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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.
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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.
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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
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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:
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On a walk around school today I saw these working walls in year one.
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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!
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Trying to deepen understanding of place value. – at Bolton, England
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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 😍😍
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Not a crocodile in sight!! Year 1 totally rocked in maths this morning when comparing numbers. Hopefully they will retain their awesomeness and carry this forward next week 😍😍
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Working on square and cube numbers today.
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Setting up a lesson to explore distributive law.
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“Why don’t you revisit objectives ........?” This is why. Todays objective - To calculate the perimeter and area of compound shapes. Objectives covered: decimal addition & subtraction, measurement, x by 10 & 100, multiplying decimals, place value 💫 🌟 #links
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'Here’s an idea… What if every new secretary of state were to spend a week working in a school at the start of their term in office?' @JamesJkbowen bit.ly/2s4ZGaF
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Really pleased to see this in one of my classrooms.
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Finished marking books on problem solving. So impressed with the knowledge my children have retained after holidays. A mastery approach has definitely helped as children’s knowledge is deeper. It has been slower, but understanding is better. – at Bolton, England
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FREE Archaeology, FREE Indiana Jones, and FREE Popcorn?!??! It must be Christmas in #Bolton!!! #Cinema #Films #Libraries #Museums 🎄🎅🏻🤠🍿⚱️ xitter.cf/boltonlms/status/94305… – at Wigan, England
This Thursday at 7pm we are showing #RaidersoftheLostArk in our Central Library cinema! Join us for free film & popcorn! #BoltonsEgypt
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My version of a @PieCorbett inspired noun tower. To help y6 literacy #nountower #year6 #creativewriting
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