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I am not going to take credit for these short bites but I found them on the net and then decided to share them with my form class. A great discussion evolved and I felt that it was a good reflection exercise to get them to appreciate the positives in their lives. This would make [...]
Guestblogger: @bettermaths We recognise that employers are asking for capable mathematicians who can apply their knowledge to authentic situations. We want teachers to support good teaching and learning whenever possible. The following lesson plan was submitted by a Head of Mathematics, following success with his KS4 students. It may be of interest to teachers who [...]
Guest Blogger: Graham Andre’ @grahamandre Shhhhh don’t tell anyone but I don’t really like maths. Now as the editor of the Mathematics shed you may think this is a strange thing to say, and to be totally honest it is not true now but it was. My love of maths is a very recent thing. As a [...]
Guest Blogger: Chris Dunn @ShrekTheTeacher Having struggled to find any maths games that children go back to again and again, I have created two myself that I hope will make a difference… I have focussed on recognising numerals, matching them with quantities, and ordering…skills that take plenty of practise! The games use very simple on screen [...]
Guest Blogger: Chris Dunn @ShrekTheTeacher Tiny Bob’s Adventurous Counting has been written creatively to support maths in Early Years and Key Stage 1. It’s a very interactive book on Apple’s iBooks store, and can be used on any iPad or Mac computer… Here’s the book blurb… First and foremost, this book is a [...]
This video makes great SMSC and a lesson starter that guarantees to make an impact. The spoken word can be so powerful and this poem is emotive and really hits home. This video a must show to all your pupils. There are a few beeps but its worth it as it gets a positive message [...]
Guest Blogger: Chris Dunn @ShrekTheTeacher I recently came across Shonette Bason’s rather wacky ‘Dough Disco’ idea for developing fine motor skills. It took me a while to pluck up the courage to give it a go…I tried to convince my TA’s to lead it, but they told me I had no self-respect left to lose and should [...]
Guest Blogger: Chris Dunn @ShrekTheTeacher Poor mental maths ‘ability’ (I say ability, but I suspect it has more to do with education), seems to have become endemic in England. It’s often talked about in the press, and is so prevalent in my generation that people even brag about it. “I’m rubbish at maths, always have been” is [...]
What are the EdExcel GCSE Linear Mathematics 1MA0 November 2013 Grade Boundaries? Below are the EdExcel GCSE Linear Mathematics 1MA0 November 2013 Grade Boundaries. This year’s grade boundaries is another very interesting reading especially the D to C border line on the higher paper Please share your thoughts and your results below! 1MA0 A* A B [...]
Weigh a million dollars/pounds in your mind! A great Maths Estimation starter! This is another great video from @minutephysics that doubles up to make a great starter to a lesson on Estimation or Rounding. I pose the following “Do Now” question on the whiteboard to do now in their heads as learners come into the [...]
Finally an answer to that on line Twitter Facebook viral maths question starter on order of operations! Or is it? Now @Magicalmaths might be a tiny bit guilty of putting out some of these questions but if you do not know what I mean have a look at this Maths starter on Order of Operations. [...]
I received this as a gift over the festive season and I am in the process of reading it. I will be writing a complete review of Simon Singh’s “The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets” very soon, so watch this space! This book is from the bestselling author of Fermat’s Last Theorem, a must have for [...]
One request or question I get quite often from parents is ; “What can I do at home to teach my child Mathematics?”. Now, there is no set answer for this and parents and educators must realise that different learners learn at different times in their childhood. So if “some child” you know can count [...]
Guest Blogger: Anthony Sappong @anthonysappong Why am blogging? I am guest blogging on magicalmaths.org which makes it sound like I am an experienced blogger but you couldn’t be further from the truth if you thought so. This is actually my first blog post on teaching and learning. I have read a lot of blogs on education, [...]
Guest Blogger: Adnan Al-Daini @respect65 Here is the core of my piece on the Huffington Post bemoaning the interference of politicians in the minutiae of maths teaching: Having trashed teaching qualification (QTS) by telling academies that they could appoint teachers without QTS qualifications, Michael Gove is at it again, this time telling teachers how to teach mathematics. [...]
