Thinking time …

The first half term is done. It’s flown by. I must say that moving school the second time is much easier but I’d probably have to temper that statement with the fact that I literally ruck up, teach my lessons and leave. No briefings, no after schools, no pre-school meetings .. nada! (I’m probably missing … Read more

Solutions …

A recent tweet from Tom Riley (@riley_ed) reminded me that I’ve been meaning to blog (I’ve been all over the place for the last couple of weeks!!) about the worked solutions we’ll be doing for any future resources I put on the website. I know as a teacher when you have a great resource, sometimes … Read more

Developing a mark scheme … Maths revision task

Two things have come together this week that have sort of morphed into a nice little revision activity. I’ve been working on exam questions by topics and this developed into producing them with written answers on too … the ones for two way tables are here (Exam Qs and with solutions) . I’ve quite enjoyed putting these solutions … Read more

Two-way tables … without a table

I have recently put together some activities for two way tables, and as I said on the last blog, many exam boards now include questions that involve more than finishing a partially completed two-way table. This activity involves the students working through the questions to form the actual worded part of the question, which then gives … Read more

Two-way tables … not just any old activity and worksheet!!

How do you incorporate some of the higher-order thinking skills into a lesson about two-way tables? Rather than just getting the students to do “more of the same” I have produced the attached activity that initially involves them completing a worksheet with five partially completed tables, but they then have to use this information to … Read more

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