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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 what the steps are in order to solve many multi-step problems and in most lessons, as much as teachers say, “Imagine you are the fruit basket….”, word problems are not […]

Bar Model Webinar – 9th Sept 2019 Be inspired by join our Bar Modelling Webinar – 9pm on Monday 9th September 2019 (UK Time). Many of us will be starting another academic year this week and we are fully aware of all that goes on in the first week, so we’ve decided to hold a […]

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 Models, then don’t worry you can still have a read of the blog on the Teach Wire website, https://www.teachwire.net/news/the-best-education-blog-posts-you-should-read-today.

Bar modelling is very exciting when you first see the possibilities as a teacher. However, it can be challenging to just go diving into using bar models and expect everyone just to ‘get it.’ It just won’t work that well if we did that to our class. Sure a few will get it but the vast […]

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 you have always wanted to use bar models but weren’t sure what question to start off with, then the questions below will help you to start using bar modelling in your class. […]

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 we feel it should be in all schools! Bar Modelling is not just a strategy for problem-solving, it’s much more than that. Our Bar Modelling training can focus on […]

Bar Model – yes we think they are supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, named our company on it and bought a whole load of domains with those words…BUT what is it? Let’s get the customary jokes out the way – a Bar Model has nothing to do with bars (pubs), models or a model that is or works in a bar! Simply […]