Welcome to my 159th gems put up. That is the place I share a number of the newest information, concepts and assets for maths lecturers.
1. Proportional Relationships
@nathanday314 shared some questions that he utilized in a Yr 9 lesson. He says they provoked unbelievable dialogue amongst his college students. Discover the connections between every query.
2. Space of Trapezium
3. Circle Theorems and Similarity
I like these Larger GCSE questions shared by @DrPMaths.
@Mr_Rowlandson has created a superb coaching booklet for secondary maths lecturers who’re studying the best way to use Geogebra. Thanks Paul!
5. Pie Charts and Bearings
@giftedHKO shared a great deal of wonderful assets at #mathsconf29. I significantly like this intelligent bearings activity:
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It looks like a ridiculously very long time since my final put up. I can not deal with the workload that my function brings within the second half of the summer time time period (timetabling, working assessments and studies, major transition, and so on and so on, and all with out the luxurious of gained time as a result of we solely have Years 7 to 10!). Fortunately subsequent 12 months issues shall be completely different, as I am altering roles, and I hope to have the ability to give resourceaholic extra of my time.
Regardless of the challenges of the summer time time period, I did (after all!) find time for mathsconf final weekend. I’ve executed a mathsconf each June since 2015. I like it when these conferences happen in Kettering as a result of it is really easy to get to by practice (besides when there is a nationwide practice strike…).
Thanks to everybody who attended my discuss ‘Problem in Each Subject’ which I significantly loved planning and delivering. It was certainly one of my favourites. I’ve determined to not share the slides right here so I can repeat the workshop at conferences sooner or later, however delegates have been despatched the slides by La Salle.
I additionally had the privilege of attending the MEI Convention on Thursday and Friday. I used to be given two days away from college to attend this, which I’m extremely grateful for. The convention was sponsored by Casio who not solely supplied the perfect convention goody baggage ever (together with Casio hoodies!) but in addition funded seemingly countless wine with the convention dinner! Yay for Casio.
The MEI Convention has a really completely different vibe to the Saturday mathsconfs. It is extra educational, strikes at a distinct tempo and feels extremely collaborative (there have been plenty of alternatives to have deep, reflective discussions with each fellow lecturers and maths training consultants).
I had a good time at each occasions, and now have a number of concepts buzzing in my head for September.
I additionally loved carrying my two new maths t shirts to those conferences! (each from Redbubble – I ended up getting one at no cost as a result of they tousled my order!).
Right here are some things you may need missed in current weeks:
- Sparx Maths has produced a free Yr 6 – Yr 7 Transition Booklet. Right here they’ve collated an inventory of 130 inquiries to assist Yr 6 college students’ transitioning into Yr 7. You’ll be able to obtain it right here.
- La Salle lately launched a free 128-page Activity Booklet. It is a assortment of rigorously crafted duties which purpose to advertise mathematical pondering and behavior within the classroom.
I plan to jot down a couple of weblog posts over summer time about problem at Key Stage 3, so do look out for them.
Lastly, have you ever seen the beautiful new maths units from Helix? They despatched me a couple of to check out. I like the colors, and the very fact they’re constituted of recycled supplies. Thanks Helix!
