LIVE WEBINAR: FOR PRIMARY TEACHERS
When: Thursday 29th January 3pm AWST
When capable students go quiet in Maths - here's what to do next time.
A focused 40-minute session, designed to leave you with practical shifts for your next maths lesson:
- Starters that get pupils thinking and talking straight away
- A simple way to open tasks so all learners can access them confidently
- The subtle language shifts that help students think more deeply and panic less
- Creating space for flexible thinking without losing rigour
No speed. No drills. No timers.
When: Thursday 29th January 3pm AWST
Meet the host!
Caitlin is the founder of Awesomenicity and an experienced international school educator with a long-standing focus on helping children build deeper confidence and understanding in maths.
She has worked closely with teachers across IB, British and bilingual settings, supporting them to create maths classrooms where all learners feel capable and engaged.
Through Awesomenicity, she’s developed an approach that balances fluency with conceptual understanding, reducing anxiety, strengthening reasoning and making learning feel easier for students and teachers.
This webinar brings together her most practical, teacher-friendly strategies for creating confident maths learners in any school context.
Why this matters?
If you’ve ever felt like some lessons just don’t land, no matter how well you plan… you’re not alone. Many teachers in schools all over the world see the same patterns:
Students who switch off the moment maths begins
Children who try hard but stay stuck on core ideas
Lessons full of effort but lacking that “click” of understanding
These issues aren’t about student ability. There are hidden reasons maths can feel harder than it needs to and once you understand them, everything changes.
This webinar uncovers those underlying factors and shows simple, practical ways to make learning feel lighter, safer and more successful for every child.
“My students actually look forward to maths now. The difference in confidence is huge.”
— Aisling, Primary Teacher
“Awesomenicity gave me ready-to-use lessons that saved hours of planning and helped me reach every learner in my class.”
— Anna, Year 4 Teacher
“Before, some children would freeze or panic. Now, they’re willing to try and even enjoy the challenge.”
— Naaillah, Curriculum Lead
This webinar is perfect for...
- Primary teachers around the world
- Maths coordinators improving consistency across teams
- Learning support/SEN staff supporting learners with low confidence
- School leaders exploring evidence-based improvement in maths teaching
Why addressing Maths anxiety REALLY matters
Impact on students
“Maths anxiety significantly disrupts working memory, reducing cognitive capacity for problem-solving—even in children capable of the maths involved.”
– David C. Geary, 2017
“77% of children with high maths anxiety were normal-to-high achievers.”
– National Numeracy.org
“Emotional symptoms (tension, dread, avoidance) become embedded, impacting motivation and broader attitudes toward maths.”
– National Numeracy.org
Global and cross-cultural evidence
“20% of students across 63 of 64 global educational settings suffered from Maths anxiety. ”
– Massimo Stella, 2021
Teacher and classroom influence
“Students often discussed the role that their teachers and parents played in their development of mathsanxiety.
Primary-aged children referred to instances where they had been confused by different teaching methods.”
– Nuffield Foundation, 2019
Stop the anxiety cycle and start building confidence
Join teachers worldwide who are turning number dread into number joy. Anxiety doesn’t have to define a child’s relationship with maths and it doesn’t have to define your classroom either.
Let’s make 2026 the year we kick maths anxiety to the curb.