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Before we break for summer wanted to share some of the fantastic resources the Maths department
@HenleyBankHigh
have created: Happy to share!
1) Methods Books - Our shared approach to teaching concepts, with clearly labelled steps to help staff with modelling:
#mathscpdchat
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As a department we're going hard with Reflect, Expect, Check and Explain
@mrbartonmaths
, this will be our introduction to it with quite a simple concept so pupils can get the hang of it:
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Trying a different kind of SSDD with the quadratic formula, spot where the error occurs or mark as correct:
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Also:
3) Using sentence starters to improve describing questions:
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Other resources:
2) Using show that questions so that pupils aren't just thinking about the answers:
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I struggle to come up with a revision strategy for GCSE Maths other than 'bash past papers, answer questions on topic x.' What do other schools do that has been proven to have an impact?
@danicquinn
@naveenfrizvi
@mathsjem
@mathsmrgordon
@Noni_Rainbow
RT's welcome. Thanks!
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5 Things I've learned as a HOD. RT's Thoughts welcome.
With thanks to
@mrbartonmaths
@hegartymaths
@dylanwiliam
@daisychristo
@johntomsett
@Doug_Lemov
@mathsjem
@EmathsUK
@MaxTheMaths
@mathsmrgordon
@greg_ashman
you've helped massively!
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What are your top considerations when allocating classes in the timetable? Here's my top 5
RT's & Thoughts welcome
@mrbartonmaths
@mathsjem
@hegartymaths
@StudyMaths
@MrMattock
@Noni_Rainbow
@danicquinn
@EmathsUK
@mathsmrgordon
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@danicquinn
Let's get rid of constructions for a start. And then pretend we never had them, and then forget to put them back in.
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I'm thinking about how we as a department can systematically help pupils get better at problem solving; interested to know what others do? RT's greatly appreciated!
@mrbartonmaths
@jemmaths
@mathsjem
@naveenfrizvi
@mathsmrgordon
@Noni_Rainbow
@hegartymaths
@amandamckay235
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After reading the first chapter of
@DavidDidau
making kids cleverer, my response to the "when am I going to use this" is now "no idea, but by making you know more statistically you're more likely to be happy later in life. All knowledge is useful so learn as much as you can"
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Responsive teaching, not marking! influenced by
@mrbartonmaths
@hegartymaths
@daisychristo
@dylanwiliam
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I've written a blog about my top 5 for how I plan;
thoughts, comments, RT's welcome:
@mrbartonmaths
@mathsjem
@mathsmrgordon
@PlanTeacher
@TeachFirstSW
@PGCE_Maths
@MaxTheMaths
@EmathsUK
@jemmaths
@MccreaEmma
@MrMattock
@StudyMaths
@danicquinn
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#mathschat
I've made this quick skills sheet for foundation pupils. Hope it's of use to somebody else
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My attempt at using minimal variation to do with 56 of our Y11's tomorrow. Should be fun!
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Reflect, Expect, Check, Explain - I wrote a blog about what it means for me and my practice. A genuinely awesome book that I'd highly recommend, thoughts and RT's welcome.
@mrbartonmaths
@mathsjem
@mathsmrgordon
@Arithmaticks
@danicquinn
@MaxTheMaths
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@RogersHistory
If I had a sink that had a massive leak in it, I wouldn't spend my money and energy looking for different ways to add water. I'd try to stop the leak first.
Improve the working conditions of those already in it and remarkably more will want to join!
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Apparently year 9 don't like my lesson because 'they don't get to sit in grouped tables to talk about work'. Thank you pupil voice!
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How have I gone 8 years without using whiteboards effectively? Serious game changer!
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Really enjoying the
@Ambition_Inst
unit on assessment. Love 'decision driven data collection' & 'assessment is a good servant but a terrible master'
@dylanwiliam
Figure out what you want to find out, then get the data, not the other way round!
#ExpertMiddleLeaders
#EML
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Meeting other maths teachers who are also
@mrbartonmaths
fanboys:
The book, the podcast, dq, variation theory, ssdd problems.
Such an amazing massive positive impact on our profession and consequently our young people.
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Thinking about planning departmental CPD for the start of term. 5 things I've learned.
With thanks to
@Doug_Lemov
@TeachLikeAChamp
@paul_bambrick
& all the
@mrbartonmaths
podcasts!
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Marking mocks is like watching England at a major tournament : a few moments of hope quickly brought crashing down to earth!
#worktodo
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Just browsing through
@getdiagnostics
and saw this question: I was today years old when I found out you use the verify function to check if something is correctly factorised/expanded !
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This! An experienced colleague suggested I leave the school I was at: moving from somewhere with no behaviour policy to a different school was like doing a different job. Being able to actually teach was so joyful, and something I now get to experience daily.
When I started teaching, and teaching was nearly impossible because the behaviour was too, I assumed it was just me. After a few months I realised it might be a broader issue
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7 Years ago, I started as HOD
@HenleyBankHigh
(then Millbrook) knowing very little about anything.
Maths was 1 P/T teacher, 1 pupil got a grade 7+, P8 was -1.3, we had around 50 pupils in Y7
Fast forward to today where we are on the verge of opening 6th Form, 1/n
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Chuffed that I'm not going 2b talking 2 myself & ppl have picked my workshop for
#MathsConf25
!
@LaSalleEd
MathsConf is hands down best CPD I've done.
So excited to talk about curric, share the errors I've made and what I'm trying now, hope people find it useful to think about!
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@JulesDaulby
@HYWEL_ROBERTS
Schools with awful behaviour are far more of a travesty than isolation booths yet seem to receive nowhere near the publicity and criticism.
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Responsive teaching? an interpetation
@mrbartonmaths
@daisychristo
@dylanwiliam
@hegartymaths
@ThainMike
@mathsjem
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I think all department meetings should focus on t & l. Everything else seems like a waste of time!
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Excitingly we are introducing GCSE Stats as part of our core offer, here are 5 things we're working on to make it as successful as possible:
What else do people think is essential when looking at a new curriculum?
@mrbartonmaths
@mathsjem
@danicquinn
@MaxTheMaths
@mathsmrgordon
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Other than this excellent one by
@MrReddyMaths
has anybody written about curriculum design in Maths?
@mrbartonmaths
@MrMattock
@mathsmrgordon
@greg_ashman
@EmathsUK
@mathsjem
@dylanwiliam
@StudyMaths
@danicquinn
@naveenfrizvi
@ollie_lovell
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My response to "Are we having a fun lesson today?" is always "Absolutely! We're doing pythagoras, trapeziums etc..." Kids enjoy knowing stuff and being successful even if it isn't obvious to them. Putting santa on a worksheet won't change that
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I've not seen many questions on bus timetables; so I made this trying to incorporate variation theory. I've also added narrations about what key features I might want pupils to be able to notice. Thoughts, RT's and feedback welcome as ever.
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Definitely going to have a crack at 'last man standing' units in depth. Another really useful
#mathsconf18
thanks to
@rekenrek101
@mathsjem
@booleanmathshub
@ThainMike
@drewfoster0
for some really thought provoking sessions. Now to go away and implement!
@LaSalleEd
@EmathsUK
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My minimally different surds questions went down a treat with my 10 set 2. Really enjoy planning and delivering these.
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Had the best week off, not done anything in particular other than family time. I realise as teachers we are privileged in the time we have off, however as an industry we need to tackle the fact that having a family and being teachers should be compatible all year round.
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Really good day meeting our new
@TeachFirst
teacher today. Such a positive atmosphere and buzz about our amazing profession.
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@traceratop
@_kevinmcl
@redgierob
@RogersHistory
@emmccatt
In my experience people who use the phrase 'because Ofsted want it' do so because they are unable to reasonably justify why they are doing what they are doing.
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Thinking about how we get pupils to value Maths not just as a qualification but generally. I know that success is important but interested to know how others go about it?
@EmathsUK
@mrbartonmaths
@MrMattock
@mathsjem
@jemmaths
@dylanwiliam
@greg_ashman
@danicquinn
@naveenfrizvi
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Checking students' books is useful for seeing their performance in a lesson, it is not useful for assessing their learning long term. So many teachers spend such a disproportionate amount of time on this. Correct the performance in the short term, assess the learning over time.
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Also developed a series of resources to deliver
@PearsonEdexcel
GCSE Statistics. Fantastic work done by fantastic people.
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New staff induction today, absolutely buzzing to welcome some absolute superstars to the team! Excited for summer, but also September!
@HenleyBankHigh
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If anybody is struggling to set meaningful work online for the next few weeks the
@GreenshawTrust
online curriculum is a thing of beauty!
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I am very very excited about starting as a head of maths in September. Brand new dept starting from scratch, hit the ground running!
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Thoughts on
#mathsconf9
@LaSalleEd
@EmathsUK
honourable mention to
@Just_Maths
@mrbartonmaths
@booleanmathshub
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1st take away from "how I wish I'd taught maths"
@mrbartonmaths
: I used to set red amber green tasks and pupils choose, lower in confidence would never get onto harder problems, now I'll just write 8 q using variation. Got 2 hours left on the train more as it comes!
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Seen a few tweets criticising centralised planning recently:
I agree that teachers need to be able to adapt to the pupils & planning effectively is key.
However:
To expect all teachers to be planning with the same level of expertise seems bizarre. Not to mention the workload!
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Really enjoyed Izzy Ambrose's session, my takeaway; generic strategies can help, but what is important is getting into specific detail of how we teach concepts, and how they fit in curric. (ML need time to be able to deliver this well.)
#GLTnationalinsetday
@GreenshawTrust
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Do you want to work somewhere
1) behaviour is tackled whole school
2) obs are about improvement not judgement
3) meetings about t&l, curriculum
4) in beautiful glos
If you're looking to progress in a great school apply or DM to find out more! Please rt!
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Biggest change made in3 weeks as hod is
@hegartymaths
parents @ open evening massively impressed. Pupils have answered 46000 q's in 3 weeks!
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An update on my responsive tg policy
@getdiagnostics
@hegartymaths
@daisychristo
@mrbartonmaths
@dylanwiliam
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Loving this conversation about dimensions, coming from multiplicative reasoning. Maths is brilliant for these connections, but I think I need to lie down to process.
@jemmaths
@boss_maths
@Noni_Rainbow
@DaveTushingham
#GLTbookclub
Also reminder of how fun 3D coordinates are!
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Enjoyed writing these questions on circle theorems. Whole booklet to follow. (Hat tips to
@Corbettmaths
@boss_maths
@DrFrostMaths
)
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My 3 year old just literally fell asleep in the middle of me explaining the difference between 2D and 3D shapes.
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Ban Marking and all of its colour infused connotations! Please RT / Criticism welcome
@ThainMike
@mrbartonmaths
@daisychristo
@nmmarking
@greg_ashman
@mathsjem
@EmathsUK
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@NickGibbUK
@MailOnline
They won't; we don't have enough teachers to deliver them, or enough variety in our narrow curriculum.
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Put this together on volume and surface area, I actually really enjoy designing resources!
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@mathsmrgordon
Ours goes:
3 x 2 grid retrieval practice
input/modelling
practice
Problem framing - look at misconceptions/explain/true or false etc
MCQ
I think when you've been teaching for a while its easy to dismiss a structure, but when you're new to teaching maths a useful starting point.
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@mathsmrgordon
@mathsjem
I don't know if this is of any use to you.
Combination of the amazing
@Corbettmaths
then some exam practice from shadow papers courtesy of
@EmporiumMaths
shadow papers.
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Super excited to watch a range of speakers today:
@WeAreInBetaPod
,
#curriculumthinkingweek21
here is my talk about using Core Questions to support our planning in Maths, RT's thoughts, feedback welcome!
@HenleyBankHigh
@GreenshawTrust
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Buzzing for
#mathsconf28
@LaSalleEd
Also have an incredible opp for someone
@HenleyBankHigh
for a 2nd in Maths.
-Amazing behaviour
-No marking (Feedback instead!)
-Superb collaborative dept
Please RT, if you want to know more send me a DM or see me for a chat at Mathsconf!
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@JennyHillParker
@Arithmaticks
All my own, I love writing questions! Here's some of my questions, my simplifying ones are better, I'll dig them out when I'm at my computer
#mathscpdchat
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@warnes_a
We like the AQA L2 Further Maths, we've embedded it into our KS4 scheme of work to teach alongside the GCSE. One of my awesome team has put together a folder of resources if you'd like them?
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Reflecting on pupils use of
@hegartymaths
last year:
@HenleyBankHigh
45 hours per child.
1930 Questions per pupil.
Astonishing work rate and effort, children are amazing!
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I really love teaching, but I also really love planning highly subject specific CPD!
@danicquinn
&
@mathsjem
blogs are still so relevant and super helpful, Twitter is still such a wealth of brilliant information!
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This is a really interesting question; I hope I'm not the only one who is now more confused after looking at the replies.
Hi!
I know this will have been asked before, but struggling to find an answer I am happy with:
"What is the difference between a formula and an equation?"
y = 3x + 1 as the equation of a straight line seems to fit most definitions of formula that I see.
Any helps appreciated!
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#mathsconf22
even in challenging circumstances
@EmathsUK
and
@LaSalleEd
did a great job with the conference. The best cpd I'll do this year. Thanks to
@mrbartonmaths
@naveenfrizvi
@danicquinn
@mathsjem
@BerwickMaths
for the super sessions.
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@missdcox
People are obsessed with how books look instead of asking how are we assessing learning and giving feedback.
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#mathschat
We start every lesson with a 3 x 2 grid, this is always practicing retrieval. We don't have a forumlaic system, but do base it on what has come up that they haven't remembered. This is a Y11 one.
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Even though I was only in school with 6 pupils today it was awesome. Kids are class, being a teacher is the best. Easy to forget when we haven't seen them for so long!
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@mathsmrgordon
I think being able to move objects in geometry is really powerful.
Also never used to have to worry about pens running out or having to buy refills.
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@Arithmaticks
#mathscpdchat
We thought about hierarchy & what needs 2b revisited. It's something we would normally do, but this has given us more time to think abt sequence. Hierarchy looks like this, (colours are an indicator of where we'd hope to get to rather than a strict you must do this)
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Interview for promotion 2day: get so caught up in wanting 2talk about teaching and learning, literally forgot about dozens of other things I do. Didnt get the job, but really useful experience. Best thing I can do now is keep trying to be a really good hod & the rest will follow.
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I love this model of a learning episode, I think the 'Barton model' is pretty catchy
@mrbartonmaths
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Teaching circle theorems soon? I've put together a ppt/booklet with worked example problem pairs, reasoning prompts and deliberate practice. (Not all my own work, some taken from
@Corbettmaths
@DrFrostMaths
@boss_maths
) Hope somebody finds it useful
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Interested in Maths curriculum?! Join us on the 26th June discussing coherence with lots of practical takeaways!
@GLOWMaths
@HenleyBankHigh
Please RT
@MaxTheMaths
@Noni_Rainbow
@JoeAmbroseGLT
Link to signup is here:
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In dept meeting I asked staff to rank things that took up most of their time outside of lesson.
1) Planning
2) Retrieval Quizzes
3) HW
4) Behaviour
5) Marking
Everybody put marking at the bottom. Spend time on the things that make the most impact!
Did I mention we're hiring?
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Thoroughly enjoyable book club tonight with
@Noni_Rainbow
@DaveTushingham
@DavidDidau
@SeanDelahoy
my take away is to think about how we can layer the curriculum to enable our novice learners to become experts!
Also thinking about 'infectious explanations'
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@Arithmaticks
1) what is a surd
2)estimating surds
3)rules of operations with surds
4)simplifying surds
5-6) multiplying surds
7) multiplying fractions with surds (including conjugates without telling them)
8) rationalising with 1 term on the bottom
9) finding the conjugate
10) rationalising
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@mhorley
@KidsBeKids3May
@NickyMorgan01
@NickGibbMP
@educationgovuk
you don't fatten a pig by weighing it!
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Had a thought today chatting through Maths curriculum with the fantastic
@JoeAmbroseGLT
:
Responsive teaching is a term that gets used a lot in terms of adapting to needs of the pupils in front of us, however what does that look like at a curriculum level? A thread 1/7
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Got to drop the boy off at school, been for a 5 mile run, now some absolutely quality CPD to choose from. As inset days go
#GLTnationalinsetday
this one is definitely up there!
@GreenshawTrust
@HenleyBankHigh
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@jshmtn
We have a maths specialist TA: who pre-teaches any content to our very weakest in morning interventions.
Curriculum that is fluid with time rather than "this week you will be teaching 'x'"
Also in terms of staff allocation, most experienced staff with the very weakest groups.
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@MrOK_Maths_Econ
@mathsjem
Sorry, late to the party, here's one I made earlier, hope it's useful!
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@Arithmaticks
1) Make sure it is an assessment/feedback policy instead of marking.
2) Regularly Assess/Feedback - Every lesson by live circulation and questioning.
3) Use a system to find out gaps in pupils knowledge and a plan to fix them. (No teacher writing in books required!)
#mathscpdchat
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@RosieAn19282458
@Elby_24
@Muna_Abdi_Phd
@pauldixtweets
I worked in a school with a "no consequences, restorative behaviour system" the results were disastrous.
Sounded great in theory, in practice not being able to sanction poor behaviour limited every pupil with constant minor disruption.
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@MonikaKaur100
@missdcox
My staff were praised about how they all actively check the kids work during a lesson. Then told that the lack of interaction with exercise books was a weakness, some people can't get their head around assessing learning in smarter ways.
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Some very sensible advice on feedback. It should be instant. Books don't indicate retention, assessments do that.
My latest piece for
@tes
. Put down the red pen and reclaim your weekend.
#workload
#MoreThanMarking
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Really excited to get back to work tomorrow and get stuck into restructuring our ks4 scheme to include gcse statistics and L2 further maths as standard. Biggest piece of work we've done on curriculum since lockdown.
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At home anyway so might as well get stuck into this with the boy!
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Today I taught a lesson on exact trig ratios that was the closest thing to a lecture I've ever done. Literally me demonstrating for half the lesson, with few questions throughout, would never have done that 3 years ago!
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@Behaviour_Guy
changed the culture within weeks with high quality leadership and systems and from there it's gone from strength to strength.
@HenleyBankHigh
is a brilliant school and a wonderful place to work, I'll miss it but excited for the next chapter!
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@Positivteacha
The first thing I do with new teachers is teach them how to plan.
However, why wouldn't I use combined experience to give them high quality resources they can adapt freely? Are you expecting nqts to come up with the same quality of resources as an experienced teacher?
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@SteveMcClean1
@missradders
@mathsjem
@robotmaths
@Sheena2907
@TLMaths
Sorry if this isn't helpful, but what works for disadvantaged works for everyone. (Our gap in 2019 was about 0.07 so not a lot of difference) If it's previously low attainers then that's a different question, but generally I think it's more about raising the bar for everyone.
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