I’ve blogged before about the use of “Must, Should and Could” (here) and the use of these specific terms still doesn’t sit right with me – I still believe that all students should be able to achieve all the lesson objectives but to varying degrees. In practice this is difficult (read that as nigh on impossible) … Read more
If you are looking for some inspiration for your classroom check out our dropbox (email me mel@justmaths.co.uk for access if you haven’t already done so) @MrGibbsMaths has done a brilliant job of making a selection of posters – a few are shown below, but there are more!! – each poster has lots of variants so can be found in a variety of colour … Read more
Shortly after starting teaching I attended a training course for a model of teaching that our school was introducing (TEEP), from which we have now moved on and adapted for our school. At the time I was fresh from my PGCE and found it frustrating to be “introduced” to a whole range of strategies (and technically they … Read more
Seager recently presented at the Edexcel conference (Excellence in Maths) and in addition to talking about intervention at KS4 he also spoke about Numeracy across the curriculum and the things we are doing to not only improve the numeracy skills of our students (and dare I say it ….. teachers … too late! I’ve said … Read more
I was recently out with some friends and we were joking about the things students do that make use laugh – I ended up mentioning the fact that one of the frustrating things is being asked questions about a task immediately after giving very clear instructions. Picture the scene: Teacher is walking around the room … Read more
The end of the academic year always feels a bit like New Years Eve – I don’t mean in the sense of partying because its also the start of the holidays – but in the sense that it feels like the end of a chapter, and before moving on to the next one I like to digest … Read more
I am not wishing my life away by thinking that far ahead but this is a quick post to remind you all to check in (after about 1pm) on results day for the template for the Edexcel June 1MAo papers RESULTSPLUS analysis template that will enable you to produce a one page question level analysis sheets … Read more
I like to think I take some risks with my teaching – I know that to some people my ideas are sometimes a bit bizarre but then again, compared to others I’m pretty tame, but the one thing I’ve stayed away from is letting the students do any kind of free-roaming activity outside the classroom. This isn’t … Read more
There are THREE of us involved in JustMaths ….. trust me (I’m a maths teacher!) there are definitely three of us … 1. There’s me! 2. Many of you that drop by this blog met Seager (sorry I should call him Christian, but can’t bring myself to do it … he’s just Seager!) last weekend when … Read more
#neveragain #exammarking have been appearing on my timeline on twitter on a regular basis for the last few weeks as maths teachers up and down the country plough through 1000s (and 1000s!!) of exam questions. So why do we do it? When I first started teaching I did exam marking for 2 reasons – money (of … Read more
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