Share

Display Creative Numeracy, Numeracy on Display

Margaret Share is an LA Maths Consultant who specialises in 'using and applying mathematics', 'calculating methods' and using 'working walls' to enhance learning in the classroom.

What the author has to say about 'Display Creative Numeracy':

"As a busy teacher I look at displays and think how wonderful they are, but I don’t have time to produce them when I have a crammed curriculum to deliver. Time spent in producing displays is particularly relevant in mathematics because the topics change rapidly. My displays are designed to be quickly and easily produced. They are interactive to encourage children to engage with their learning and develop their speaking and listening skills through planned activities which include, problems to solve, questions to answers, models and images to refer to, role play activities, maths facts and vocabulary to learn. It is so exciting to watch children become more independent as they use the prompts and models and images that are displayed rather than ask for support. Because the displays have cross curriculum, they provide children with endless opportunities to apply their mathematical skills in a practical, meaningful and exciting way."