Teaching Maths In Lockdown – a series of online sessions for teachers in the South West
Alongside my AMSP role, I teach maths two days a week at Hardenhuish School, a medium-large comprehensive school in Chippenham.
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Centre Assessment Grades for Core Maths
Following the lockdown announcement and correspondence from the DfE/Ofqual regarding assessment and grading for summer 2020, we received many emails from teachers in our region asking if there would be an opportunity for them to meet with others to discuss the situation for Core Maths students.
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Bringing mechanics to life
It feels like a lifetime ago but, back in March, the AMSP was still running face-to-face teacher professional development events.
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SIR models of disease spread
Back in March, when the UK lockdown was just beginning, I was tinkering with GeoGebra and was reminded of GeoGebra’s ability to solve differential equations by Juan Carlos Ponce Campuzano, who tweeted a link to his awesome SIR model where GeoGebra did all the heavy lifting of solving the differential equations.
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Immerse yourself in Desmos
In these days of social distancing and isolation, our working days have changed immensely. The days of seeing up to 150 (or more) students per day – with all their chatter and eagerness to learn – even after the Easter break, seem like fond and distant memories.
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Mechanics twilight PD sessions
I was delighted to have Ted Graham (AMSP Associate and Mechanics Maestro) run a series of four practical sessions on mechanics for A level Mathematics teachers at Hardenhuish School in Chippenham.
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Senior Team Maths Challenge success in Poole
The Senior Team Mathematics Challenge (STMC) heat in Poole on 3 December was a great success, with over 20 teams taking part and all three top positions going to state-funded schools!
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Level 3 Work Groups – collaborative professional development
As well as the various AMSP courses and events on offer throughout the year, the AMSP are also working with the Maths Hubs on the Level 3 Maths Work Groups.
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Join teacher networks in the South West
The recent teacher network meetings in the South West have focused on the use of GeoGebra in the A Level classroom, problem solving in Level 3 maths and a review of last summer’s examinations, specifically how the A level examinations have altered due to the changes in the syllabus.
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