Resources by Teachers TV

Year 4 - Observing a Lesson on Times Tables

This Teachers TV video shows a Year Four class at Eleanor Palmer Primary School in North London as they explore the four times table in detail using ping pong tables and challenge questions.

After school, teachers explore the new framework for mathematics and give their initial reactions. Under the...

Year 5 - Problem Solving and Building Confidence

This Teachers TV video focuses on a Year Five lesson on number-based problem solving at Eleanor Palmer Primary School. Headteacher and Mathematics Co-ordinator Kate Frood is developing her students’ confidence in mathematics by building on the knowledge they have and helping them to develop a genuine mathematical...

Year 6 - A Lesson in Subtraction as a Confidence Builder

Security and confidence in their mathematical knowledge is the key in Year Six at Eleanor Palmer Primary School, as the class teacher consolidates her students' understanding of different methods of subtraction. Headteacher Kate Frood then looks at a sample of students’ work to assess their progress, and follows...

Zero to Infinity

This is a Teachers’ TV programme from the series Painting with Numbers. In this episode Professor Marcus du Sautoy explains how humans have developed numbers for their mathematical needs. We learn that humans first began counting with whole numbers only, but then needed to invent others as their mathematical...