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WAGOLL
Earlier this year I saw the following tweet from @thththalia...What I loved about this was the WAGOLL...'What a good one looks like'. I'd never seen/heard of this before, but thought that I could use...
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What's Your Favourite Button on a Calculator?
On Monday, when we return to school after a relaxing half-term, I will be starting a mentoring 'role' with one of the ITTs my school are taking on for the next 10 weeks. Now, this was something I...
View ArticleY11 Higher Homework Sheets
Prior to starting at my school in September last year I was asked by my HoD to find/produce some homework sheets aimed at the higher tier students in Y11.Now, there are plenty of these type of revision...
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'alexpett's' GCSE Maths Topic Log
Just after the New Year I came across one of the best resources I have seen uploaded to the TES website. The resource is 'alexpett's''Maths Topic Log' which can be seen and downloaded...
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mymaths and magicwhiteboard
Earlier this term, I was revising the different types of transformations with my Y11 set 3 class as this was one of the topics that was flagged up from their mock examinations. After we had done a...
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Jumbo Calculators & IWB Calculators...
Earlier this term I purchased myself a 'jumbo' calculator; an A4 sized calculator. I used to have one of these at one of my previous schools and they're great for being able to show students the...
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Y11 - The Final Countdown
It's getting nearer to that point in the year where all the Y11s will be sitting their GCSE examinations and the final push for these will be well under way when we go back after the Easter holidays....
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Y11 Revision Board Display
I went into school today for a couple of things. One was to check the new Desktop PC that was being put into my room synced up to my IWB still (it does) and the other was to put up a new revision...
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Setting the tone for Y11...
So, we've just had the 1st week back and the 'big push' for our Y11s is well underway. I decided that in the 1st lesson back from Easter with each of my Y11 classes, that I'd give them a bit of a...
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Getting the most out of my seating plan...
Being the first week back, it's the time of year when I change around my seating plans for each of my classes. I do this to keep them on their toes or to move certain individuals to more prominent...
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Revision &'Jenga'!
Today I went into school, with the majority of our Maths department, for our Y11's revision session. We had about a quarter of our Y11s there and they worked well throughout the morning session (we...
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Playing Cards Display
Earlier this month I came across the following website that was tweeted out (I can't remember from whom though)...www.playingarts.comOn the site there are 52 playing cards each in the style of a...
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iPad
The following takes place between 1pm and 2pm...I'm going to be 30 this year (in Sep)! However, I'm pretty impatient and so when my mother offered to get me an iPad, that she knew I've been wanting for...
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'twenty seven' - Takeaway Mathematics Homework
This has been brewing for a while now......I've finally had a chance to sit down and create my own version of Ross McGill's (@TeacherToolkit) brilliant 'takeaway homework' idea.If you haven't already...
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'Post-it Note' style Plenary
When I was sifting through my resources to plan a lesson on composite shapes I came across a question from a previous UKMT Junior Challenge. I decided to use this question as a plenary with my Y8...
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takeaway homework - the initial phase
Over the May half term I created a takeaway homework menu 'twenty seven' for my classes based on @TeacherToolkit's idea in his '100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers' book. To see this blog post, and my...
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Y2 Problem Solving Day
Before reading this post you may be interested in a similar post I produced on the Y6 Problem Solving Day I ran earlier in the year. See that blog post here.So, having done the Y6 Problem Solving Day I...
View Article#nurture1314 - a review
In January this year I wrote a #nurture1314 blog post outlining 14 hopes for 2014 alongside 13 things I was thankful for in 2013. I have seen a few people on Twitter posts reviews on their posts...
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The best number...EVER...27!
It's a well known fact that my favourite number is 27! All my students know this (or at least they should by now) and so I decided, on putting up some new displays in my classroom, that one would just...
View ArticleMore of my 'go to' websites
I was looking back through my blog posts around this sort of time last year, just to reflect on what I was doing, when I came across my 'go to' resources blog post - http://goo.gl/NczZoBOn looking at...
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