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Catherine Gripton

@cathgripton.bsky.social
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Associate Professor Observatory for Mathematical Education University of Nottingham

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Catherine Gripton @cathgripton.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
New report out this week on maths teaching in reception in England www.nottingham.ac.uk/Observatory/...
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Dr. Aaron Bradbury @aaronearlyyears.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
New publication now live 📢 Written by the Early Childhood Maths Group, this resource explores how to nurture early mathematical thinking through play and developmentally-appropriate practice. 📄 Download: www.early-years-reviews.com/_files/ugd/c... Please share. #EYFS #PlayMatters #EarlyMaths
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Dr Helen J Williams 🇪🇺🇵🇸 @helenjwc.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
This 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 Hard copies available from @earlyed-uk.bsky.social Online also available *free* from the ECMG website: earlymaths.org
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Catherine Gripton @cathgripton.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Any Y4 or Y5 teachers in Nottingham or surrounding areas? We have a couple of places on this Lesson Study project starting next week.
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Catherine Gripton @cathgripton.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Part 2 of our Nursery World series about spatial reasoning in the early years www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/feat...
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Spatial reasoning part 2: Developing 'body sense' - Nursery World
How do children develop embodied learning? By Prof Emily Farran, Dr Catherine Gripton and Dr Andrea Lancaster
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Dr Helen J Williams 🇪🇺🇵🇸 @helenjwc.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Our new piece on these @atmmathematics.bsky.social KS1 assessment tasks in @tesmagazine.bsky.social @accomplishedu.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
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Why games beat tests for primary maths assessment
The end of the Sats requirement in key stage 1 opens up a world of opportunities for more engaging ways to assess pupils, say these experts
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Catherine Gripton @cathgripton.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Part 1 of a series of 4 articles in Nursery World about spatial reasoning
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Association of Teachers of Mathematics @atmmathematics.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
The Social Justice special issue of ATM’s Mathematics Teaching Journal is now available online and has been made ‘open access’ to all, so please do share with colleagues. It includes articles by Alf Coles, Pete Wright, Rose Griffiths and many more. atm.org.uk/write/MediaU...
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Dr Helen J Williams 🇪🇺🇵🇸 @helenjwc.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
A quick read on early years maths and story books: www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
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Using picture books to support mathematical development
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Dr Helen J Williams 🇪🇺🇵🇸 @helenjwc.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
The UK Early Childhood Mathematics Group do not have a Bluesky account as yet … it’s coming it’s coming! But please do take a look at our website with lots of **freely available** guidance& resources for those of us working with birth-8 yr olds: earlymaths.org And please add your suggestions below 👇🏼
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Early Childhood Maths Group
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ruthtrundley.bsky.social @ruthtrundley.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Really looking forward to our FREE online webinar focussed on analysing a research lesson on fractions in Y5/6 from a Collaborative Lesson Research cycle. We will be joined by Mike Askew, Janine Blinko, Kate Eames, Stefanie Burke and Andy Tynemouth. Still time to book tinyurl.com/2xajwc8a
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Learning from lesson study
<h5>Free to attend for all schools<br /></h5><h5><strong></strong></h5><p><strong></strong><strong>FREE</strong>&nbsp;online webinar focussed on analysing a research lesson from a Collaborative Lesson...
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Dr Laurie Jacques @smartjacques.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
www.jmc.org.uk/2024/11/16/a...
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Geoff Wake @geoffwake1.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
First Post! Join us at this event in person in Oxford or online. Monday 25th November. Details at: www.education.ox.ac.uk/event/mathem... I’ll be drawing on our www.masteringmaths.org research to consider the mathematically disadvantaged.
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Dr Lucy Rycroft-Smith @ljrycroftsmith.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
If you are interested in maths teaching and ethics, @darrenmacey.bsky.social and I are giving a talk this Wednesday on the topic, based on our book chapter, and we’d love to have you! talmo.uk/events.html
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Dr Helen J Williams 🇪🇺🇵🇸 @helenjwc.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
**NOW LIVE and FREE** The Early Childhood Mathematics Group’s guidance on teaching maths in a mixed year group classroom/setting: 🧵 mixed-age.earlymaths.org 1/
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Mixed year-group mathematics teaching – Mixed Age
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Dr Laurie Jacques @smartjacques.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Maths Ed people on here that I have found… go.bsky.app/Ngpznzk
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Dr Helen J Williams 🇪🇺🇵🇸 @helenjwc.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Excited (now I’ve actually made the decision to slink over Here) to have some convos about mathematics, earlyyears and even some politics. Thank you for the follows 👋 The ECMG earlymaths.org have their bi-termly meeting tomorrow where we launch our **NEW** guidance for teaching mixed year groups
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ECMG
Early Childhood Maths Group
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Catherine Gripton @cathgripton.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Thanks @berniewestacott.bsky.social
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Dr Helen J Williams 🇪🇺🇵🇸 @helenjwc.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
AND **HERE IT IS!** mixed-age.earlymaths.org
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Mixed year-group mathematics teaching – Mixed Age
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