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Eleven Plus and Bar Modelling
Problem solving is a major part of the eleven plus and bar modelling technique is a perfect solution to the challenging problems faced by…
Bar model teaching blog
The bar model teaching blog:working out loud, mostly about one picture.
A bar model is a drawing that shows how the parts of a problem fit the whole. These are short pieces about teaching with bar models — what works, what took three attempts, and the questions that come up on every training day.Newest first.
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The problem-solving game changer
Problem-solving is one area that many children, wherever you are in the world, struggle with. It’s challenging for children to understand…
We’re in the TOP TEN Education Blogs!
We’ve got into the TOP TEN most-read articles on Teach Wire! If you haven’t yet read about the mistakes schools make when introducing Bar…
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Bar modelling – 3 ways to prepare your class
Bar modelling is very exciting when you first see the possibilities as a teacher. However, it can be challenging to just go diving into…
Bar Model Questions to Introduce to your class
We’ve decided to suggest some bar model questions which schools can use to start the process of using Bar Models in each year group. If…
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Bar Modelling Training: Do you need it?
If you have ever come across bar modelling training before but thought it wasn’t for you or your school then we would like to explain why…
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Bar Model – What on earth is it?
Bar Model – yes we think they are supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, named our company on it and bought a whole load of domains with…
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Bar Models to solve KS2 word problems
Bar Models are great for solving multi-step word problems and the KS2 SATs problems that many pupils will face this week are no different.…
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Teaching Bar Modelling with Scaffolding (Video)
Teaching Bar Modelling is not always easy and in fact there are many teachers who love the concept and are very good at using the models…
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Top 5 Bar Model tips for pupils
Pupils need support in using the Bar Model approach so we decided to be extra kind and develop a poster listing the top 5 bar model tips…
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Bar Model approach – That “aha” moment
The bar model approach has gained a huge fanbase over the last two years. It’s amazing how if you go back a few years, hardly any primary…
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Bar Model Training – Is it useful for my school?
Our Bar Model training is not just for schools that have decided to take on the Singapore Maths approach. In fact, we have trained many…
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5 Mistakes in Introducing Bar Models
So you are thinking of introducing bar models to your school? It’s an exciting feeling, we know as we’ve spoken to and supported many…
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Mystery numbers – bar model video
A challenging mystery numbers question where you are only told the sum and difference of the two numbers. The numbers are small so you can…
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Bar Model Resource – A basic guide to Bar Model
We’ve just released our first basic Bar Model resource! This is a guide which we have created to support the initial introduction of Bar…
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Sam and Tom’s marbles problem
This is one of our favourite questions and really shows the power of Bar Modelling. To solve this question you only need to use Year 2…
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