I recently visited Hillside High School in Bootle, Merseyside to promote A level Mathematics and Further Mathematics to Year 11 students. This was my second visit, and a Year 10 student later said to his teacher, “Hey, that’s the second time he’s been in to work with the top sets. Why don’t we get any visits?”.
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Supporting KS4 students and their teachers is fundamental to the aims of the AMSP.
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Having left Greater Manchester five years ago, I was apprehensive about returning to the North West. However, I was pleased to find that the region’s maths terrain now boasts an array of ‘Northern Lights’ of effectiveness, potential, promise and hope.
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For the seventh year in a row, the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Lancaster University is organising ‘Florence Nightingale Day’ on 10 January 2019, aimed at girls in Years 11, 12 and 13.
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In October, the Universities of Manchester and Liverpool hosted the first in a series of KS5 networks, looking at the style of the new exam papers and implications for teachers and students.
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A fantastic opportunity is available for staff to further their knowledge of the Level 3 Core Maths qualifications on Friday 30 November at Xaverian College.
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I am delighted to introduce myself as the newest member of the AMSP North West regional team.
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Have you noticed how some pupils can “give up” on maths before they’ve even started? How it’s almost okay to say the sweeping statement “I’m no good at maths” sometimes with a strange sense of pride?!
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Someone has stolen some famous artwork by M. C. Escher. There are 6 key suspects… but… “whodunnit”?
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