Senior leader and Maths lead. Like to share good ideas and resources and magpie them too! All opinions are my own.
Joined November 2016
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I know there are lots out there but I thought I would share. For quite some time I planned on doing short videos of maths concepts in my school policy. They would be useful now, so I plan on trying to do as many as possible.
Really clear interpretation of the government’s strategy on the caronavirus.
1. The govt strategy on #Coronavirus is more refined than those used in other countries and potentially very effective. But it is also riskier and based on a number of assumptions. They need to be correct, and the measures they introduce need to work when they are supposed to.
Great when the children can access equivalent fraction word problems through the use of the bar model in year 5.
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Following listening to @mrbartonmaths last night in Blackburn, we are going to give this a go as part of our fluency work.
Teaching practical shorthand division in Year 5 today. Children all had a go themselves before moving to pictorial.
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Can you guess which number EYFS are learning about this week? The children have created a variety of representations to give you a clue! @DSATEYFS @DSATMaths #number #eyfsmaths
Brilliant factors and multiples investigation. Children colour code multiples and then identify factor spiders from investigation.
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This week I'm teaching ratio using double-sided counters:
We start by introducing the context & the ratio. We represent the ratio with counters. Then one more piece of info is given e.g. the number of children - complete using the counters as below:
The results from our microorganism investigation: looking at which conditions support the growth of mould.
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I'll be tweeting some statements from @offpistemaths session entitled "Provocative Statements about Mathematics Education". Here is the first. What do you think? #MathsConf16
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Taking a moment to enjoy the Friends reference in the @WhiteRoseMaths planning document 😂 it’s the little things!
Do you ever wake up ridiculously early on a Saturday morning, and think, I’ve got work to do? And then actually get up and do it? I did today! 💤
Great practical way to learn Roman numerals in Year 5 this morning. Good cooperation happening between partners.
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The children had a try at these the other day. I was impressed with their understanding. – at Bolton, England
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Ordering numbers and objects in sequence- super duper impressed with Y1 again 😍😍
