Students learn at GCSE, or very early on in A level, that there are three main ways of writing a quadratic expression. Each way has its own advantages, particularly in terms of identifying features of quadratic graphs.
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The AMSP has been running enrichment events based on the topic of the environment and the impacts of climate change, most recently at Ferryhill Business and Enterprise College where we delivered a full day of sessions across the KS3 and KS4 range.
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Having spent time delivering some A level revision classes around the region, we decided to modify and adapt these classes into a two hour enrichment session, which we delivered at Wolsingham School to a mixture of Year 9 and 10 students.
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Use of technology by both students and teachers is a key aspect of the new A levels. The AMSP are keen to support the use of technology in the classroom and to develop teachers’ confidence and skills in this area.
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Responding to requests from schools with Participation Plans, the North East AC team have been providing revision and enrichment events for schools covering the new A level.
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Recently one of my colleagues posted a question about courses, in addition to GCSE, that can be used to enrich and extend student knowledge, and to prepare students even more thoroughly for a Level 3 Maths qualification.
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This activity is taken from a project that I did for Durham County Council: Teaching Maths and Reasoning through Play.
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It’s an exciting year for Higher Level Problem Solving (HLPS) in the North East region. HLPS is our catch-all term for all the work that we do across the North East region with sixth form students who wish to access the challenge of problem solving outside of their standard A level curriculum.
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I’m excited to announce that I’ll be delivering a one-day Raising Confidence with Technology course with Jeremy Dawson, a fellow Area Coordinator in North East.
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