I saw a pic this week of an adaptation of the “maths” periodic table and so me, being me I asked if Claire would be happy for me to share …. yay!! She was!! … and has even done a little intro … so Ladies & Gents … from Claire Mazurkiewicz (on Twitter as @MrsMazzy) … Read more
So the year 7 catch-up funding has been confirmed again for 2016/17. It’s not something that concerned me greatly until the year 7 resits reared their ugly head and confirmation of how the funding works for this year is just another reason why the resit idea stinks. The fact is, and there is no way … Read more
I’m conscious that some of you finish this week so I’ve done next months calendar earlier than usual. I’m going to send out to all parents next week as we don’t finish until a week on Friday. Here is the file for August -> Monthly Maths -August And the solutions for July are here too … Read more
I thought I’d share another great idea that has come from another subject – this time courtesy of GeographyBlog (on twitter as @Geoisamazing) So I put a shout out for ideas as to what statements could go on a maths versions. Let’s just say there were lots – whilst there was concensus on most of … Read more
During my first (of two) sessions at OCRs maths conference at Queen Mary University last week, the matter of students not having enough “resilience” when learning maths came up. There were lots of nods and general agreement to the comment, at which point I shared this idea (I was “winging” this bit, but to be … Read more
The below is the maths calendar for July 2016 – I’ll be sending out to all parents of years 10 and year 9 tomorrow – along with the SOLUTIONS for June 2016 Monthly Maths – July
In case you haven’t seen it the MMSA (the Meeting of Mathematics Subject Associations)* have written an openly published letter to Nicky Morgan (and sent to some of the media too!) expressing their concerns about the year 7 tests that the government proposes to introduce next year and requesting the opportunity to discuss the matter … Read more
Over the half term I wrote a blog post about how the school we work at appearing on a “list” on the DFE website that were supposed to have received a letter of congratulations (in relation to 2015 results) from Nick Gibb but weirdly our gaffer at work had never received anything. I explained how … Read more
I get sent ideas all the time about ideas from other people – usually as a result of me liking something on Twitter and then asking if I can steal magpie their ideas. You know I have this inbox that keeps flipping growing but I promise I will get round to sharing them all at … Read more
So many times I’ve sat reading blogs or articles in which there is a call for action and I think “yes, I must get involved. I must do something to help that cause” and then the moment passes and it never happens. Life is just very busy. Well I’m urging you to ensure that this … Read more
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