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Country: United Kingdom
Country: United Kingdom
We recommend 20 minutes of Basic Skills focus at the beginning of each maths lesson if only using for fluency and basic skills.
Independent studies commissioned by the Education Endowment Foundation and the Family Fisher Trust from 2002 to 2020 report that SAM Learning significantly improves students' GCSE grades with as little as 10+ hours of usage.
Kitty Duthie, Primary Teacher: I would recommend it as the online resources, including the CLIC, SAFE and Learn Its are very helpful. I like that data can be easily collected. Concepts are broken down well and the PowerPoints to go alongside these are helpful. I like that it is easy to see what concept to move onto next.Carol Anderson, Acting Principal Teacher: Big Maths is a resource that can help deliver numeracy and maths. It should be used alongside supporting resources and activities but provides the progression steps that provide a clear pathway for learning and teaching.Alan Thomas-Williams, Teacher (Junior Dept Maths Coordinator): I feel it’s invaluable in terms of formative assessment. It gives the school a strategic and developing framework of methods that graduate with comprehension from one to the next. It allows for both individual and group tracking and thus planning. It keeps skills that were previously covered once a year in the minds of pupils on a weekly basis. It helps engagement. It has improved results. The team at Big Maths are incredibly helpful and offer guidance whenever I’ve needed it.Chris, Second in Science: Its mostly good. Some activities are well written and fun, others need reviewing and improving.Gillian, 2nd in Department of MFL: I use Sam Learning mainly for homework to consolidate learning done in class and to give students the opportunity to try out short exam style tasks for independent learning.
Students find the tasks accessible and easy to navigate and appreciate getting their scores immediately.
Other schools should use Sam Learning to save time in planning and marking as there is a good range of tasks available on all aspects of the course and if you want something specific which is not there, you can create your own tasks as well.Sam Frith, Teacher of ICT & Computer Science: Really good
The website works on most devices, though we don't recommend mobile phones. We provide getting started guides and support through setup. You just need an internet connection. Paper-based resources are available to send home for children to use if internet connectivity is an issue.
Launch and setup is supported by our technical team - we work with school Network Admin.
1 to 2 days of CPD to introduce the pedagogy. Videos are included in the site to provide additional support.
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