5 Maths Gems #8

I enjoyed coming together many of you lot at La Salle Education's National Mathematics Teacher Conference yesterday. It was a fantastic chance for sharing ideas. But 500 maths teachers out of 350,000 is a drib inwards the ocean. It's such a shame that thus many schools weren't represented.

Although in that place are some pockets of collaboration throughout the UK, for example through regional TeachMeets, the fact is that the bulk of U.K. maths teachers alive inwards a bubble. Through no error of their own, they know really lilliputian almost approaches taken inwards other schools - including pedagogy, curriculum blueprint together with novel technologies. Twitter is business office of the solution, but it doesn't brand it enough.

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This weekend, 500 maths teachers gave upward a precious Sabbatum to larn from each other. I'm really grateful to La Salle Education for providing that opportunity. To me it farther highlighted the demand for cross-school subject-specific collaboration during term-time. Instead of spending our Inset days hearing almost our schools' latest marker policies, nosotros should all endure out having mini-conferences of our own. Let's promise that when our novel Maths Hubs acquire dorsum from their trips to Shanghai, improving collaboration is come about of their listing of priorities - together with yesteryear that I hateful collaboration amongst all schools, non simply the schools amongst tweeting teachers or a proactive Head of Maths.

Now for my weekly maths gems. For those who receive got simply started reading my blog, this is where I portion 5 nifty ideas that I've seen on Twitter each week. If you lot desire to read whatever of my previous gems posts, they're all here.

1. Paint! And my ideal classroom

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I was talking to a friend almost the 'Vertical Non-Permanent Surfaces', magic whiteboards together with acrylic sheets I featured inwards this post, "in high performing countries teachers pass 30% of their fourth dimension teaching, amongst the residue spent planning, preparing together with assessing every bit good every bit working on improving their practice. Compared to the UK, where it’s 90%".

This weekend, 500 maths teachers gave upward a precious Sabbatum to larn from each other. I'm really grateful to La Salle Education for providing that opportunity. To me it farther highlighted the demand for cross-school subject-specific collaboration during term-time. Instead of spending our Inset days hearing almost our schools' latest marker policies, nosotros should all endure out having mini-conferences of our own. Let's promise that when our novel Maths Hubs acquire dorsum from their trips to Shanghai, improving collaboration is come about of their listing of priorities - together with yesteryear that I hateful collaboration amongst all schools, non simply the schools amongst tweeting teachers or a proactive Head of Maths.

Now for my weekly maths gems. For those who receive got simply started reading my blog, this is where I portion 5 nifty ideas that I've seen on Twitter each week. If you lot desire to read whatever of my previous gems posts, they're all my concluding gems post and he told me almost something wonderful. He industrial plant inwards a novel schoolhouse where all the classroom walls are painted amongst whiteboard paint. So he has no whiteboards inwards his room (other than the interactive board), but he - together with his students - tin write on whatever wall.

This got me thinking almost my ideal classroom. I'd receive got all the walls painted amongst whiteboard pigment (student run would endure proudly displayed inwards the corridors instead of inwards the classroom). I similar the thought of students sitting inwards a horseshoe when I teach, similar inwards the flick below. I mean value this would halt low-level disruption together with would encourage meliorate cast discussion. They could also do independent practise inwards these chairs.

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This weekend, 500 maths teachers gave upward a precious Sabbatum to larn from each other. I'm really grateful to La Salle Education for providing that opportunity. To me it farther highlighted the demand for cross-school subject-specific collaboration during term-time. Instead of spending our Inset days hearing almost our schools' latest marker policies, nosotros should all endure out having mini-conferences of our own. Let's promise that when our novel Maths Hubs acquire dorsum from their trips to Shanghai, improving collaboration is come about of their listing of priorities - together with yesteryear that I hateful collaboration amongst all schools, non simply the schools amongst tweeting teachers or a proactive Head of Maths.

Now for my weekly maths gems. For those who receive got simply started reading my blog, this is where I portion 5 nifty ideas that I've seen on Twitter each week. If you lot desire to read whatever of my previous gems posts, they're all acrylic sheets.

The rooms I currently learn inwards are also minor for me to easily accomplish every educatee piece they're working, thus fifty-fifty simply a lilliputian to a greater extent than infinite would run wonders.

2. Indices
If you're looking for a novel approach to teaching index laws, you lot powerfulness bask 'this post, "in high performing countries teachers pass 30% of their fourth dimension teaching, amongst the residue spent planning, preparing together with assessing every bit good every bit working on improving their practice. Compared to the UK, where it’s 90%".

This weekend, 500 maths teachers gave upward a precious Sabbatum to larn from each other. I'm really grateful to La Salle Education for providing that opportunity. To me it farther highlighted the demand for cross-school subject-specific collaboration during term-time. Instead of spending our Inset days hearing almost our schools' latest marker policies, nosotros should all endure out having mini-conferences of our own. Let's promise that when our novel Maths Hubs acquire dorsum from their trips to Shanghai, improving collaboration is come about of their listing of priorities - together with yesteryear that I hateful collaboration amongst all schools, non simply the schools amongst tweeting teachers or a proactive Head of Maths.

Now for my weekly maths gems. For those who receive got simply started reading my blog, this is where I portion 5 nifty ideas that I've seen on Twitter each week. If you lot desire to read whatever of my previous gems posts, they're all logarithms.

Once you've taught indices, elbow grease my index laws homework together with fractional/negative indices homework.

3. ThingLink
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This weekend, 500 maths teachers gave upward a precious Sabbatum to larn from each other. I'm really grateful to La Salle Education for providing that opportunity. To me it farther highlighted the demand for cross-school subject-specific collaboration during term-time. Instead of spending our Inset days hearing almost our schools' latest marker policies, nosotros should all endure out having mini-conferences of our own. Let's promise that when our novel Maths Hubs acquire dorsum from their trips to Shanghai, improving collaboration is come about of their listing of priorities - together with yesteryear that I hateful collaboration amongst all schools, non simply the schools amongst tweeting teachers or a proactive Head of Maths.

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This weekend, 500 maths teachers gave upward a precious Sabbatum to larn from each other. I'm really grateful to La Salle Education for providing that opportunity. To me it farther highlighted the demand for cross-school subject-specific collaboration during term-time. Instead of spending our Inset days hearing almost our schools' latest marker policies, nosotros should all endure out having mini-conferences of our own. Let's promise that when our novel Maths Hubs acquire dorsum from their trips to Shanghai, improving collaboration is come about of their listing of priorities - together with yesteryear that I hateful collaboration amongst all schools, non simply the schools amongst tweeting teachers or a proactive Head of Maths.

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Ridiculously misleading graph

Interesting graphs promote nifty discussions. Give your students some fourth dimension to await at the graph, run out what it shows together with thus mean value almost the underlying trends or causes. Here's a pair to acquire you lot started.

Source: 'How nosotros believe' yesteryear Micheal Shermer

Source: ONS

The 2nd graph is from '8 Facts almost Young People' yesteryear the ONS, shared this calendar week by @statshan.

Speaking of interesting graphs that spark discussion, you lot must read this post, "in high performing countries teachers pass 30% of their fourth dimension teaching, amongst the residue spent planning, preparing together with assessing every bit good every bit working on improving their practice. Compared to the UK, where it’s 90%".

This weekend, 500 maths teachers gave upward a precious Sabbatum to larn from each other. I'm really grateful to La Salle Education for providing that opportunity. To me it farther highlighted the demand for cross-school subject-specific collaboration during term-time. Instead of spending our Inset days hearing almost our schools' latest marker policies, nosotros should all endure out having mini-conferences of our own. Let's promise that when our novel Maths Hubs acquire dorsum from their trips to Shanghai, improving collaboration is come about of their listing of priorities - together with yesteryear that I hateful collaboration amongst all schools, non simply the schools amongst tweeting teachers or a proactive Head of Maths.

Now for my weekly maths gems. For those who receive got simply started reading my blog, this is where I portion 5 nifty ideas that I've seen on Twitter each week. If you lot desire to read whatever of my previous gems posts, they're all teaching identify value. I dearest posts amongst lots of ideas together with resources recommendations for a specific topic - they're really useful for lesson planning (I've written a few topic specific posts too).

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This weekend, 500 maths teachers gave upward a precious Sabbatum to larn from each other. I'm really grateful to La Salle Education for providing that opportunity. To me it farther highlighted the demand for cross-school subject-specific collaboration during term-time. Instead of spending our Inset days hearing almost our schools' latest marker policies, nosotros should all endure out having mini-conferences of our own. Let's promise that when our novel Maths Hubs acquire dorsum from their trips to Shanghai, improving collaboration is come about of their listing of priorities - together with yesteryear that I hateful collaboration amongst all schools, non simply the schools amongst tweeting teachers or a proactive Head of Maths.

Now for my weekly maths gems. For those who receive got simply started reading my blog, this is where I portion 5 nifty ideas that I've seen on Twitter each week. If you lot desire to read whatever of my previous gems posts, they're all revision races. This is ane of those posts that non exclusively provides a fantastic resources but also clearly explains how to role it effectively.

Finally, I desire to recommend @fmaths42's post service almost times tables starters which provides a ready of progressively challenging practise grids, summation a proposition to impress these grids onto stickers. Times tables are rather helpful so I'd urge you lot to ignore Jo Boaler's advice almost non ensuring that children larn their times tables - sure as shooting she must receive got said that inwards a 2nd of madness. Read @websofsubstance's post service The Educators - Jo Boaler for some interesting (in my sentiment - really sensible) views on this.

Finally, receive got a acquire at this query from Tony Gardiner's session at yesterday's conference, shared yesteryear @mrsdenyer. I'll endure using this every bit a quick starter amongst both Year xi together with Year 12.

PS - I'm off to Center Parcs tomorrow (term-time holidays are a huge payoff of beingness on motherhood leave!) thus in that place won't endure a gems post service side yesteryear side Saturday. I'll endure dorsum the next calendar week though.