COURSE OVERVIEW
Explore this year’s pre-release material with other teachers delivering the same specification, so you can share ideas, resources and approaches to help students prepare effectively for assessment.
Our Core Maths Pre-Release Discussion Meetings are for anyone already teaching Core Maths, whatever your level of experience. They are tailored to your specification, so discussions are focused on the particular assessment demands your students will face. Sessions are collaborative in nature, led by participants alongside AMSP facilitators, and are designed to support discussion, resource-sharing and practical classroom ideas.
We run Core Maths Pre-Release Discussion Meetings for the following qualifications: AQA, OCR and Edexcel.
Whether you are a regular Specification Network attendee or joining for the first time, you are welcome to take part. We expect these meetings to be popular and will increase capacity where possible to accommodate demand.
The sessions will run once in the academic year, in the Spring term. There is more than one meeting for each different awarding organisation
1 online session per specification
The meetings will be held on Zoom.
Summary
| Format | Online |
| Audience | Teachers |
| Duration | 2 Hours |
| Sessions | 1 |
| Time: | Various |
| Cost | Free to all teachers |
The session will run once in the academic year, in the Spring term.
Curriculum: Core Maths
Focus: Examinations
What you will learn
Develop ideas, deepen your understanding of the pre-release material and take away practical approaches to support your students’ preparation.
Explore the pre-release material
Consider the key themes, challenges and opportunities in this year’s pre-release material with teachers delivering the same specification.
Share ideas and resources
Exchange teaching approaches, discuss useful resources and learn from the experiences of other Core Maths teachers and AMSP facilitators.
Support student preparation
Take away practical ideas to help students engage with the pre-release material and prepare effectively for this aspect of their assessment.
Frequently Asked Questions
Your common questions and concerns answered
All teachers are eligible for a free place on this course. Priority will be given to teachers in state-funded schools and colleges in England.
Places on this course are limited. Early applications are encouraged. Over-subscribed courses will operate a waiting list.
All current teachers of Core Maths, heads of mathematics departments and heads of sixth forms will benefit from attending the session.
Pre-Release material comes out on the 1st March and can be accessed via:
OCR: Teach Cambridge website (If you don’t already have an account, see your exams officer. More information on how to set up an account is here)
AQA: Centre Services website (You need a ‘myAQA’ account to access this. More information on how to set up an account is here. You may need to enter your centre number, click on ‘Resources’ and filter for Maths, L3 Mathematical Studies. If you sort by newest first it should be at the top.
Edexcel: Maths in Context Qualification page (You will need an Edexcel Online (EOL) account to log in. If you don’t already have an EOL account, you can ask their exams officer to add them to the school/create them an account)
The AMSP offers a variety of support for Core Maths teachers:
Visit our Core Maths professional development page
When a course is open for applications, please click the Application button on this page to apply. You will be able to choose the course date you wish to attend via this form.
You will need to create a myMEI account if you don’t already have one. You will need to select the event you wish to attend from the registration form.
As part of the AMSP, you can also register for free resources via MEI’s Integral learning platform.
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