Teach Early Years - Issue 14.2

Sign up for fully funded Maths Champions Programme with NDNA Champions Maths Support early years practitioners with their confidence and ability to teach maths to children in early years settings. Maths Champions is an evidence-based, professional development programme delivered by National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA). It is aimed at increasing early years practitioner skills, knowledge, awareness and confidence in supporting children’s early mathematical development. The Maths Champions programme is a fully funded initiative. The only criteria for nurseries is that Maths Champions must be at least Level 3 qualified. Commissioned by the Education Endowment Foundation, the independent evaluation team from the Universities of Durham and York analysed the results of the programme, which showed that children in a setting that ran the programme made on average three months additional progress in maths and language development. “Children are not born with maths anxiety; they learn this from adults surrounding them. Evaluation of the Maths Champions programme provides evidence to show increased confidence levels of all staff in participating settings in providing high quality educational experiences for children within their everyday routine.” Stella Ziolkowski NDNA’s Director of Quality and Training To register your interest, fill out the following form: