Practical Resources in Primary Maths Classrooms
This weekend, I was tagged in a tweet from @KCost, asking what practical maths equipment people would recommend for primary schools, given a budget of just £100 per class. Straight away the budget restriction means that some hard choices would have to be made, and this was the gist of my immediate tweeted response. But […]
Part 4: Common Factors Joint Conference, April 2023
Tuesday afternoon at the Common Factors Joint Maths Conference, April 2023.
Common Factors Joint Maths Conference, April 2023: Part 3
Tuesday morning at the Common Factors Joint Maths Conference, April 2023
Common Factors Joint Maths Conference, April 2023: Part 2
Monday afternoon at the Common Factors Joint Maths Conference, April 2023
Common Factors Joint Maths Conference, April 2023: Part 1
Monday morning at the Common Factors Joint Maths Conference, April 2023
Should Maths be Compulsory in the United Kingdom until the age of 18?
Yes. That’s the short answer. But as my regular contacts and readers will be aware, I am not exactly famous for brevity, so here’s the real (slightly longer) answer. It depends. Also true, but not a lot better. ‘Depends on what?‘ is of course the real question. In this post I have set out four […]
“I’m Stuck!”
Could seeing Word Problems as transactions actually help? Every teacher will have come face-to-face with this from their students, and most likely on a very regular basis during maths lessons. I am working with a few children at the moment for whom this seems to be the default setting – almost as though they look […]
The Power of Reflective Practice in Maths
I realise now that if I’m a better teacher than I used to be, it’s not because of the things I got right; it’s because of what I learnt from all the things I didn’t.
What Makes a Magic Square twice as magic?!
Adam McBride’s Thoughts on my newsletter Magic Square Puzzle In my monthly newsletter for October 2021, I published the following Magic Square. It has the unusual property that if you square each number – it is STILL a magic square! I was very pleased that Adam McBride, legendary mathematician and lecturer sent me some very […]
Smart Motorways
Why should we be concerned about Year 3, and what on earth do Smart Motorways have to do with it? It all started in July 2021, during a call with Liz Thomas and Deb Ferris, maths consultants for South Gloucestershire LA. During the conversation, Deb mentioned that she was putting on some training specifically for […]