Back to some teaching tomorrow 😀 it feels like it's been a while..

From a nervous little boy this morning, Charlie has really enjoyed his first day in reception Marine Park First School ! Thanks you for making it so enjoyable 😀

Having many things in common with our NQT's this year as I get my head round everything! Great to be teaching again 😀

I need to get this working! Would be a great way to demonstrate manipulative use...

BREAKING: Sky News understands further #COVID19 lockdown restrictions are set to be imposed in the North East of England. Sky's Jon Craig has the latest 👇 Read more: trib.al/iKvLpDD

Using manipulatives to investigate associative laws and making connections to arrays! Great thinking going on in year 7 today 😀

James spent his afternoon constructing a nasty virus graph... Isn't it funny what a 7 year old picks up on via the news!

Has fallen down a rabbit hole trying to divide numbers like polynomials today... Interesting!

When you're captivated by a thought at lunchtime.. and still trying to figure it out in the evening... Mastery of Maths feels like a never ending journey! 36 and still discovering 😃

Unlocking what makes a square number (and not!) through squarearrays and multilink cubes - really enjoyed today's lesson!

BIDMAS is trending /causing an argument on twitter again... I think it must be a lockdown thing!

Really interesting to go from a Year 7 lesson on adding negatives into a Year 10 lesson where a HA student made a mistake with the same topic and couldn't understand why... Why it's worth spending the time in Y7 to get depth of understanding couldn't have been clearer!

Sharing my current project with year 10 to demonstrate a use of the Maths we're learning.. there's a definite sewing/Maths project somewhere here 🤣

What would your wish list for y6 Maths be? What skills do we need our students to have in order to hit the ground running in y7?

Putting the L into CPA - with linguistics as a key representation for Mathematics! Great session with Alison Hopper as part of #GNMH_conf

Anne Watson's article 'Care' is next in the #MTMayMonth collection. Anne Watson explains why 'care' is important in mathematics eduction. Read the full article at bit.ly/3KUhYAk

Planning lessons on the train home to the North East following #ACPConference24 - they are awash with purposeful practice and tools of mass participation! Thanks for a great day everyone.

It's funny the effect that a simple sentence can have... "What can I try first' led to a lot of different thoughts... It also eventually led to a class conclusion connecting factors of the total amount and the ratio used.. Via lots of practice! Helen Drury Laura Tyler

The most important number was on my whiteboard all day! #WorldBookDay2024

Attempted using algebra tiles to unpick how to calculate 5x^2 today.. Persistence needed I think as we move on to substituting into multiple terms.