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Organised? me?

JustMathsMel2013-08-12T09:05:33+01:00August 12th, 2013|Blog, Teaching|

Just like every teacher I start each new year with some personal objectives; this year I am determined to be […]

Learning names …

JustMathsMel2013-08-04T22:04:21+01:00August 4th, 2013|Blog, Resources, Teaching|

I was reading a post today by the fab Colleen Young about learning names (here) and it got me thinking about the difference in the effort I made […]

Must, Should & Could #2

JustMathsMel2013-08-04T22:04:31+01:00July 30th, 2013|3 - Shape, Blog, Resources|

I’ve blogged before about the use of “Must, Should and Could” (here) and the use of these specific terms […]

Posters – not just for maths!

JustMathsMel2013-08-04T22:04:37+01:00July 27th, 2013|Blog, Teaching|

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 […]

Okay, Okay … I was wrong!

JustMathsMel2013-08-04T22:04:45+01:00July 27th, 2013|Blog, Intervention, Teaching|

Shortly after starting teaching I attended a training course for a model of teaching that our school […]

Numeracy across the curriculum

JustMathsMel2013-08-04T22:04:55+01:00July 25th, 2013|Blog, Resources, Teaching|

Seager recently presented at the Edexcel conference (Excellence in Maths) and in addition to talking about intervention at KS4 he also spoke […]

Getting them to think for themselves …

JustMathsMel2013-08-04T22:05:03+01:00July 22nd, 2013|Blog, Resources|

I was recently out with some friends and we were joking about the things students do that make use laugh – […]

Humbled! Me?

JustMathsMel2013-07-22T13:05:32+01:00July 22nd, 2013|Blog|

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 […]