A little every day – November 2018

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

A little every day – September 2018

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

Schemes of Work ..

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

Magpied an idea … or two …

There are a couple of ideas that I’ve seen recently that have provided me with inspiration to develop something that I’ve been pondering for a while and so I thought it only right and proper to give credit where its due.   We’ve always done something on the morning of the exam … I say … Read more

Dividing fractions 2

Further to my other post about teaching fractions I thought I’d share something that may be of use for revision “fractions” as a complete topic. Whilst writing the previous post I came across something that I used with a previous teaching group (I’ve tidied it up from its previous incarnation when it was just for … Read more

RAG papers

Over the last few months we’ve been working really hard to deliver something for maths teachers and students alike to use following the students completion of past papers…. Before that though .. a little background … I’ve always gone through the papers after a test in a number of different ways – most usually involve … Read more

One week “holibob” work

I did something similar just before Christmas and they were well received so here I am once again doing it for February half term (little did I realise that some of you have half term next week .. it hadn’t even occurred to me that people wouldn’t be off the same time as us .. … Read more

Golden nuggets

I love getting into other schools – which is a good job really as I’ve been into lots recently either doing collaborative network meetings or general support visits (I never profess to have all the answers and if people get only 1 golden nugget then its worth the visit!). I also love it because I … Read more

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