is a bit like marmite … you either love it or hate it. Especially at secondary schools, when the students already have a firm idea on where they stand on the subject and the usual response is “I ‘ate fractions!!” It’s a topic that I usually can’t get too excited about, but it’s one in … 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
Been a bit busy today .. attached is a connect 4 – along with the solution – that I’ve done weeks ago – its the first in a series of worksheets for solving equations that I’m doing for my year 9’s. This one I’m adapting for one of the worksheets for my test review lessons (see below blogs) … so … Read more
To ensure there is a balance between personal and “maths stuff” .. I’ve had time this week to make the attached, which is another revision connect 4.
I am loving the idea of these connect 4 worksheets … and the fact that they are self-checking too is fab!!. I’ve put the attached (BIDMAS – Connect 4 – Wsheet) together for my year 9 sets next week as a refresher activity and to get them thinking about maths after their break too. Its … Read more
I’ve been busy planning some lessons this morning while I’m waiting for it to warm up a bit before an afternoon of digging on my allotment (Yes! I have an allotment, get over it!!) and I’m exploring how to make boring old worksheets a bit more exciting, that also incorporates some higher order thinking and … Read more
It would appear that the “busyness” that is teaching means that the only post I get a chance to do midweek is a bullet point one. So here goes… 1. A level January exam results out today – not too bad. A couple of surprise but that’s at both ends of the spectrum. 2. Dads … Read more
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