Hi, I now blog so infrequently about my teaching that I feel I need to say “hello” … part of the reason, if I’m being BRUTALLY ( I don’t think I have a “non-brutal” honesty button) is that it feels weird when people I work with acknowledge the fact that I’ve written a blog post. … Read more
Looking for something for that last minute revision lesson? Yeah .. me too! Having emailed out the bumper papers to parents, I put the mark-schemes on our VLE and then as a catch-all for the students that me and Seager teach, I ran around like a mad-woman during period 5 giving them printed copies too! And today … Read more
Ever since I watched the above clip from Vi Hart I’ve been fascinated with flexagons and so one night this week I made my very own trihexaflexagon. It was after I’d marked a test for one of my classes and even though we’ve spent lessons and lessons on circles there were still some students that … Read more
This time I’m “grrr’ing” (it IS now a word!) with laughter. Last night the JustMaths team met up to finalise some things for the launch of the Super60 next weekend and the boys thought it would be funny to write this post …. yes, I was there but thought they were busy doing “proper” work. … Read more
I’ve been teaching vectors with year 11 this week and whilst I have a snakes and ladders game that I use to get them started, any worksheets I’ve found usually comprise of exam style questions and they’re pretty boring looking. Don’t get me wrong I know they need to practice, (practice, practice!!) but sometimes its … Read more
I quite often duck when I hear or read the words on an email “I don’t suppose you have something for teaching … ” but then have a hunt around and find something that fits the bill. However, when approached for something about “3d shapes” for the Guardian I could only find an exit card worksheet for … Read more
I posted a blog a few weeks ago in which I collated a load of homework ideas from Twitterworld – here’s the post – (thank you to all the amazing tweeters, who made suggestions) one of the ideas from @sarahestocker, that I said I was going to try was getting students to design worksheets for other students … Read more
I’ve mentioned before here how I used internal analysis from a previous exam paper to get the students to work independently on topics identified for them personally. We will be doing the same for some of our target students who will be retaking their exam in November – this time we will be using our … Read more
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
We are nearly there!! The maths exams start and finish this week and then everything our students have worked towards is over. It is then, a waiting game until August – but we still have 8 hours of revision to get through – last week I taught the same topic 10 (yes 10!) times as … Read more
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