Today saw me present a 20 minute session on curriculum and planning for TeachMeet ECT Icons. I really loved trying to distill my ideas about how planning should work ACROSS a curriculum and ACROSS time, rather than within an one hour block. My slides are below. Please do get in touch if you want to … Continue reading Teach Meet ECT Icons – “A Lesson” is the Wrong Unit for Learning
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Keeping Up Appearances
Forgive me readers, for I have sinned. It has been... 5 months since my last blog!? Though I can hardly believe that length of time has passed, it also feels like 10 seconds since I last sat here and pressed 'Publish'. Things have been pretty hectic, in both my work life and my personal one. … Continue reading Keeping Up Appearances
MathsConf14
It has been a while since I have blogged! I've had lots and lots of ideas for things to write about, but have been struggling to put the words in this little box. However, if something was going to inspire me, it was attending another MathsConf! I made the last minute decision to grab a … Continue reading MathsConf14
RQT Resolutions
It's that time of year again - back to school! I think teachers are very lucky, in many ways - today I'm specifically feeling lucky for the sense of 'New Year' that we get to have in the middle of an 'Old Year'. There' something about September, with a promise of a new timetable, new classes, new stationery, maybe even a new school... all these things are a new challenge. It gives us time to reflect on what we've done in the previous school year and how we'd like to make things better for ourselves and our students in the coming one.
#summaths
August Bank Holiday Sunday 2017 - glorious sunshine, lots of mathematicians and a spot of codebreaking... What more could you ask for? The first part of this story actually happened a few months ago, and once again highlights the absolute brilliance of Teacher Twitter. After my initial excitement of having an excuse to go down … Continue reading #summaths
