primary maths consultant, artist, moozician, allotmenteer. White Ribbon Ambassador. creator of Freestyle Maths now on Facebook. email: freestylemaths@gmail.com

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined February 2012
🎲🏠🔢Games@Home are a fantastic resource to engage parents with meaningful and fun activities to support their children at home - FREE when you sign up for 1stClass@Number Training in January & February! ehu.ac.uk/1stclassnumber
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Creative and inspirational CPD for your school. Bespoke support for subject leaders, teachers, TAs. A wealth of authentic experience and original ideas for making maths meaningful, equitable and enjoyable for ALL learners! Contact Richard today and arrange a free consultation.
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📢Book training for any 1stClass@Number programme in January or February 2025 and get a FREE Games@Home pack 👏ehu.ac.uk/1stclassnumber @charowen13 @eccbrightonhove @ecc_lisaleach @heathcote17 @JudithCopley1 @FreestyleMaths @SandhuTracey @ClaughtonPaula @SFE_Tweets @TheEdPeople
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Great morning helping kids at @whitehouseps plant 600 trees along their border fence. Lovely to reconnect with some old friends (brilliant caretakers, TAs and teachers!) 🌳 🌳 🌳 🌳 🌳 🌳 🌳 🌳 Also great to meet some lovely people from @hedgesforhope
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7 prompts to strengthen observations & independent thinking in maths- (for less hand-holding, and greater confidence)
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Wonderful day yesterday. Thanks @Cambs_SIS for inviting me to be part of your Maths For All Conference. Had fun doing maths with some brilliant teachers and leaders. Here are some lovely images of the Fill the Frame game we created:
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Things have just got a lot more difficult . Here’s what I think . I had no control over what just happened . None . But I do have control over how I will react to it . And I am not going to give up on the beautiful and the good , the grip on my dreams just got tighter .
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Two weeks to go until our Maths For All Conference! Places open to MSLs from non-LA and out of county primary schools too. Book under the Maths Courses tab at School Improvement Service online calendar @emw1001 @nrichmaths @Natural_Curric @FreestyleMaths @KateFrood
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South Gosforth First School today. Looking forward to reconnecting with a brilliant teaching team. Tonight’s CPD: Exploring ways to encourage practical, meaningful problem solving. @SouthGosforthFS
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The number patter 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ... doesn't just describe the growth of a rabbit population (under certain idealized conditions). The pattern also appears in sunflowers, pinecones, and many other places in nature! Explore more at math.fit/fibonacci
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A ball made for @VirgilvDijk! 222 panels come together to create a ball incorporating interlocking number 4’s.
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Calling all #teachers! @ecc_ehu updated maths intervention programmes start this November. Help pupils struggling with numeracy reach age-related expectations. 🌟 1stClass@Number 2: Y3+ 🌟 Success@Arithmetic: Y5+ including secondary Visit ehu.ac.uk/ecc for more info
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(possibly) the worlds first single panel ball
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Get familiar with the mesmerizing math art of MoMath’s Visiting Professor David Reimann (@drMathArt), like these representations of integers 1-100. What are some patterns you notice? View more: drmathart.com/Artwork.php.
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A compilation of brilliant toys and games for kids obtained form recycled materials. [📹 ogretmen.baba] xitter.cf/i/status/1833118226768…
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Australia’s Highway 1 The World’s Longest National Highway at 14,500 km - That’s 36% of the Earth’s Circumference. Who’s Completed the Entire Route?
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Tangram was invented around 1700 in China. Using just 7 simple tiles, you can form a wide variety of different shapes or figures. We have 40 puzzles for you to explore. How many of them can you solve? Which one do you find the most challenging? Explore them all at polypad.amplify.com/tangram
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Teacher/TA training day at Ashbrooke School today @WitherslackGrp Focus: Connected learning, shared conventions and gameplay, ensuring that maths is enjoyable and meaningful to all learners. Looking forward to working with you!
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The art technique of Grandma Mei Ling, age 82 Wait for it xitter.cf/visualfeastwang/status…
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