Gain maths fluency with Fluency Bee
A structured teaching programme designed to give children confidence with numbers
What is Fluency Bee?
For primary school children, maths is all about building solid foundations. That's where Fluency Bee can help. Fluency Bee is a structured teaching programme designed to give children confidence with numbers through varied and frequent practice. It's an easy way to build number sense and develop a range of core skills in maths.
Fluency Bee brings maths to life. Key representations are used throughout the programme to help children build visual images, and there's lots of emphasis on mathematical talk, games and a hands-on, practical approach. In short, it makes learning maths simple and fun - for children and teachers.
The key to mathematical fluency
The best way to develop maths fluency is frequent practice. Fluency Bee consists of a daily 15-minute lesson separate from the main maths lesson. Fully animated PowerPoint slides bring core skills to life, with teaching notes that emphasise key learning points and highlight important connections.
Then there's an optional fluency-based task to follow each lesson. Together, they help build children's confidence in working with numbers and help them to understand key number facts by building conceptual understanding.
Initially aimed at children in key stage 1, Fluency Bee can be used with the whole class every day, or with small groups who may need a little extra help from time to time. A key stage 2 version will be available next year.
Build maths fluency the easy way
So what's different about Fluency Bee? As with all White Rose resources, it's all about breaking maths concepts into small, easy-to-digest steps.
- Each year is broken down into stages
- Each stage is broken into blocks
- Each block is broken into small steps
For teachers and classroom assistants, everything you need to build mental fluency in maths is right there in the programme. There's no need to go anywhere for extra resources. Each block starts with a short guidance slide which highlights key learning points and important connections for developing fluency. If needed, there's more information in the notes underneath each slide.
The structure is simple, leaving teachers free to get on with teaching - there's no need to read pages of supporting guidance. After all, Fluency Bee is designed to make your life easier.
Create conceptual understanding - it's all in the slides
Every one of the 15-minute fluency sessions is taught using high-quality animated PowerPoint slides.
- Use with the whole class or small groups
- Promote a hands-on approach to number sense with lots of ideas for games and activities
- Encourage children to develop a secure understanding of key mathematical concepts
- Varied, fun and frequent practice helps core skills stick
Supporting resources help create maths fluency
The support offered by Fluency Bee doesn't stop there. There's an optional fluency-based task for every small step for extra practice, and two pages of fluency questions help build confidence.
Taken together, the animated slides and supporting material create fluency sessions that children enjoy and teachers enjoy delivering.
Pricing and release dates
The Fluency Bee package will be available to purchase from early June, priced at £80 + VAT for 12 months.
Autumn resources will be released in early June. More autumn content will follow between June and August, meaning all content for the whole of the autumn term will be available when school starts in September. Spring content will be released between October and December, with summer materials added from February to April 2024.
For info on further releases, package discounts and a closer look at the resources, please watch our information webinar.
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