I spoke to four students in Year 8 and Year 10 across four different schools in Sussex to get their views on how maths lessons, and school in general, are going under the new lockdown conditions that we are now getting used to.
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Since lockdown, my personal professional development has been on a steep learning curve.
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Teaching students virtually can’t be easy; nor might it be easy for some students for many different reasons – not wanting to look at screens for too long, or not having access to screens.
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Shortly after we went into lockdown, I was lucky enough to speak with some local teachers about how their schools were reacting to the new challenges. The responses and speed in which schools were adapting to what was required was nothing short of mindblowing, and demonstrates the resilience, tenacity and flexibility of our profession.
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How quickly we change and adapt to the circumstances around us! Only a few weeks ago, a group of Year 10 girls were coming together to participate in the challenge and fun of enrichment events.
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Although the Core Maths Support Programme came to an end in 2017, we are delighted that its good work was superseded by the new Advanced Mathematics Support Programme (AMSP) contract, enabling us to offer plenty of support for current and new Core Maths teachers.
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Now that increasing numbers of universities are requiring or giving reduced offers to students taking admissions tests, knowledge of STEP, the MAT and the TMUA are no longer just for a minority of teachers who will be giving specialist coaching sessions to exceptional students
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The last month or so have seen many schools and colleges take part in the heats of the popular Senior Team Maths Challenge (STMC), sponsored for 2018 by Rolls Royce.
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90 excited Year 10 students arrived at Wellington College, Crowthorne, for a one day conference. The purpose of the day was to give students an insight into maths and its applications in a way not usually seen in school, and to raise their awareness of taking maths after GCSE.
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