The Conferences
La Salle's conferences are e'er brilliant. I was gutted to immature adult woman their Leeds conference inward June but I actually enjoyed the Peterborough conference inward March as well as the Kettering conference inward October. La Salle are hosting fifty-fifty to a greater extent than conferences inward 2017 (check out their dates as well as locations here) as well as thus if you lot haven't been before, produce bring together us.
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| Pre-conference drinks inward Peterborough inward March |
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| Teachers enjoying #mathsconf6 inward Peterborough |
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| Cake from Julia Smith at #mathsconf6 to celebrate my 50th gems post |
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| Pre-conference drinks inward Kettering - nosotros made Enigma machines! |
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| Rob Smith's tuck store at #mathsconf8 inward Kettering |
The starting fourth dimension researchED Maths as well as Science was held inward Oxford inward June 2016. It was excellent. I actually promise to regard this trial render inward 2017.
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| A wonderful venue for researchED Maths as well as Science |
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| Maths teachers come across for dejeuner at researchED Maths as well as Science |
In 2016 I attended a issue of conferences equally a presenter, including Edexcel's Warwick conference, the FMSP's London KS5 Network Day, as well as Coast2Coast TSA's maths conference.
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| Peter Mattock as well as I presenting at Coast2Coast TSA's maths conference |
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| Meeting my maths hero Hannah Fry at Edexcel's Warwick conference |
I actually relish coming together upwardly with maths teachers who I've chatted to on Twitter. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 highlight this yr was our trip to Bletchley Park inward the summertime holidays. We were as well as thus lucky to hold upwardly treated to a tour of the grounds as well as a someone demonstration of an Enigma machine.
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| Summer solar daytime out at Bletchey Park with beau tweeters |
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| Some of #teambletchley |
La Salle organised their 2d summertime come across upwardly for maths teachers - Pie as well as Maths.
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| Summer drinks at #pieandmaths |
I had a lovely fourth dimension at i of Old Andrew's blogger curries.
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| Out for drinks with edubloggers, organised past times blogging legend Andrew Old |
In Dec I hosted #christmaths16. 110 teachers got together for festive mathsy fun at the Science Museum followed past times a nighttime out at a Kensington pub.
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| Post-museum drinks at #christmaths16 |
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| Maths teachers enjoying #christmaths16 |
This yr I've attended a issue of events at local schools. I presented at Maths inward the Sticks which was an Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 flat solar daytime run past times Stuart Price, as well as I presented at Paul Collins' MathsMeet at Oakwood School. I also travelled upwardly to Oldham to acquaint at Lindsey Bennett's LIME event. I hosted my ain trial also - MathsMeet Glyn took house on a Sabbatum morning time inward March as well as starred i of my maths heroes, Don Steward.
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| Paul Collins at Oakwood School's MathsMeet |
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| Ben Sparks presenting at Stuart Price's 'Maths inward the Sticks' Event |
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| With colleagues at dejeuner subsequently #mathsmeetglyn |
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| With Don Steward at #mathsmeetglyn |
The Websites as well as Resources
During 2016 the footing of maths resources went from line to strength.
Clarissa Grandi's artfulmaths.com is a beautiful novel website, providing inspiration as well as resources for both classroom displays as well as creative maths lessons.
New website mrcartermaths.com is highly valued for its repose of use. Excellent websites such equally mrbartonmaths.com, corbettmaths.com and mathsbot.com accept continued to develop novel content.
For Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 flat teachers, undergroundmathematics.org arrived on the scene, providing high character rich tasks from the squad at the University of Cambridge. We also discovered the IYGB papers on madasmaths.com, providing a large banking firm of challenging examination manner papers for Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 flat students.
The prime game from Christian Lawson-Perfect provided hours of amusement - as well as tearing contest - with maths teachers.
Throughout 2016 maths hubs all over the province supported teachers inward both main as well as secondary schools. The White Rose Maths Hub shared splendid schemes of operate as well as assessment resources for Key Stages 1, 2 as well as 3.
Craig Barton's podcasts were a wonderful characteristic of 2016 - if you've non discovered these yet, they are good worth a listen. Look out for to a greater extent than of Craig's podcasts inward 2017.
Since joining Twitter inward 2014, my career has been transformed. Its incredible network of teachers continues to provide an endless render of support, advice, resources, ideas as well as encouragement. During 2016 I was fortunate to overstep involved with both the AQA Maths Expert Panel as well as the TES Maths Panel too.
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| Some of the AQA Maths Expert Panel members sporting Christmas jumpers at our Dec meeting |
School
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| Lizzie as well as I with Year thirteen maths students on their terminal solar daytime at Glyn. They don't usually aspect as well as thus scruffy! |
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| Celebrating results on the starting fourth dimension solar daytime of the new schoolhouse yr with colleagues Harry as well as Farah |
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| With trainee instructor Sarah at Glyn's staff Christmas party |
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| With colleague Rachel at Glyn's staff Christmas dinner |
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| Joint Heads of Maths Christina as well as Catherine, with NQT Amelia |
2017 brings the starting fourth dimension sitting of maths GCSE ix - 1. The successful delivery of this novel qualification volition hold upwardly something for maths teachers to celebrate. I worry well-nigh how the media as well as populace volition react to depression degree boundaries as well as falling 'pass rates' though. I also worry well-nigh our misfortunate 'guinea pig' yr groups who won't hold upwardly funded to resit if they learn a Grade 4, fifty-fifty though it's probable they'll demand a Grade five for futurity career opportunities.
2017 also brings the start of the novel linear maths Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 level. Some of the specifications are non yet accredited, as well as it's with trepidation that I aspect ahead to the summertime term. I hold back that at that spot volition hold upwardly a terminal infinitesimal rush to organise schemes of work, instructor CPD, resources as well as textbooks.
The Smith Report on post-16 didactics is due to hold upwardly published whatever solar daytime right away as well as I (nervously) aspect frontwards to seeing the recommendations.
There are many wonderful events planned for maths teachers inward 2017 - regard my event listings for details. I aspect frontwards to La Salle's adjacent conference (11th March inward Bristol) as well as I actually promise I'll hold upwardly able to attend the real exciting JustMaths conference at Alton Towers inward June.
I'm positive that the many maths instructor networks, including our wonderful Twitter community, volition overstep along to thrive inward 2017.
We accept a lot to aspect frontwards to.
Happy New Year, maths teachers!
