Welcome to my 188
th gems put up. That is the place I share a number of the newest information, concepts and sources for maths academics.
1. Mr Chapman MathsThanks to
@dalechapman.bsky.social for sharing some nice new scaffolded sources.
The primary one is a backwards pale process for recurring decimals. The scaffolding makes the subject extremely accessible – this process might be used earlier than college students begin setting up full recurring decimal proofs from scratch.
A downloadable PDF and editable PowerPoint can be found on
mrchapmanmaths.wordpress.com – I’ve added this hyperlink to my useful resource library.
One other of Dale’s new duties is on
calculating pie chart angles – once more, there’s some wonderful scaffolding right here. I’ve additionally added this to my useful resource library. Thanks Dale!
2. 3D TrigonometryI actually like these 3D Pythagoras and Trigonometry duties produced by
@tiredoldcliche.bsky.social. The triangles draw college students’ consideration to what is going on on in these questions and encourage cautious considering.
These duties might be downloaded
right here and
right here. I’ve added them to my useful resource library.
3. Yr 6 Data Organiser
Yr 6 academics (and oldsters of Yr 6 youngsters like me!) will discover this beneficial – @missjessrennie has shared a top quality Yr 6 Maths Data Organiser, together with a quizzable ‘fill within the gaps’ model.
4. Sequences
Arithmetic sequences are filled with alternatives for reasoning. I like this set of questions from
@catrionaagg.bsky.social.
5. A Stage Sources
Thanks to @draustinmaths.com for sharing some new Yr 2 mechanics sources for instructing moments at draustinmaths.com/a-level.
Colleen Younger’s most up-to-date weblog put up about A degree revision sources pointed me within the course of Swinton Maths the place I browsed by some nice sources. For instance there are some tough Venn questions, a hidden quadratics fill within the blanks and a few Additional Maths apply papers. Thanks @mrsmaths.bsky.social.
With reference to A degree – our Yr 13s will get their mocks again subsequent week and I might like to offer them a couple of minutes of quiet reflection as soon as they obtain their papers. I used to make use of a ‘5 Minute Mock Paper Analyser’ with Yr 11 (for extra about this learn these posts from a few years in the past:
Y11 Put up Mock Examination #5minplan: Pupil Self Analysis and
5 Minute Mock Paper Evaluation). Primarily based on this concept I made a decision to make a
Yr 13 Mock Examination Reflection on Canva. I am not the very best at design and it is from excellent however Canva is tremendous simple to make use of for issues like this.
That is the way it would possibly look when accomplished:
Job Emptiness
All of the job vacancies I’ve marketed over the past six years have existed as a result of we’re a brand new faculty – naturally we have wanted to recruit yearly as the college has grown. We’re a contented crew and my faculty is a superb place to work so we have had no turnover within the maths division. However now one in every of my academics is leaving us for an journey (instructing abroad), and this presents an thrilling alternative for a maths trainer to affix my pretty crew. This chance is open to anybody from ECTs to skilled academics. It begins in September and it is based mostly in South London. If you wish to chat concerning the function please get in contact. We’re seeking to appoint earlier than Easter so
apply shortly!
I am going to depart you with this which was tweeted by
@MathMatize. How would an integral image put on a tie…? My youngsters have been discussing an analogous query concerning a giraffe sporting a bow tie lately.
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