I’ve been married for 20 years (before you say it, I’ll say it for you “Mel, you I don’t look old enough!”) and every couple of months we go to my mother-in-laws for Sunday lunch. It’s not that we’re not close but she was a house matron at Rugby school until Christmas and so was always “on call” … Read more
I posted a blog a few weeks ago in which I collated a load of homework ideas from Twitterworld – here’s the post – (thank you to all the amazing tweeters, who made suggestions) one of the ideas from @sarahestocker, that I said I was going to try was getting students to design worksheets for other students … Read more
I thought I’d mix it up a bit this week, and instead of a midweek “bullet point blog” I’m going to be a bit rash and do a weekend “bullet-point” blog, I know! that’s just how I roll! … Living life on the edge, pushing the envelope … blah, blah, blah … Actually its just that there is … Read more
This is my superhero introduction to simultaneous equations … I don’t mean that I think the resource is heroic, just that its “superhero” themed. This week I’m going to do simultaneous equations and the attached is a nice introduction using picture of superheroes instead of “x’s” and “y’s”. I’ve made it into a Powerpoint (instead of the original notebook that … Read more
If you are teaching probability tree diagrams the attached is a nice little “mission impossible” themed worksheet which is ideal as a mini plenary mid lesson or even as your final plenary. I’m actually going to use it as an “exit card” with one of my groups, which is why there are two sheets (so I can … Read more
The last of the March exams will soon be over (*you will hear the nations maths teachers breathe a sigh of relief at 10:45 on Monday*) and we’re working with the vast majority of our students on improving on their grade C’s (and above in some cases). Early entry is a contentious issue for some teachers, … Read more
I found a past exam question that was worth a whopping 7 marks in relation to exchange rates (unlike the usual 3 to 4 marks) and the context was mind blowing! Underneath it all though, the maths wasn’t that difficult and the story is similar, despite being much “wordier”, to ones that I’ve seen in questions by most … Read more
Its all been a bit busy this week, and with the exams next week this post will be brief. Lets call it an “experiment in bullet point blogging”: 1. Can’t stop long … hope you’re well. Me? yeah I’m good, busy, but good. 2. Revision this morning … year 10 turnout good, year 11 not … Read more
Have added a new collection of exam questions from various exam boards (here) all on the topic of finding averages from a list (median, mode, mean and range). Primarily aimed at foundation but could be a useful homework/revision exercise for Higher students too with a long run to their next exam when time isn’t so precious … Read more
Here’s the partner worksheet (here) for the one on the post earlier – for when teaching area of a circle – the students are to work the answers out and by following them it spells out “Apple pies are too” which helps students to remember that : Area = pi x r2 Its also been added to our other resources on … Read more
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