Maths Lessons with Big Maths
Small, Simple Steps
‘I do’, ‘We do’, ‘You do’ Teaching
We advocate the ‘I do’, ‘We do’, ‘You do’ approach to teaching, which begins with teachers introducing a skill and finishes with learners working independently. For more information, click here How Does Big Maths Work?
What Does A Big Maths Lesson Look Like?
Choose Which Steps to Teach
Big Maths lessons are organised into CLIC and SAFE sessions, prioritising Basic Skills to provide the foundations for Wider Maths.
A CLIC session usually lasts for 20 minutes roughly 5 minutes spent on each area:
- Counting
- Learn Its
- It’s Nothing New
- Calculation
Normally, the rest of your lesson is used to cover wider maths, through
SAFE:
- Shape
- Amounts
- Fractions
- Explaining Data
Develop Your Subject Knowledge
Every learning step in the Big Maths framework has in-depth teacher guidance on how to introduce the step and guidance on what to look out for as you teach your lesson. These are great for creating a consistency of teaching across school and are invaluable to teachers who aren’t confident in maths.
Select Your Perfect Resources
No lesson would be complete without a comprehensive set of resources. Big Maths has over 15,000 resources linked to steps throughout the framework allowing you to differentiate for pupils on the same step.
