A little every day – November 2018

31 October 2018 | 5 - Misc.NEW GCSE 9-1Teaching

Below you will find two versions of the monthly maths calendar : Novembers “normal” version: – > Monthly Maths – November 2018 Novembers “number skills” version: – > Monthly Maths – November 2018 – Number Skills The original post containing the sheets for October can be found -> here and the solutions (for October 2018) are available ... Read more

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Sat on a train … thinking time!

13 October 2018 | InterventionPersonalUncategorized

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

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A little every day – October 2018

29 September 2018 | ResourcesUncategorized

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

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A little every day – September 2018

31 August 2018 | From the Coal FaceInterventionNEW GCSE 9-1Resources

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

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I love, love, love two-way tables!!!

17 July 2018 | EdexcelResourcesTeaching

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

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Shout out to Brum Schools …

12 July 2018 | From the Coal Face

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

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Schemes of Work ..

11 July 2018 | BlogBread & ButterNEW GCSE 9-1Resources

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

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Transition matrices … KS2 to 9-1 GCSE

5 July 2018 | DFETeaching

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

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A little every day – JULY 2018

1 July 2018 | Resources

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!

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ResearchEd Rugby

12 June 2018 | Blog

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

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