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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 […]

Association for Mathematics in Education Inaugural Day (part 2: afternoon)

(For a report on the morning session, click here.) …onto the afternoon. Lynne McClure is a friend and mentor, and given that she is currently chairing the government’s curriculum review team, it was no surprise that there was a great sense of anticipation in the room. Lunch was good, as hoped for, but as ever […]

Association for Mathematics in Education Inaugural Day (part 1: morning)

Please see this page for an introduction to AMiE. And…we’re off! After many handshakes, hugs and hellos, it was time to grab a seat and listen to Andy Kemp, the first chair of AMiE. Andy started off by rightly paying tribute to the big team of people who made this joint association a reality. He […]

The Association for Mathematics in Education

Today is an historic day. Not in any global sense, but in the far smaller world of Mathematics education. I’m on the train to London as I write, heading for the inaugural meeting of AMiE, the Association for Mathematics in Education. When I first started teaching, there were so many different teaching unions that I […]

Shape Up 5

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Shape Up Conference 2024, part 5: Friday Into the final furlong…last night, as is common on the final evening of conference, the subject associations hold their AGMs before the quiz. This is one of those times where the problems of having so many separate associations are brought […]

Shape Up 4

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 5 Shape Up Conference 2024, part 4: Thursday (pm) Late again…I’ve managed to be late for every single session so far today. Well done me. After lunch I spent a very pleasant half an hour chatting with Chris Ingram, founder of the fabulous Autopress Education. Chris and I […]

Shape Up 3

Part 1 Part 2 Part 4 Part 5 Shape Up Conference 2024, part 3: Thursday (am) Thursday (am): After dinner last night I headed to the bar. But having spent £16 on two drinks I realised that it wouldn’t be a late night for affordability reasons, so I set about looking for a TV to […]

Shape Up 2

Part 1 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Shape Up Conference 2024, part 2: Wednesday (pm) Wednesday afternoon: I chose to go to a session from conference veteran Bob Vertes, who introduced us to a series of fascinating games and puzzles. The first involved a circle of paper, on which we drew a sequence of […]

Shape Up 1

Shape Up Conference 2024, part 1: Wednesday (am) Stratford Upon Avon – such an inspiring place for a conference.The day started with a tour of the Guildhall and Shakespeare’s schoolroom, organised by Rob Eastaway as a pre-conference ‘bonus’. I was expecting it to be interesting, but nothing prepared our small group of 15 or so […]