Cross-curricular Skills: Numeracy Framework
Cross-curricular Skills: Numeracy Framework
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- Strengthening & Supporting Leadership
While there is a consistent framework for delivery of numeracy, both within the teaching of mathematics and across the broader curriculum, how schools organise the oversight and management of delivery does vary. In some schools, there will be a middle manager who is responsible for both, while in others the responsibility for cross-curricular numeracy might fall to a member of staff who does not specifically have a mathematics background.
Recent ESTYN reports for Swansea schools have highlighted that there are inconsistencies in key aspects such as planning suitable activities in meaningful contexts, tracking progression and evaluating the development of numeracy skills.
1.1 Swansea Primary School Numeracy Coordinators Network Meetings
1.1 Swansea Primary School Numeracy Coordinators Network Meetings
During the 2025-26 academic year, these will be delivered by our Partneriaith colleagues and places can be booked from the Partneriaeth Professional Learning page here.
Target Audience:
Primary school teachers who have responsibility for coordinating the development and delivery of the numeracy framework across the school curriculum.
Session Aims:
The termly Primary Mathematics and Numeracy Leads network will allow opportunity for all to share, discuss and enhance knowledge and understanding of Mathematics and Numeracy and the skills to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness this AoLE within their schools. Practitioners will develop pedagogical knowledge that supports the effective delivery of Mathematics and Numeracy, ensuring all learners will make progress.
Attendees will engage with and have a better understanding of Mathematics and Numeracy in order to design their local curriculum.
Attendees will have a deeper understanding of progression through the five proficiencies.
Attendees will develop pedagogical knowledge in order to support effective design and implementation.
Attendees will develop skills and understanding to become reflective AoLE leads in order to monitor and evaluate effectively.
Attendees will decide content for termly networks and have opportunities to share Curriculum for Wales experiences.
Funding:
There will be no central funding available for these sessions.
Date(s)/Venue(s):
Friday 7th November 2025
Monday 2nd March 2026
Wednesday 17th June 2026
The Waterfront Community Church, Swansea. SA1 8QY
9.00am – 3.00pm
Booking Link: Via Partneriaeth Professional Learning page here.
1.2 Delivering the Sequential Data Handling Cycle in a Cross-Curricular Primary School Setting
1.2 Delivering the Sequential Data Handling Cycle in a Cross-Curricular Primary School Setting
This session will aim to consider the data handling cycle from establishing an initial hypothesis, data capture design, analysis, display and interpretation across a variety of suitable contexts and scenarios.
Target Audience:
Numeracy Coordinators or teachers who are interested in developing worthwhile data analysis activities for their learners.
Session Aims:
In this session we will work progressively though the data handling cycle, spending time at each stage looking at:
Matching a context with the best way to relevant capture data
Different ways to capture data such as
Observation sheets
Questionnaires
pitfalls such as bias and overlap
The properties of different data types
Qualitative
Quantitative, discrete and continuous
Methods of grouping data
Tally charts and frequency tables
Carroll and Venn diagrams
Consider the thoughts of ESTYN on Data Handling
Methods of representing data
Pictograms
Bar and bar-line graphs
Grouped data charts
Line graphs
Climate graphs
Methods of interpreting drawn graphs including
Steps to telling the story of a graph
Using sentence starters and appropriate vocabulary.
Planning in a Cross-Curricular Setting
Funding:
£250 per school will be provided to support attendance for this full day session.
Date(s)/Venue(s):
Friday 26th September 2025
The Waterfront Community Church, Swansea. SA1 8QY
9.30am – 3.00pm
Booking Link: Click here to book
1.3 Planning for authentic cross-curricular numeracy activities
1.3 Planning for authentic cross-curricular numeracy activities
Regular drop in sessions to allow Numeracy coordinators to share, brainstorm or peer review authentic cross-curricular numeracy activities.
Target Audience:
Numeracy Coordinators from both Primary and Secondary school settings .
Session Aims:
To provide the opportunity for coordinators to forward plan activities on a half-termly basis. To consider the challenge and progression relative to Progression Steps and the 5 proficiencies.
Funding:
There will be no direct funding available to support attendance.
Date(s)/Venue(s):
Tuesday 9th September 2025
Monday 3rd November 2025
Wednesday 7th January 2026
Friday 27th February 2026
Monday 20th April 2026
Wednesday 10th June 2026
Civic Centre (Room 3.2.6) 1.30pm - 3.30pm
NO BOOKING REQUIRED - JUST COME ALONG
2. Improving the Subject Confidence of Practitioners
2. Improving the Subject Confidence of Practitioners
In an ideal world every school would have a full quota of qualified teachers of mathematics. However, for a variety of reasons this is not always the case. As such, Swansea is committed to providing subject enhancement support to individuals such as non-specialist teachers, newly qualified teachers, teaching assistants or learning coaches who recognise that they would benefit from additional support in improving their knowledge and understanding of aspects of mathematics and numeracy.
Each session will outline the pupil progression though the area, suggest suitable teaching approaches, identify common misconceptions and share examples of assessment opportunities.
Target Audience:
Teachers, learning coaches and teaching assistants from across the primary and secondary sectors who wish to enhance their subject knowledge. Each session will be discrete so that you may attend only the sessions that interest you.
Session Aims:
2.1 Factors, Multiples and Prime Numbers (PS 3/4)
2.2 Sequences in algebra (PS2,3, 4)
2.3 Negative Numbers (PS 3/4)
2.4 Circles – circumference & area (PS4)
2.5 Right angled triangles – Pythagoras’ theorem and trigonometry (PS4/5)
2.6 Probability (PS3/4)
Funding:
£180 per school will be provided to support attendance for this half day session.
Date(s)/Venue(s):
2.1 Factors, Multiples & Prime Numbers (PS3/4)
2.1 Factors, Multiples & Prime Numbers (PS3/4)
Friday 3rd October 2025
The Waterfront Community Church, Swansea. SA1 8QY
1.00pm – 3.00pm
Booking Link: Click here to book
2.2 Sequences in Algebra (PS2,3,4)
2.2 Sequences in Algebra (PS2,3,4)
Monday 8th December 2025
The Waterfront Community Church, Swansea. SA1 8QY
1.00pm – 3.00pm
Booking Link: Click here to book
2.3 Negative Numbers (PS3/4)
2.3 Negative Numbers (PS3/4)
Friday 6th February 2026
The Waterfront Community Church, Swansea. SA1 8QY
1.00pm – 3.00pm
Booking Link: Click here to book
2.4 Circles - Circumference & Area (PS4)
2.4 Circles - Circumference & Area (PS4)
Wednesday 25th March 2026
The Waterfront Community Church, Swansea. SA1 8QY
1.00pm – 3.00pm
Booking Link: Click here to book
2.5 Right Angled Triangles - Pythagoras' Theorem and Trigonometry (PS4/5)
2.5 Right Angled Triangles - Pythagoras' Theorem and Trigonometry (PS4/5)
Monday 11th May 2026
The Waterfront Community Church, Swansea. SA1 8QY
1.00pm – 3.00pm
Booking Link: Click here to book
2.6 Probability (PS3/4)
2.6 Probability (PS3/4)
Friday 10th July 2026
The Waterfront Community Church, Swansea. SA1 8QY
1.00pm – 3.00pm
Booking Link: Click here to book
3. Developing 21st Century Learners in Mathematics
3. Developing 21st Century Learners in Mathematics
How do we ensure that pupils are given opportunities to effectively develop the 5 proficiencies which are central to the CfW Mathematics and Numeracy curriculum? Sessions will focus upon improving problem solving skills through metacognitive approaches, developing questioning strategies to promote higher order thinking and using low-floor, high ceiling activities to provide stretch and challenge across the ability range.
3.1 Using Visualisers in the Mathematics Classroom
3.1 Using Visualisers in the Mathematics Classroom
The visualiser can be a powerful tool when interacting with learners both in a live classroom setting and when sharing feedback online. This session will allow teachers to practice using a visualiser when taking a class through an 'I do, we do, you do' demonstration activity. The session will also upskill the teacher on how to record an assessment-feedback clip and turn it into a printed QR label to fix on pupil work.
Target Audience:
Teacher’s from across both the Primary and Secondary.
Session Aims:
In this session we will learn to:
Connect and install software for YOUR visualiser and label printer
Practice using visualiser in a variety of contexts
Feeding back on a pupil’s work
Recording pupil discussion
Recording a class demo
Upload video clips to Google Drive and share safely using printed QR codes
Create a class website and upload your demo clips
Consider different ways to use the kit in your classrooms
Funding:
There will be no direct funding available to support attendance. However each delegate will be given a visualiser and QR label printer to use back in their classroom.
Date(s)/Venue(s):
Monday 13th October 2025
The Waterfront Community Church, Swansea. SA1 8QY
1.00pm - 3.00pm
Booking Link: Click here to book
3.2 Higher Order Questioning - Adopting Bloom's Taxonomy for Maths Teaching
3.2 Higher Order Questioning - Adopting Bloom's Taxonomy for Maths Teaching
The session will look at the Bloom’s hierarchy for increasing the challenge of a questions from the perspective of a Maths teacher. Participants will have the opportunity to consider existing questions and contexts as well as working on their own questions.
Target Audience:
Teacher’s from across both the Primary and Secondary sectors who wish to improve the range of questions they use in the classroom or when designing pupil activities.
Funding:
£180 per school will be provided to support attendance for this half day session.
Date(s)/Venue(s):
Friday 28th November 2025
The Waterfront Community Church, Swansea. SA1 8QY
9.30am - 12.00pm
Booking Link: Click here to book
3.3 A Metacognitive Approach to Problem Solving
3.3 A Metacognitive Approach to Problem Solving
The session will help delegates to understand the concept of metacognition and its importance in mathematics learning. We will explore strategies to foster metacognitive skills in students and equip teachers with practical tools to integrate metacognitive practices into their maths teaching.
Target Audience:
Teacher’s from across both the Primary and Secondary sectors.
Session Aims:
Understanding metacognition
Metacognitive strategies
Practical application
Integrating metacognition into teaching
Funding:
£180 per school will be provided to support attendance for this half day session.
Date(s)/Venue(s):
Friday 24th April 2026
The Waterfront Community Church, Swansea. SA1 8QY
9.30am - 12.00pm
Booking Link: Click here to book
3.4 Developing Low-floor, High-ceiling Activities to Provide Stretch and Challenge for All
3.4 Developing Low-floor, High-ceiling Activities to Provide Stretch and Challenge for All
This session aims to equip maths teachers with the skills and knowledge to design and implement low-floor, high-ceiling activities that cater to diverse learners, providing both accessibility and challenge.
Target Audience:
Teacher’s from across both the Primary and Secondary sectors.
Session Aims:
Understanding Low-Floor, High-Ceiling Activities
Designing Effective Activities
Implementation Strategies
Funding:
£180 per school will be provided to support attendance for this half day session.
Date(s)/Venue(s):
Friday 5th June 2026
The Waterfront Community Church, Swansea. SA1 8QY
9.30am - 12.00pm
Booking Link: Click here to book
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