I’m a celebrity and Top Trumps in the maths classroom

I am so rock and roll. Its Saturday night and I’m preparing resources for next weeks lessons. This set of Top Trump cards (Top Trumps – Percentage of an amount) was put together a few weeks ago, and next week is probably the ideal time to use it. I was inspired by some great sets of … Read more

What does intervention mean to you?

The start of this academic year seems to have been more manic than the previous ones, and I’ve started to notice the use of buzz words and acronyms more and more. “Intervention” is one that is used a lot at work and especially within the Maths and English teams – I’ve even found myself saying it!  Recently I got … Read more

Sumdog.com

Used this site today with my year 9’s and they had a brilliant time. It was refreshing to see some of the students engaging with maths in a positive way – the competition between classmates really spurred some of them on and knowing that they had been entered into the county wide (Worcestershire) contest was an added challenge for … Read more

Do people not teach this topic? Length, Area and Volume Scale Factors

I have been teaching one of my groups the relationship between length, area and volume scale factors. Yesterday they grasped the fact that the area and volume is not scaled up by the same factor as the lengths of the sides. Today I wanted to move them onto being able to find the length or area … Read more

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