Mel Muldowney I’m on a train. Time to think. Sorry in advance … We make hundreds, if not thousands of decisions every day as a teacher. Some of them are conscious decisions and some less so. One of the things I know is that I spend lots of time thinking about where to start to pitch the … Read more
Below you will find two versions of the monthly maths calendar : Octobers “normal” version: – > Monthly Maths – October 2018 Octobers “number skills” version: – > Monthly Maths – October 2018 – Number Skills (Note that the original post containing the sheets for September can be found -> here and the solutions (for September 2018) … Read more
I’ve been doing these maths calendars now for over 2 years and they seem to be well received, however I’m conscious that they’ve been aimed at the middle attaining students so I’m going to start including one that is just “number” skills based for those students that could do with practicing their basic skills. So … Read more
I have a confession …. I bloody love a two-way table!! There! I’ve said it! … Lots of you will see this as just a topic we teach and then move on from but for me, along with Venn diagrams and dare I say it … frequency trees (for me they aren’t a topic in … Read more
I am a massive advocate of collaboration and schools working together … more specifically maths departments working together. However, I know that the opportunity to do this is, sadly, variable across the country – for some of you there will be lots of local opportunities that you take advantage of, for others there may be … Read more
Let me start by saying that I know that what I’m about to share is by no means perfect but it’s a massive step towards where we need to be which is why I thought I’d share to get you thinking about your own scheme of work (schemes or learning?? Yeah … whatevs!!). I’m also … Read more
I used to read books to help me go to sleep at night now I read government reports and it works a treat!! Sometimes however you come across some information that is genuinely useful – this week I came across some transition matrices from key stage 2 to GCSE – they basically show what each … Read more
Here you go … calendar for July 2018: Monthly Maths – JULY 2018 The original post containing the sheet for June 2018 can be found -> here and the solutions (for June 2018) are available here – > Monthly Maths – JUNE 2018 – Solutions I have already uploaded to JustMaths Online!
Several months ago I was asked if I fancied doing a session at ResearchEd Rugby and after some genuine soul-searching where I couldn’t for the life of me get over the fact that I may have something to share I decided to say yes. Unbeknownst to me the MA Council meeting was also planned for … Read more
Following paper 2 today I’ve been busy putting these papers and lists together using exam board questions (I’m not an examiner so I want my kids practicing “real” questions at this stage) … based on conversations/emails with Seager so once again this is a joint effort … someone on Twitter made a comment about those … Read more
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