INTRODUCING CATCH UP NUMERACY

© Catch Up, 2008

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 AIM OF THIS SESSION

● To give an overview of Catch Up Numeracy

and its implementation and management in
school (or other setting)

Introduction
 WHO IS THIS SESSION FOR?
● Local Authority advisers
● Members of school Senior Management Teams
● The member of staff who will manage Catch Up
Numeracy in school (or other setting)

Introduction
 WHO IS CATCH UP?
Catch Up is a not-for-profit charity which provides:
● comprehensive, integrated training and resource packages
for organisations and staff, to support the delivery and
management of Catch Up Literacy and Catch Up Numeracy
● ongoing support, through the Catch Up Community, for
those who deliver Catch Up Literacy and Catch Up
Numeracy to learners

Introduction
PROBLEMS WITH NUMERACY

● Many adults suffer from disabling levels of anxiety about

mathematics (Ashcraft and Faust, 1994)
● Many adults are open about not being able to do maths
(Ashcraft and Faust, 1994)

● Most adults with low numeracy skills began experiencing

difficulties with mathematics from as early as age 7
(Fennema, 1989)

Introduction
 CATCH UP NUMERACY
● Structured one-to-one intervention for learners who
struggle with numeracy, based on Ann Dowker’s ten
components of numeracy

● Targeted to the identified needs of the individual,

and maximises the effective use of resources
(including ‘Overcoming Barriers’) and approaches
already available in classrooms

Introducing Catch Up Numeracy

 CATCH UP NUMERACY
● Grounded in rigorous academic research, and
shown to be effective in schools across 37 local
authorities

● Available as part of an accredited comprehensive,

integrated and award winning training and resource
package that supports both management and
delivery of the intervention

Introducing Catch Up Numeracy

CATCH UP NUMERACY is suitable for
all learners who struggle with numeracy
(working towards NC Level 1 or above) including:

● those who are significantly below the expected

National Curriculum Level for their age
● those whose Number/Maths Age is significantly
below their Chronological Age
● those who find it difficult to learn in group situations

Introducing Catch Up Numeracy

 CATCH UP NUMERACY

● Catch Up Numeracy is designed

for learners who struggle with numeracy
rather than learners beginning numeracy

Introducing Catch Up Numeracy

INTRODUCING
CATCH UP
NUMERACY
 WHAT DO LEARNERS THINK
ABOUT NUMERACY?

Introducing Catch Up Numeracy

CATCH UP
NUMERACY
SUCCESS
 PRIMARY SCHOOLS

HOW DO WE KNOW THAT

CATCH UP NUMERACY WORKS?

Results from the first Catch Up Numeracy pilot study, spring/summer 2007,
comprising 60 learners (Years 2 - 6) across Brent LA, Hampshire LA, North
Tyneside LA, Powys LA, Sandwell LA, and the Vale of Glamorgan LA.

Catch Up Numeracy success

 Research data from the
Vale of Glamorgan 2009 - 2010

Impact
Average
Average Average total Average
number of
intervention period time Maths Age gain
sessions

Vale central team 4 19

5 months
Pupil Group 1 20 months
hours (BNST)
(23 pupils) (Apr - Jul)
Vale central team 6 16.4
5½
Pupil Group 2 22 months months
hours
(45 pupils) (Sep - Feb) (BNST)

Catch Up Numeracy success

THE CATCH UP
NUMERACY
INTERVENTION
 CATCH UP NUMERACY
● Catch Up Numeracy is delivered by staff (including
teachers, teaching assistants and carers) who have
been trained by Catch Up
● All the guidance and proformas necessary to deliver
Catch Up Numeracy are included in the training and
resource package
● Catch Up Numeracy resources are to be used alongside
the school’s collection of teaching materials and
apparatus

Catch Up Numeracy
 THE 10 COMPONENTS
OF NUMERACY

● Catch Up Numeracy focuses on 10 components

of numeracy identified in the original research

Catch Up Numeracy
 THE 10 COMPONENTS
OF NUMERACY
Counting verbally Counting, counting forwards and backwards, out loud
Counting objects Counting objects, order of counting, adding and subtracting objects

Reading and writing Reading numbers and number words (e.g. 3 and three), writing numbers
Hundreds, tens and units Comparing numbers (bigger and smaller), adding and subtracting
Ordinal numbers First, second, third…
Word problems Numerical problems written with words (e.g. If Ann had 3 marbles…)

Translation Translating between objects, numbers and number words

Derived facts Using known number facts to help calculate unknown number facts

Estimation Estimating!
Remembered facts Immediate recall of ‘known’ facts (e.g. 2 + 2 = 4)

Catch Up Numeracy
CATCH UP NUMERACY LEVELS

● Catch Up divides each of the 10 components of

numeracy into 12 Catch Up Numeracy Levels
● These Catch Up Numeracy Levels have been
designed to make formative assessment and
intervention practical to administer

Catch Up Numeracy
CATCH UP NUMERACY LEVELS

Catch Up Numeracy
CATCH UP NUMERACY LEVELS,
NATIONAL CURRICULUM LEVELS
AND NUMBER/MATHS AGES

Catch Up Numeracy
THE 4 STAGES
OF CATCH UP
NUMERACY
 THE 4 STAGES OF
CATCH UP NUMERACY
1. Formative assessments
2. Identifying an appropriate focus for
numeracy teaching
3. Individual teaching session (15 minutes,
twice a week)
4. Ongoing monitoring

The 4 stages of Catch Up Numeracy

 STAGE 1: Formative assessments

The 4 stages of Catch Up Numeracy

 STAGE 2:
Identifying an appropriate
focus for numeracy teaching
● Use the Formative assessments to complete
the Catch Up Numeracy learner profile
● Use the learner profile to set target Catch Up
Numeracy Levels and to identify an appropriate
focus for numeracy teaching

The 4 stages of Catch Up Numeracy

STAGE 3:
The 15 minute ● Review and introduction
3 minutes
Individual
● Numeracy activity
teaching 6 minutes
session ● Linked recording
6 minutes

The 4 stages of Catch Up Numeracy

 INDIVIDUAL TEACHING SESSION
PART 1: Review and introduction

The 4 stages of Catch Up Numeracy

 INDIVIDUAL TEACHING SESSION
PART 2: Numeracy activity

The 4 stages of Catch Up Numeracy

 INDIVIDUAL TEACHING SESSION
PART 3: Linked recording

The 4 stages of Catch Up Numeracy

 INDIVIDUAL
TEACHING
SESSION
RECORD SHEET
A record is kept of the
teaching and learning of
each Individual teaching
session

The 4 stages of Catch Up Numeracy

 STAGE 4:
Ongoing
monitoring
 The record kept of each
Individual teaching session
and the learner profile give
valuable information about the
learner’s needs and progress

Example monitoring sheet (a learner

profile)

The 4 stages of Catch Up Numeracy

 STANDARDISED TESTS
 We recommend that progress is also monitored by
means of a standardised Number/Maths test
 This should be administered at the beginning, mid-
point and end of the year, as appropriate
 The standardised test is most useful when it is first
administered before the Catch Up Numeracy
Formative assessments

Catch Up Numeracy
TRAINING
 CATCH UP NUMERACY
TRAINING
● All of the guidance necessary to deliver
Catch Up Numeracy is available as part of
the integrated training and resource package

Catch Up Numeracy training

 OCN ACCREDITATION
● Catch Up Numeracy training is accredited
by the Open College Network (OCN)
● Trainees submit evidence that they have
successfully completed the training course
assignments
● Submitting for the OCN accreditation is
voluntary

Catch Up Numeracy training

 THE INTEGRATED TRAINING
AND RESOURCE PACKAGE
N1: Introducing Catch Up Numeracy
(this session)
N2: Delivering Catch Up Numeracy
N3: Managing Catch Up Numeracy
N4: Review and Next Steps

Catch Up Numeracy training

CATCH UP
SUPPORT
 CATCH UP SUPPORT
● Catch Up provides support to help local authorities,
schools and other settings implement the Catch Up
interventions as effectively as possible
● Support is available by telephone, by email, via our
website www.catchup.org.uk and (for everyone who
has been trained by Catch Up) via the Catch Up
Community

Catch Up support
 THE CATCH UP
COMMUNITY
● Open to everyone who has been trained by
Catch Up
● A newsletter and password protected web
pages provide additional support

Catch Up support
HOW MUCH DOES
CATCH UP
NUMERACY COST?
THE INTEGRATED TRAINING AND
RESOURCE PACKAGE

●£299 per trainee

(minimum of 10 trainees - £2990)

How much does Catch Up Numeracy cost?

 ADDITIONAL COSTS

● There are no other external costs

How much does Catch Up Numeracy cost?

 COSTS PER INDIVIDUAL LEARNER

● ‘… the costs per child per year. … we estimate

that the total cost … around £120 per child.’

(Count me in: Improving numeracy in England - A guide for charities and funders,
New Philanthropy Capital, April 2010, page 37)

How much does Catch Up Numeracy cost?

QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
 Catch Up Numeracy makes a difference!
It improves learners’ skills, confidence and motivation,
leading quickly to gains

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