A little every day – October 2016
File for October maths calender and also solutions for September found below: October -> monthly-maths-october September Solutions -> monthly-maths-september-solutions
Maths Teacher Blog
Blown Away – Our WINNERS!
Last night I drew names out of my hat for the giveaway competition the JustMaths “boys” announced a week or so ago. OK so it wasn’t a real hat but I did print off my spreadsheet and cut every entry up into slips – as Sunday progressed and responses kept coming in I found it … Read more
Teach GCSE Resit in FE?
If you are teaching Maths in FE then resits are very close to your heart. Students now have to continue to study Maths if they haven’t achieved a grade C in Maths when they move to post-16 education. If they get a D they have to do GCSE and below a D they have to … Read more
Elegantly simple
In all the years that I have known Seager he still manages to pull “a blinder” that takes me by surprise and today was one of those days. I’d asked him for an idea to use with year 7 which involved them just “playing with numbers”. It was their first proper lesson having done the … Read more
TeachMeet Core
I have a confession … I’ve never been to a TeachMeet. Is that wrong? Oh ok … actually I’ve been to one but spent the whole time chatting to an old friend in the corridor catching up! Oops! However I am about to put that right on the 14th September where not only will I … Read more
GRRRRR!!
This time I’m “grrr’ing” (it IS now a word!) with laughter. Last night the JustMaths team met up to finalise some things for the launch of the Super60 next weekend and the boys thought it would be funny to write this post …. yes, I was there but thought they were busy doing “proper” work. … Read more
the Super 60
UPDATE: COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED! We have been overwhelmed with the response and thank you to everyone that emailed/tweeted/commented or liked our Facebook page. Humbled doesn’t even come close! It’s Friday night and the JustMaths team are sat in a pub for our regular meeting (drinking diet coke and orange juices – not in the … Read more
Summer 2016 entries
Note that any of the below data is still provisional! It’s really important in my mind to understand the numbers involved from this Summer exam for the grading of next Summers GCSE. Partly to be able to hold Ofqual to account but also for me to have a firm grip of how the awarding works … Read more
Door handle planning
I’ve started thinking about lesson planning. I know! (don’t hate me! I’m not saying it to make you feel guilty) but I have news that means I have to get ahead of the game and be super organised this year. First the news … from September, myself and Seager are being seconded from our “day … Read more
Engineering: Like Maths but Louder!
I always joke that I took Engineering at uni because I was told by a careers advisor: “Don’t be silly … women can’t be engineers!” and I am not that old that we are talking about the 1800’s here people, but if I’m honest I had a genuine love of Physics and a curiosity as … Read more
