4 August 2013 | BlogResourcesTeaching
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 in learning students names last year compared to when I first joined the school. In my first year it wasn’t just the names of the new intake that ... Read more
30 July 2013 | 3 - ShapeBlogResources
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
27 July 2013 | BlogTeaching
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
27 July 2013 | BlogInterventionTeaching
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
25 July 2013 | BlogResourcesTeaching
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
22 July 2013 | BlogResources
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
22 July 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 – 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
19 July 2013 | EdexcelTeaching
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
16 July 2013 | BlogResourcesTeaching
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
16 July 2013 | BlogIntervention
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
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