5 Maths Gems #8

I enjoyed coming together many of yous at La Salle Education's National Mathematics Teacher Conference yesterday. It was a fantastic chance for sharing ideas. But 500 maths teachers out of 350,000 is a drib inward the ocean. It's such a shame that thence many schools weren't represented.

Although at that spot are some pockets of collaboration throughout the UK, for event through regional TeachMeets, the fact is that the bulk of U.K. maths teachers alive inward a bubble. Through no error of their own, they know really niggling almost approaches taken inward other schools - including pedagogy, curriculum pattern together with novel technologies. Twitter is purpose of the solution, but it doesn't acquire inward enough.

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This weekend, 500 maths teachers gave upward a precious Sabbatum to larn from each other. I'm really grateful to La Salle Education for providing that opportunity. To me it farther highlighted the quest for cross-school subject-specific collaboration during term-time. Instead of spending our Inset days hearing almost our schools' latest mark policies, nosotros should all live on out having mini-conferences of our own. Let's promise that when our novel Maths Hubs acquire dorsum from their trips to Shanghai, improving collaboration is spill out of their listing of priorities - together with yesteryear that I hateful collaboration alongside all schools, non simply the schools alongside tweeting teachers or a proactive Head of Maths.

Now for my weekly maths gems. For those who receive got simply started reading my blog, this is where I part 5 non bad ideas that I've seen on Twitter each week. If yous desire to read whatsoever of my previous gems posts, they're all here.

1. Paint! And my ideal classroom

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I was talking to a friend almost the 'Vertical Non-Permanent Surfaces', magic whiteboards together with acrylic sheets I featured inward this post, "in high performing countries teachers pass 30% of their fourth dimension teaching, alongside the residual spent planning, preparing together with assessing every bit good every bit working on improving their practice. Compared to the UK, where it’s 90%".

This weekend, 500 maths teachers gave upward a precious Sabbatum to larn from each other. I'm really grateful to La Salle Education for providing that opportunity. To me it farther highlighted the quest for cross-school subject-specific collaboration during term-time. Instead of spending our Inset days hearing almost our schools' latest mark policies, nosotros should all live on out having mini-conferences of our own. Let's promise that when our novel Maths Hubs acquire dorsum from their trips to Shanghai, improving collaboration is spill out of their listing of priorities - together with yesteryear that I hateful collaboration alongside all schools, non simply the schools alongside tweeting teachers or a proactive Head of Maths.

Now for my weekly maths gems. For those who receive got simply started reading my blog, this is where I part 5 non bad ideas that I've seen on Twitter each week. If yous desire to read whatsoever of my previous gems posts, they're all my final gems post and he told me almost something wonderful. He plant inward a novel schoolhouse where all the classroom walls are painted alongside whiteboard paint. So he has no whiteboards inward his room (other than the interactive board), but he - together with his students - tin write on whatsoever wall.

This got me thinking almost my ideal classroom. I'd receive got all the walls painted alongside whiteboard pigment (student operate would live on proudly displayed inward the corridors instead of inward the classroom). I similar the thought of students sitting inward a horseshoe when I teach, similar inward the motion-picture demo below. I intend this would halt low-level disruption together with would encourage meliorate course of written report discussion. They could also do independent practise inward these chairs.

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Separate to this horseshoe I'd receive got a collaboration area, alongside grouping tables that tin live on written on (whiteboard pigment plant on desks too!), or this post, "in high performing countries teachers pass 30% of their fourth dimension teaching, alongside the residual spent planning, preparing together with assessing every bit good every bit working on improving their practice. Compared to the UK, where it’s 90%".

This weekend, 500 maths teachers gave upward a precious Sabbatum to larn from each other. I'm really grateful to La Salle Education for providing that opportunity. To me it farther highlighted the quest for cross-school subject-specific collaboration during term-time. Instead of spending our Inset days hearing almost our schools' latest mark policies, nosotros should all live on out having mini-conferences of our own. Let's promise that when our novel Maths Hubs acquire dorsum from their trips to Shanghai, improving collaboration is spill out of their listing of priorities - together with yesteryear that I hateful collaboration alongside all schools, non simply the schools alongside tweeting teachers or a proactive Head of Maths.

Now for my weekly maths gems. For those who receive got simply started reading my blog, this is where I part 5 non bad ideas that I've seen on Twitter each week. If yous desire to read whatsoever of my previous gems posts, they're all acrylic sheets.

The rooms I currently learn inward are every bit good minor for me to easily accomplish every pupil piece they're working, thence fifty-fifty simply a niggling to a greater extent than infinite would operate wonders.

2. Indices
If you're looking for a novel approach to teaching index laws, yous mightiness taste 'this post, "in high performing countries teachers pass 30% of their fourth dimension teaching, alongside the residual spent planning, preparing together with assessing every bit good every bit working on improving their practice. Compared to the UK, where it’s 90%".

This weekend, 500 maths teachers gave upward a precious Sabbatum to larn from each other. I'm really grateful to La Salle Education for providing that opportunity. To me it farther highlighted the quest for cross-school subject-specific collaboration during term-time. Instead of spending our Inset days hearing almost our schools' latest mark policies, nosotros should all live on out having mini-conferences of our own. Let's promise that when our novel Maths Hubs acquire dorsum from their trips to Shanghai, improving collaboration is spill out of their listing of priorities - together with yesteryear that I hateful collaboration alongside all schools, non simply the schools alongside tweeting teachers or a proactive Head of Maths.

Now for my weekly maths gems. For those who receive got simply started reading my blog, this is where I part 5 non bad ideas that I've seen on Twitter each week. If yous desire to read whatsoever of my previous gems posts, they're all logarithms.

Once you've taught indices, endeavor my index laws homework together with fractional/negative indices homework.

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This weekend, 500 maths teachers gave upward a precious Sabbatum to larn from each other. I'm really grateful to La Salle Education for providing that opportunity. To me it farther highlighted the quest for cross-school subject-specific collaboration during term-time. Instead of spending our Inset days hearing almost our schools' latest mark policies, nosotros should all live on out having mini-conferences of our own. Let's promise that when our novel Maths Hubs acquire dorsum from their trips to Shanghai, improving collaboration is spill out of their listing of priorities - together with yesteryear that I hateful collaboration alongside all schools, non simply the schools alongside tweeting teachers or a proactive Head of Maths.

Now for my weekly maths gems. For those who receive got simply started reading my blog, this is where I part 5 non bad ideas that I've seen on Twitter each week. If yous desire to read whatsoever of my previous gems posts, they're all Mathematical Concepts Wall' yesteryear this post, "in high performing countries teachers pass 30% of their fourth dimension teaching, alongside the residual spent planning, preparing together with assessing every bit good every bit working on improving their practice. Compared to the UK, where it’s 90%".

This weekend, 500 maths teachers gave upward a precious Sabbatum to larn from each other. I'm really grateful to La Salle Education for providing that opportunity. To me it farther highlighted the quest for cross-school subject-specific collaboration during term-time. Instead of spending our Inset days hearing almost our schools' latest mark policies, nosotros should all live on out having mini-conferences of our own. Let's promise that when our novel Maths Hubs acquire dorsum from their trips to Shanghai, improving collaboration is spill out of their listing of priorities - together with yesteryear that I hateful collaboration alongside all schools, non simply the schools alongside tweeting teachers or a proactive Head of Maths.

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Ridiculously misleading graph

Interesting graphs promote non bad discussions. Give your students some fourth dimension to expect at the graph, operate out what it shows together with and thence intend almost the underlying trends or causes. Here's a distich to acquire yous started.

Source: 'How nosotros believe' yesteryear Micheal Shermer

Source: ONS

The 2nd graph is from '8 Facts almost Young People' yesteryear the ONS, shared this calendar week by @statshan.

Speaking of interesting graphs that spark discussion, yous must read this post, "in high performing countries teachers pass 30% of their fourth dimension teaching, alongside the residual spent planning, preparing together with assessing every bit good every bit working on improving their practice. Compared to the UK, where it’s 90%".

This weekend, 500 maths teachers gave upward a precious Sabbatum to larn from each other. I'm really grateful to La Salle Education for providing that opportunity. To me it farther highlighted the quest for cross-school subject-specific collaboration during term-time. Instead of spending our Inset days hearing almost our schools' latest mark policies, nosotros should all live on out having mini-conferences of our own. Let's promise that when our novel Maths Hubs acquire dorsum from their trips to Shanghai, improving collaboration is spill out of their listing of priorities - together with yesteryear that I hateful collaboration alongside all schools, non simply the schools alongside tweeting teachers or a proactive Head of Maths.

Now for my weekly maths gems. For those who receive got simply started reading my blog, this is where I part 5 non bad ideas that I've seen on Twitter each week. If yous desire to read whatsoever of my previous gems posts, they're all teaching identify value. I honey posts alongside lots of ideas together with resources recommendations for a specific topic - they're really useful for lesson planning (I've written a few topic specific posts too).

Second, I desire to elevate this post, "in high performing countries teachers pass 30% of their fourth dimension teaching, alongside the residual spent planning, preparing together with assessing every bit good every bit working on improving their practice. Compared to the UK, where it’s 90%".

This weekend, 500 maths teachers gave upward a precious Sabbatum to larn from each other. I'm really grateful to La Salle Education for providing that opportunity. To me it farther highlighted the quest for cross-school subject-specific collaboration during term-time. Instead of spending our Inset days hearing almost our schools' latest mark policies, nosotros should all live on out having mini-conferences of our own. Let's promise that when our novel Maths Hubs acquire dorsum from their trips to Shanghai, improving collaboration is spill out of their listing of priorities - together with yesteryear that I hateful collaboration alongside all schools, non simply the schools alongside tweeting teachers or a proactive Head of Maths.

Now for my weekly maths gems. For those who receive got simply started reading my blog, this is where I part 5 non bad ideas that I've seen on Twitter each week. If yous desire to read whatsoever of my previous gems posts, they're all revision races. This is ane of those posts that non alone provides a fantastic resources but also clearly explains how to utilisation it effectively.

Finally, I desire to recommend @fmaths42's post service almost times tables starters which provides a railroad train of progressively challenging practise grids, addition a proposition to impress these grids onto stickers. Times tables are rather helpful so I'd urge yous to ignore Jo Boaler's advice almost non ensuring that children larn their times tables - sure she must receive got said that inward a 2nd of madness. Read @websofsubstance's post service The Educators - Jo Boaler for some interesting (in my see - really sensible) views on this.

Finally, receive got a acquire at this query from Tony Gardiner's session at yesterday's conference, shared yesteryear @mrsdenyer. I'll live on using this every bit a quick starter alongside both Year eleven together with Year 12.

PS - I'm off to Center Parcs tomorrow (term-time holidays are a huge wages of beingness on motherhood leave!) thence at that spot won't live on a gems post service side yesteryear side Saturday. I'll live on dorsum the next calendar week though.