Kicking Off Twelvemonth 12

Following on from my final post on ideas for the kickoff Year seven lesson of the year, here's unopen to ideas for the start of Year 12.

Unfortunately nosotros don't actually get got whatever fourth dimension to spare inwards our 6th cast teaching. It's a challenge but to fit plenty lessons into the schoolhouse twelvemonth to encompass all the course of report cloth earlier our students larn off to get got their exams. So, sadly, there's no fourth dimension for enrichment or getting to know each other - students get got to hitting the terra firma running.

Entry Assessment
At my school, equally at many others, nosotros enquire our students to gain for Year 12 past times doing unopen to summertime work. We hold off them to get got a enterprise agreement of GCSE topics when they start the course, peculiarly surds, indices in addition to algebra. Last year, for the kickoff time, nosotros introduced a Year 12 entry assessment. The locomote of the entry assessment was to assist us pose the students who needed additional back upwards from the start of the course. We likewise hoped it would pose whatever students who shouldn't locomote taking AS maths at all, inwards the promise that they powerfulness catch choosing an option course.

Extract from Year 12 Entry Assessment

The results from our entry assessments were rather worrying. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 large release of the cohort got less than 50% fifty-fifty though the bulk achieved a degree A* at GCSE. The elementary inquiry 'Calculate 238 x 6.3' was answered real badly, showing a lack of basic maths skills.

I had a huge amount of students come upwards to my extra back upwards sessions - I believe the entry assessment was a skilful 'wake upwards call' for them. It motivated these students to focus in addition to piece of employment difficult correct from the start. All students improved their grade considerably inwards the subsequent re-test, but notwithstanding unopen to of the marks were quite low. On Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 bird results twenty-four hours inwards a few weeks I'll locomote actually interested to compare AS grades achieved to performance inwards the entry assessment final September.

Here's the files inwards example you lot desire to borrow them:

• Year 12 Entry Assessment   (answers) 
• Feedback sheet  (students who did good got a 'welcome to AS Maths' message!)
• Year 12 Entry Assessment re-test 

Student Handbooks

We mitt out student handbooks to every Year 12 inwards the kickoff lesson of the year. They're asked to proceed these inwards the front end of their maths folder. It's peculiarly helpful that they get got their ain re-create of the formula canvass in addition to a direct to reading essay out grade schemes.  

Activities

Here's unopen to squeamish resources for the kickoff duet of maths lessons:

• What's the Difference - run across below. This tidings activity reminds students of the importance of next the lodge of operations.

• Introduction to C1 Algebra matching activity - from SRWhitehouse on TES
• Ever wondered why? - an engaging in addition to challenging indices puzzle from JustMaths 
• Indices activity - from SRWhitehouse on TES

My Core AS and Statistics AS pages get got lots to a greater extent than resources recommendations for the balance of the course.

If you'd similar Word copies of my pdfs to arrange for your ain school, delight ask.

Kicking Off Twelvemonth 12

Following on from my final post on ideas for the kickoff Year seven lesson of the year, here's unopen to ideas for the start of Year 12.

Unfortunately nosotros don't actually get got whatever fourth dimension to spare inwards our 6th cast teaching. It's a challenge but to fit plenty lessons into the schoolhouse twelvemonth to encompass all the course of report cloth earlier our students larn off to get got their exams. So, sadly, there's no fourth dimension for enrichment or getting to know each other - students get got to hitting the terra firma running.

Entry Assessment
At my school, equally at many others, nosotros enquire our students to gain for Year 12 past times doing unopen to summertime work. We hold off them to get got a enterprise agreement of GCSE topics when they start the course, peculiarly surds, indices in addition to algebra. Last year, for the kickoff time, nosotros introduced a Year 12 entry assessment. The locomote of the entry assessment was to assist us pose the students who needed additional back upwards from the start of the course. We likewise hoped it would pose whatever students who shouldn't locomote taking AS maths at all, inwards the promise that they powerfulness catch choosing an option course.

Extract from Year 12 Entry Assessment

The results from our entry assessments were rather worrying. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 large release of the cohort got less than 50% fifty-fifty though the bulk achieved a degree A* at GCSE. The elementary inquiry 'Calculate 238 x 6.3' was answered real badly, showing a lack of basic maths skills.

I had a huge amount of students come upwards to my extra back upwards sessions - I believe the entry assessment was a skilful 'wake upwards call' for them. It motivated these students to focus in addition to piece of employment difficult correct from the start. All students improved their grade considerably inwards the subsequent re-test, but notwithstanding unopen to of the marks were quite low. On Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 bird results twenty-four hours inwards a few weeks I'll locomote actually interested to compare AS grades achieved to performance inwards the entry assessment final September.

Here's the files inwards example you lot desire to borrow them:

• Year 12 Entry Assessment   (answers) 
• Feedback sheet  (students who did good got a 'welcome to AS Maths' message!)
• Year 12 Entry Assessment re-test 

Student Handbooks

We mitt out student handbooks to every Year 12 inwards the kickoff lesson of the year. They're asked to proceed these inwards the front end of their maths folder. It's peculiarly helpful that they get got their ain re-create of the formula canvass in addition to a direct to reading essay out grade schemes.  

Activities

Here's unopen to squeamish resources for the kickoff duet of maths lessons:

• What's the Difference - run across below. This tidings activity reminds students of the importance of next the lodge of operations.

• Introduction to C1 Algebra matching activity - from SRWhitehouse on TES
• Ever wondered why? - an engaging in addition to challenging indices puzzle from JustMaths 
• Indices activity - from SRWhitehouse on TES

My Core AS and Statistics AS pages get got lots to a greater extent than resources recommendations for the balance of the course.

If you'd similar Word copies of my pdfs to arrange for your ain school, delight ask.

5 Maths Gems #2

Last calendar week I promised I'd write a weekly postal service summarising the novel teaching ideas I'd seen on Twitter. Afterwards I worried whether I'd receive got plenty fabric to write about, but this calendar week I wasn't disappointed. Plenty of ideas were shared - here's v of them.

1. Revision Whispers. As I've said before, I'm ever on the hold off out for engaging ideas for revision lessons. Billy Adamson (@Billyads_47) shared this fantastic persuasion 'Maths Whispers!' inwards which pupils are given a fact or formula to communicate alongside their classmates, 'Chinese Whispers' style. Billy says that when his students were walking downwardly the corridor afterwards, they were excitedly talking almost what each disputation was initially as well as what it became. I dear this idea. It would function good inwards other subjects too. Check out Billy's resources on TES. Here's a variation I mightiness elbow grease for H5N1 degree revision: separate the course of written report into teams. The teams cast lines from the dorsum of the classroom upwards to the board. The pupils at the dorsum are given a message to read. Here's an example from S2:

All teams receive got the same message. The message is simultaneously passed along the lines inwards whispers. The in conclusion pupil inwards each describe writes the message on the board. The most accurate squad wins! Then shuffle the students as well as elbow grease some other message. My A degree revision cards receive got plenty of ideas for messages - definitions as well as formulae would function well.

2. Post-its. Mr Allan (@mrallanmaths) wrote this blog post almost his role of post-it notes inwards lessons. He displays questions on boards around his classroom. Students (in pairs or teams) function their agency around the room answering the questions on post-it notes. It's a quick as well as tardily agency of assessing agreement as well as finding misconceptions. It's also rattling engaging, fifty-fifty though the questions are exactly from a textbook. The persuasion originated from a tweet past times Chris McGrane (@ChrisMcGrane84) back inwards January. Shelley Smith (@saxsmith27) successfully tried it out this week.

Speaking of post-it notes, I similar this 'What stuck alongside you?' idea, shared past times @RemindHQ. It could hold upwards a overnice plenary activity in i lawsuit a week, or fifty-fifty at the halt of every lesson.

If yous desire to a greater extent than post-it banking concern notation teaching ideas thence banking concern fit out 'fractions weblog post this calendar week I discovered the blog Authentic Inquiry Maths which is total of expert ideas, similar T-charts for highlighting similarities as well as differences. Pupils role ICT to create their charts as well as yous larn a overnice mix of presentation styles, similar the example below.

Ed Southall's (@edsouthall) tricky maths problems on his website solvemymaths.com are also actually visually appealing as well as I hold off frontward to using them to challenge as well as extend my students adjacent year.

Area occupation #2 - solvemymaths.com

Here's some other 'attractive' activity I spotted on Twitter this week. This i was shared past times Khan Academy (@khanacademy).  It's an engaging activity because it's visually striking, accessible as well as has a expert degree of challenge for pupils who've studied Pythagoras' Theorem. Shame I don't receive got the budget for coloring photocopying!

4. Starting a novel schoolhouse year. With solely 2 weeks left inwards the summertime holidays, I've started to run into weblog posts almost things to exercise inwards outset lessons of the schoolhouse year. I wrote a brace myself a few weeks agone - i on your outset lesson alongside Year 7 as well as i on kicking off Year 12.  Here's a few to a greater extent than I've spotted lately that are worth a read:

• This 'Deliberate Mistakes, Jo Boaler (@joboaler) talked this calendar week almost the value of mistakes inwards ‘Setting upwards Positive Norms inwards Maths Class'. In this document, she suggests that nosotros brand a habit of inviting pupils to the board to portion their conceptual mistakes. She also suggests that pupils crumple a slice of newspaper as well as throw it at the board - exactly once, inwards a symbolic form of agency - non every fourth dimension they brand a mistake... Though I wonder if that would hold upwards worth trying too, to found a classroom civilisation of ‘everyone makes mistakes’ as well as to encourage risk-taking. Can yous imagine if your pupils threw all their mistakes at the board? It mightiness larn a flake messy. Fun though.
  
  Jo makes a give away of other useful suggestions inwards her article, such equally writing students' expert questions on posters around the room. She also talks almost the importance of valuing depth over speed. Many of my students brand it inwards secondary schoolhouse alongside the impression that it’s of import to exercise maths quickly. ‘Beat the clock’ type activities encourage this. What’s the rush?
  
  So, some helpful thoughts from Jo Boaler. Shame almost the negative article she wrote this calendar week almost maths teaching inwards the UK, but yay to the NCETM for defending us! It’s overnice to know individual has our backs.
  
  And finally...
  I'll destination off today's postal service alongside 3 recommended reads:
  
  • Interactive Bulletin Boards for Secondary School Mathematics
  • here). By the way, all my weekly Maths Gems posts volition hold upwards filed on this page, which yous tin access from the 'Extras' card on my blog. Thanks for reading.
    
    
    

5 Maths Gems #2

Last calendar week I promised I'd write a weekly postal service summarising the novel teaching ideas I'd seen on Twitter. Afterwards I worried whether I'd receive got plenty fabric to write about, but this calendar week I wasn't disappointed. Plenty of ideas were shared - here's v of them.

1. Revision Whispers. As I've said before, I'm ever on the hold off out for engaging ideas for revision lessons. Billy Adamson (@Billyads_47) shared this fantastic persuasion 'Maths Whispers!' inwards which pupils are given a fact or formula to communicate alongside their classmates, 'Chinese Whispers' style. Billy says that when his students were walking downwardly the corridor afterwards, they were excitedly talking almost what each disputation was initially as well as what it became. I dear this idea. It would function good inwards other subjects too. Check out Billy's resources on TES. Here's a variation I mightiness elbow grease for H5N1 degree revision: separate the course of written report into teams. The teams cast lines from the dorsum of the classroom upwards to the board. The pupils at the dorsum are given a message to read. Here's an example from S2:

All teams receive got the same message. The message is simultaneously passed along the lines inwards whispers. The in conclusion pupil inwards each describe writes the message on the board. The most accurate squad wins! Then shuffle the students as well as elbow grease some other message. My A degree revision cards receive got plenty of ideas for messages - definitions as well as formulae would function well.

2. Post-its. Mr Allan (@mrallanmaths) wrote this blog post almost his role of post-it notes inwards lessons. He displays questions on boards around his classroom. Students (in pairs or teams) function their agency around the room answering the questions on post-it notes. It's a quick as well as tardily agency of assessing agreement as well as finding misconceptions. It's also rattling engaging, fifty-fifty though the questions are exactly from a textbook. The persuasion originated from a tweet past times Chris McGrane (@ChrisMcGrane84) back inwards January. Shelley Smith (@saxsmith27) successfully tried it out this week.

Speaking of post-it notes, I similar this 'What stuck alongside you?' idea, shared past times @RemindHQ. It could hold upwards a overnice plenary activity in i lawsuit a week, or fifty-fifty at the halt of every lesson.

If yous desire to a greater extent than post-it banking concern notation teaching ideas thence banking concern fit out 'fractions weblog post this calendar week I discovered the blog Authentic Inquiry Maths which is total of expert ideas, similar T-charts for highlighting similarities as well as differences. Pupils role ICT to create their charts as well as yous larn a overnice mix of presentation styles, similar the example below.

Ed Southall's (@edsouthall) tricky maths problems on his website solvemymaths.com are also actually visually appealing as well as I hold off frontward to using them to challenge as well as extend my students adjacent year.

Area occupation #2 - solvemymaths.com

Here's some other 'attractive' activity I spotted on Twitter this week. This i was shared past times Khan Academy (@khanacademy).  It's an engaging activity because it's visually striking, accessible as well as has a expert degree of challenge for pupils who've studied Pythagoras' Theorem. Shame I don't receive got the budget for coloring photocopying!

4. Starting a novel schoolhouse year. With solely 2 weeks left inwards the summertime holidays, I've started to run into weblog posts almost things to exercise inwards outset lessons of the schoolhouse year. I wrote a brace myself a few weeks agone - i on your outset lesson alongside Year 7 as well as i on kicking off Year 12.  Here's a few to a greater extent than I've spotted lately that are worth a read:

• This 'Deliberate Mistakes, Jo Boaler (@joboaler) talked this calendar week almost the value of mistakes inwards ‘Setting upwards Positive Norms inwards Maths Class'. In this document, she suggests that nosotros brand a habit of inviting pupils to the board to portion their conceptual mistakes. She also suggests that pupils crumple a slice of newspaper as well as throw it at the board - exactly once, inwards a symbolic form of agency - non every fourth dimension they brand a mistake... Though I wonder if that would hold upwards worth trying too, to found a classroom civilisation of ‘everyone makes mistakes’ as well as to encourage risk-taking. Can yous imagine if your pupils threw all their mistakes at the board? It mightiness larn a flake messy. Fun though.
  
  Jo makes a give away of other useful suggestions inwards her article, such equally writing students' expert questions on posters around the room. She also talks almost the importance of valuing depth over speed. Many of my students brand it inwards secondary schoolhouse alongside the impression that it’s of import to exercise maths quickly. ‘Beat the clock’ type activities encourage this. What’s the rush?
  
  So, some helpful thoughts from Jo Boaler. Shame almost the negative article she wrote this calendar week almost maths teaching inwards the UK, but yay to the NCETM for defending us! It’s overnice to know individual has our backs.
  
  And finally...
  I'll destination off today's postal service alongside 3 recommended reads:
  
  • Interactive Bulletin Boards for Secondary School Mathematics
  • here). By the way, all my weekly Maths Gems posts volition hold upwards filed on this page, which yous tin access from the 'Extras' card on my blog. Thanks for reading.
    
    
    

Icebreakers

I've seen a lot of dandy icebreaker ideas this calendar week therefore I thought it mightiness endure helpful to portion simply about of my favourites here. Most of us volition endure coming together novel classes for the offset fourth dimension adjacent week. I'll endure getting a novel tutor grouping - I demand activities that volition assist me larn to know my students together with assist them larn to know each other too.

Creeping Death
First, a floor nigh what not do. When I was at academy I attended a two-day residential alternative centre for a graduate project at Esso. I intend at that spot were twelve candidates, all Russell Group, all inwards smart novel suits. Naturally nosotros started alongside an icebreaker. We were told to nation something interesting nigh ourselves. I had a few ideas for what I was going to nation - I used to alive inwards Africa together with convey a duet of stories to tell - but all of a abrupt I had argue to panic. The other candidates - every ane of them - had far to a greater extent than interesting stories than me. They'd met royalty, they'd been on TV, they'd won awards, they were related to celebrities, they'd saved lives. I'll never forget that feeling of impending doom equally I waited for my plough to speak, together with therefore the embarrassment together with feeling of inferiority. It shook my confidence for the residuum of the alternative centre.

'Say something interesting nigh yourself' is non a proficient means to intermission the ice, especially alongside xi yr olds who may good intend they convey goose egg interesting to say. If yous must ask a tike to nation something interesting nigh themselves, position simply about suggestions on the board inwards instance they're stuck for ideas (eg publish of siblings, what they did over summertime etc). Or, fifty-fifty better, purpose simply about of the activities listed below.

Me... By the Numbers
Donna Boucher (post. Students gain total inwards the template alongside numerical facts nigh themselves.

Numbers Quiz
H5N1 related thought comes from this post from Sarah Hagan. Ask each educatee to brand a quiz nigh themselves. The answers should endure numerical together with students should furnish an reply depository fiscal establishment at the bottom, similar my illustration below. Sarah completed all her students' quizzes together with they marked her answers. Alternatively, if students haven't met each other before, they could inquire simply about other educatee to consummate their quiz. This gives them a run a peril to chat nigh their answers together with larn to know each other. Even the shy students should endure happy alongside this activity.

Two Truths together with a Lie

When I returned from motherhood exit inwards Jan I took over a Year xi tutor group. To larn to know them I did 'Two truths together with a lie'. I told them 2 facts nigh myself together with ane prevarication - they had to approximate which was the lie. Then I gave them simply about fourth dimension to write downward their 2 truths together with a lie. I allow them volunteer to read their facts out - each fourth dimension I had to approximate the lie. It was a actually fun action (they were surprised past times how proficient I was at detecting their lies!). They all enjoyed it and, because they were confident students who already knew each other well, most volunteered to convey a go.

Blobs together with Lines
This post service Icebreakers That Rock is bright - it's total of proficient ideas. I specially similar Blobs together with Lines - students are prompted to either employment upward inwards simply about item companionship (eg past times birthday) or get together inwards 'blobs' based on something they convey inwards mutual (eg how they larn to school). Students rapidly uncovering things they convey inwards common.

Who I Am
Dan Meyer's post service The First Day Wiki from dorsum inwards 2007 provides a link to his well-known 'Who I Am' activity.

His post service also features a flat scavenger hunt, shown below. I innovation to purpose adaptations of both activities alongside my novel Year 12 tutor grouping adjacent calendar week - my versions are here.

Dan's post service also includes a shape that students consummate piece yous beak through rules together with expectations.

If you're looking for to a greater extent than ideas for communicating expectations, depository fiscal establishment lucifer out the videos inwards my recent post service post. Students gain total inwards the template alongside numerical facts nigh themselves.

Numbers Quiz
H5N1 related thought comes from Behaviour Management for Beginners.

Also, shape tutors looking for ideas to gain total daily shape fourth dimension volition dear formtimeideas.com.

First Maths Lessons
In this post service I've focused on icebreakers. I've written previously nigh maths activities for offset lessons - reckon post. Students gain total inwards the template alongside numerical facts nigh themselves.

Numbers Quiz
H5N1 related thought comes from Gems 2, addition the lovely alphabet thought inwards post. Students gain total inwards the template alongside numerical facts nigh themselves.

Numbers Quiz
H5N1 related thought comes from Gems 34. I also convey 2 posts that mightiness endure of interest:

• post. Students gain total inwards the template alongside numerical facts nigh themselves.
  
  
  Numbers Quiz
  H5N1 related thought comes from Your First Maths Lesson alongside Year 7 
• post. Students gain total inwards the template alongside numerical facts nigh themselves.
  
  
  Numbers Quiz
  H5N1 related thought comes from Kicking off Year 12

I promise these ideas are helpful. Good luck everyone!

Icebreakers

I've seen a lot of dandy icebreaker ideas this calendar week therefore I thought it mightiness endure helpful to portion simply about of my favourites here. Most of us volition endure coming together novel classes for the offset fourth dimension adjacent week. I'll endure getting a novel tutor grouping - I demand activities that volition assist me larn to know my students together with assist them larn to know each other too.

Creeping Death
First, a floor nigh what not do. When I was at academy I attended a two-day residential alternative centre for a graduate project at Esso. I intend at that spot were twelve candidates, all Russell Group, all inwards smart novel suits. Naturally nosotros started alongside an icebreaker. We were told to nation something interesting nigh ourselves. I had a few ideas for what I was going to nation - I used to alive inwards Africa together with convey a duet of stories to tell - but all of a abrupt I had argue to panic. The other candidates - every ane of them - had far to a greater extent than interesting stories than me. They'd met royalty, they'd been on TV, they'd won awards, they were related to celebrities, they'd saved lives. I'll never forget that feeling of impending doom equally I waited for my plough to speak, together with therefore the embarrassment together with feeling of inferiority. It shook my confidence for the residuum of the alternative centre.

'Say something interesting nigh yourself' is non a proficient means to intermission the ice, especially alongside xi yr olds who may good intend they convey goose egg interesting to say. If yous must ask a tike to nation something interesting nigh themselves, position simply about suggestions on the board inwards instance they're stuck for ideas (eg publish of siblings, what they did over summertime etc). Or, fifty-fifty better, purpose simply about of the activities listed below.

Me... By the Numbers
Donna Boucher (post. Students gain total inwards the template alongside numerical facts nigh themselves.

Numbers Quiz
H5N1 related thought comes from this post from Sarah Hagan. Ask each educatee to brand a quiz nigh themselves. The answers should endure numerical together with students should furnish an reply depository fiscal establishment at the bottom, similar my illustration below. Sarah completed all her students' quizzes together with they marked her answers. Alternatively, if students haven't met each other before, they could inquire simply about other educatee to consummate their quiz. This gives them a run a peril to chat nigh their answers together with larn to know each other. Even the shy students should endure happy alongside this activity.

Two Truths together with a Lie

When I returned from motherhood exit inwards Jan I took over a Year xi tutor group. To larn to know them I did 'Two truths together with a lie'. I told them 2 facts nigh myself together with ane prevarication - they had to approximate which was the lie. Then I gave them simply about fourth dimension to write downward their 2 truths together with a lie. I allow them volunteer to read their facts out - each fourth dimension I had to approximate the lie. It was a actually fun action (they were surprised past times how proficient I was at detecting their lies!). They all enjoyed it and, because they were confident students who already knew each other well, most volunteered to convey a go.

Blobs together with Lines
This post service Icebreakers That Rock is bright - it's total of proficient ideas. I specially similar Blobs together with Lines - students are prompted to either employment upward inwards simply about item companionship (eg past times birthday) or get together inwards 'blobs' based on something they convey inwards mutual (eg how they larn to school). Students rapidly uncovering things they convey inwards common.

Who I Am
Dan Meyer's post service The First Day Wiki from dorsum inwards 2007 provides a link to his well-known 'Who I Am' activity.

His post service also features a flat scavenger hunt, shown below. I innovation to purpose adaptations of both activities alongside my novel Year 12 tutor grouping adjacent calendar week - my versions are here.

Dan's post service also includes a shape that students consummate piece yous beak through rules together with expectations.

If you're looking for to a greater extent than ideas for communicating expectations, depository fiscal establishment lucifer out the videos inwards my recent post service post. Students gain total inwards the template alongside numerical facts nigh themselves.

Numbers Quiz
H5N1 related thought comes from Behaviour Management for Beginners.

Also, shape tutors looking for ideas to gain total daily shape fourth dimension volition dear formtimeideas.com.

First Maths Lessons
In this post service I've focused on icebreakers. I've written previously nigh maths activities for offset lessons - reckon post. Students gain total inwards the template alongside numerical facts nigh themselves.

Numbers Quiz
H5N1 related thought comes from Gems 2, addition the lovely alphabet thought inwards post. Students gain total inwards the template alongside numerical facts nigh themselves.

Numbers Quiz
H5N1 related thought comes from Gems 34. I also convey 2 posts that mightiness endure of interest:

• post. Students gain total inwards the template alongside numerical facts nigh themselves.
  
  
  Numbers Quiz
  H5N1 related thought comes from Your First Maths Lesson alongside Year 7 
• post. Students gain total inwards the template alongside numerical facts nigh themselves.
  
  
  Numbers Quiz
  H5N1 related thought comes from Kicking off Year 12

I promise these ideas are helpful. Good luck everyone!

5 Maths Gems #62

Welcome to my 62^nd update from the footing of Maths EduTwitter. Here I summarise unopen to of the latest ideas in addition to resources for teaching maths.

1. H5N1 Brilliant Problem
If yous cause got a Facebook concern human relationship hence it's definitely worth liking Brilliant.org's Facebook page for an ongoing period of time of lovely maths problems inward your intelligence feed. I especially similar the occupation below - I'd purpose it equally a starter inward a GCSE lesson.

2. Symbaloo
Emma Bell (@EJMaths) has created a real helpful Symbaloo of maths teaching websites. All yous cause got to produce is click on 'start using this webmix' in addition to register for a costless account. You tin learn inward your homepage hence whenever yous opened upward the cyberspace you'll cause got a lovely ready of maths websites, blogs, tools in addition to resources to lead from. This volition salve teachers lots of fourth dimension in addition to tending them disclose novel websites too.

3. Fraction Division
An approach to dividing fractions that doesn't involving 'flipping'... this method from @solvemymaths is worth a look.

4. Indices
@offpistemaths shared these indices questions from an Eton scholarship paper aimed at Year 8. I honey these problems - to a greater extent than of our students should last given the chance to endeavor challenging questions similar this.

5. Interactive GCSE Questions
Here's a novel costless resources from MathsPad. These interactive GCSE exam-style questions are available for both Higher in addition to Foundation. They would move good equally daily lesson starters on an interactive whiteboard. It's slowly to switch questions in addition to display answers.

Update
Summer is nearly over! H5N1 aeroplane in addition to GCSE results days were especially emotional in addition to exciting for me this yr (my get-go results at my novel school). It's weird to intend that this was our final GCSE results twenty-four hours alongside grades A* to U - side yesteryear side yr we'll last seeing numerical grades for the get-go time. It's also weird to intend that the coming schoolhouse yr volition last the final fourth dimension nosotros learn C1 in addition to C2, equally modular H5N1 aeroplane comes to an end.

You mightiness last interested inward seeing the 'hardest' enquiry on this year's Edexcel maths Higher GCSE, which was alone answered correctly yesteryear 2.6% of students (thanks to @MathsEmporium for sharing this).

Earlier this calendar week I went along for drinks at La Salle's #pieandmaths lawsuit - it was bully to lead manage of upward alongside unopen to Twitter friends in addition to run across unopen to novel people. I'm actually looking forwards to #mathsconf8 inward Kettering on 1st Oct (I've right away submitted a workshop proposal) - book now!

Posts
Did yous lead manage of my recent post almost Multiplying Negatives? If you're teaching improver in addition to subtraction alongside negative numbers, yous mightiness similar Classroom Displays

Kicking off Year 12

Your First Maths Lesson alongside Year 7

Words of Wisdom: Teaching Foundation GCSE

High Expectations

Complete the Rules

Icebreakers

Practical tips for a (newly) qualified maths teacher

Twitter...?
If you're non on Twitter hence the start of the novel schoolhouse yr mightiness last a proficient fourth dimension to join... The amount yous gain from it is good worth the pocket-size investment of time. Email me for advice if you're non certain how to learn started!

A Problem
I'll move out yous alongside this lovely ready of problems shared yesteryear @Mathematical_A, taken from 'A Square Peg inward a Round Hole'. Find the fraction of the surface area of the quadrant occupied yesteryear each semicircle.