Lesson footage
NCETM National Curriculum videos: Number facts (opens in a new tab)
NCETM · Primary · UK
Lesson videos on number facts for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
FreeOpens at ncetm.org.uk
Maths
Fluency, number facts and daily review
How students come to recall number facts quickly and accurately, and how daily review keeps earlier learning alive. Here you'll find classroom videos and podcast episodes on building number fact fluency and running a daily review, so earlier learning stays fresh.
Practices in this area:Number fact fluencyDaily reviewRetrieval practiceTimed practiceCumulative review
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Lesson footage
Developing mathematical understanding through daily routines (opens in a new tab)
Research Schools Network · UK
Making the most of daily routines to build mathematical thinking in a Reception class.
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Lesson footage
Activating prior knowledge (opens in a new tab)
Research Schools Network · UK
A Year 1 maths activity designed to activate what pupils already know.
FreeOpens at researchschool.org.uk
Lesson footage
Primary mathematics classroom demonstration: Daily review (opens in a new tab)
Impact Curriculum (formerly Ochre Education) · 3:07 · Primary · Australia
A classroom demonstration of daily review in primary mathematics, from Ochre Education (now Impact Curriculum). Useful for seeing the routine in action.
FreeOpens at youtube.com
Lesson with commentary
How Charlotte Pottinger uses retrieval practice and Means of Participation to start class (opens in a new tab)
Teach Like a Champion (Doug Lemov) · Primary · 2024 · UK
The opening of a primary maths lesson at Rivers Primary Academy in Walsall, where retrieval questions and well-run response routines get every student recalling earlier content.
FreeOpens at teachlikeachampion.org
Lesson footage
Retrieval practice to support maths (opens in a new tab)
Research Schools Network · UK
Retrieval practice in maths that balances challenge with chances to succeed.
FreeOpens at researchschool.org.uk
Lesson footage
Using images for retrieval in the primary classroom (opens in a new tab)
Research Schools Network · Primary · UK
Visual representations used to help pupils retrieve concepts in primary maths.
FreeOpens at researchschool.org.uk
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Webinar
Epic Fluency Instruction: Strategy Instruction and Practice (Session 1) (opens in a new tab)
Think Forward Educators, with Kat O'Rourke · About 1 hour · 2025 · Australia
NSW teacher Kat O'Rourke shows how she sequences strategy instruction and practice to build number fact fluency in a 15-minute daily block, and what she learned implementing it.
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
The Benefits of Fact Fluency when Teaching Mathematics (opens in a new tab)
Think Forward Educators, with Brian Poncy · About 1 hour · 2025 · USA
Dr Brian Poncy reviews research on five ways fluent recall of basic facts supports later maths learning, and shares results from a five-year study.
FreeOpens at thinkforwardeducators.org
Webinar
Toni Hatten-Roberts: Science of Maths and the Importance of Fluency (opens in a new tab)
Think Forward Educators, with Toni Hatten-Roberts · 30 to 60 minutes · 2022 · Australia
A Think Forward Educators maths session with Toni Hatten-Roberts on the science of maths and the importance of fluency.
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Webinar
Explicit Mathematics Teaching: Unlocking the science of mathematics in the primary classroom (opens in a new tab)
Think Forward Educators, with Toni Hatten-Roberts, David Morkunas and Ollie Lovell · 30 to 60 minutes · 2024 · Australia
Toni Hatten-Roberts, David Morkunas and Ollie Lovell cover instructional routines, cognitive load and systematic review in primary maths, with practical strategies teachers can try straight away.
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Fact fluency
Ep 79 Math Fact Crisis, Two Years Later (opens in a new tab)
Chalk & Talk · with Brian Poncy
Brian Poncy returns to discuss maths fact fluency and shares first-year results from a large rollout of the free Facts on Fire program in a Texas school district.
FreeOpens at chalkandtalkpodcast.podbean.com
Fact fluency
S04E03 Facts on Fire: Why Fluency Is the Foundation of Mathematical Thinking (opens in a new tab)
Knowledge for Teachers · with Brian Poncy
Brian Poncy of Oklahoma State University, creator of Facts on Fire, explains why fluency is an overlooked foundation for long-term success in maths.
FreeOpens at knowledgeforteachers.podbean.com
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Maths daily review made for you (opens in a new tab)
Sue Davis, Journal of Think Forward Educators · Journal article (PDF) · 2024 · Australia
Sue Davis explains why Ochre Education (now Impact Curriculum) built daily review resources for maths and what they look like.
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Research Bite #53: Spacing and retrieval practice for mathematics learning (opens in a new tab)
Craig Barton (Tips for Teachers) · Substack · 2026 · UK
Barton breaks down a meta-analysis on spacing and retrieval practice in maths, including where spacing helps most and what the findings mean for planning practice and review in maths classrooms.
FreeOpens at tipsforteachers.substack.com
Challenges in achieving fluency and mastery (opens in a new tab)
Alex Blanksby (VIC Maths Notes) · Substack · 2026 · Australia
A Victorian maths teacher uses learning classical guitar to reflect on what fluency and mastery require, and why practice must prepare students for performing under different conditions.
FreeOpens at vmnalex.substack.com