New home …
I have a new home at www.justmaths.co.uk … it will be a while until I’m settled in, but please check in and see how things are developing Mel
Maths Teacher Blog
Hey you! … get off my blog!!
Seager I have 4 words for you … be afraid! very afraid!! Normal service will resume tomorrow when I get over being …. whats the word? I know its fraped for facebook, is there a similar term in relation to blogs? hmmm never an English teacher around when you need one. Mel (and yes it is … Read more
Edexcels training in Manchester
You will have to excuse my cheek but I am hi-jacking Mel’s blog to give a huge shout out to all the Maths people who attended the Edexcel Maths training today in Manchester. It was good to meet so many people who are interested in how we have achieved the results we have done at our … Read more
One piece of advice for trainee teachers …
I am currently in the process of writing the reports for our two trainee teachers who are coming to the end of their first placement – I am sure they will agree its been a “hell of a ride”. Supporting maths trainees is a new experience for our department and one which I think we have relished … Read more
Now its December its time to think about ….
Mrs Ms Christmas Quiz. Every term I put together a different quiz lesson (Xmas – Quiz – 2012) that the whole department uses. Usually I let the students choose their own teams (its the only time of the year that I let them do this and they know that to be the case) and they spend a … Read more
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
Making a difference
One of the students from my first ever tutor group dropped by today, and it was lovely to see her. A friend once told me that people are in your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime, and to know that I was part of someone’s life even if only for a season, … 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
The Maths teacher killed the English teacher
Practised trial and improvement with one of my classes today – with a twist. Using the attached worksheet which I had put together we worked through questions where the range of the solution is given, to ones where there is no range given and also from equations with single value of x to ones including squares and cubes. Trial and Improvement is … Read more
