I’ve had a weekend off, visiting York and also got to meet up with some tweeters in real life (** waves to @Missradders, @El_Timbre, @MrsDenyer and 2 mini-geeks in training**) and driving home it got me thinking about how this was even possible. If someone said to me 12 months ago, that I would be on Twitter, … Read more
I’ve put together a “must, should, could” style worksheet for fractions, starting with “Sorted it” in relation to multiplying and dividing fractions, then “Nailed it” moves on to addition and subtraction and finally “Mastered it” includes all 4 operations but with mixed numbers. These type of worksheets are ideal for allowing students to either get loads of … Read more
You may have, like me, received the following email with a load of blurb about Mathspeak 2013 … all you really need to know is that one of the speakers is Seager!!! The inaugural Mathspeak 2013 conference being held this November at the IndigO2 arena. This conference offers the ideal opportunity after the November GCSE examinations … Read more
We’re having a focus on assessment for learning at the minute, which means we been relooking at what we do in terms of policies and practice (snore, snore, snore!). As a result I’ve been looking at ways to try to make the marking of students work both manageable and meaningful for the students … its a … Read more
In our day jobs, we’ll be hosting another maths collaborative network meeting next month for schools within about 20 miles of us … it would have been quite easy to accept that with the growing academisation across the county and the demise of LA support at subject level, one of the casualties was going to … Read more
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
.. how we’ve used early entry, Mr Gove. You would know that we haven’t used it to cheat your league tables (which, just-so-you-know show the school at which we work to be “most improved school in the country” in Jan 2013) … we’ve used it to give our students a better chance in the life they have … Read more
Been meaning to post about this since I did the exam marking in the summer, but have been seriously busy (haven’t we all?) and just as I’m about to revise T&I with some of my one to one students its prompted me to finish the post that was started so long ago. To some of … Read more
Been planning lessons this weekend and have put the attached together (and solution) which I am going to use with all my year groups over the next few weeks – either as a starter or the main activity – depending on the group. So my lower years/abilities will get it as the main course and my higher years/abilities … Read more
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