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This project promoted the use of NRICH in the classroom. Clusters involving groups of junior schools with their partner secondary school, worked together on the project. The focus was on the transition phase between primary and secondary education.
The main clusters were in Caerphilly, Gwynedd, Pembrokeshire, Torfaen, Swansea and Newport with a few other schools working in pairs. The teachers received training and support on the use of the NRICH website from Sara Longbottom, the mathcymru/NRICH Officer at Techniquest
The project included conferences for participating schools, and visits from Sara who demonstrated the use of NRICH resources in the classroom.
Sara also worked with mathcymru and with many of the Wales Maths Advisors who were keen to encourage the use of NRICH resources to support more problem solving in maths classrooms. Sara says: "The response both from pupils and teachers has been fantastic. The problems from the NRICH website really stretch the pupils and make them use different approaches to finding the answers. We expect pupils will begin to use the website themselves, ultimately sending in solutions."
Linda Bebb, a maths teacher at King Henry VIII School in Abergavenny, commented that "I think the students respond well to these resources ... it engages the pupils. I've already started building NRICH resources into my Scheme of Work."
In order to support teachers wanting to find resources for different curriculum topics we developed our Secondary Curriculum Mapping Documents
Charlie Gilderdale from NRICH was delighted that Sara was spreading the word that problem solving is at the heart of doing mathematics: "With her help we hope that more and more teachers will get to know about the free mathematics resources available on the NRICH website."