Day 1 - Online school
As I write I am acutely aware that many of you have been doing this for a number of weeks already. You already had my sympathies for what I could only imagine is a dificult situation but now, after my...
Euro 2016 Fractions Decimals %
Syllabus item: Recognise equivalence and convert between proper and improper fractions, mixed numbers, decimals and percentages. Calculate the probability of combined events. Analyse, interpret and...
A favourite starter
This is a quick post just to share one of my favourite little starting activities and a couple of related thoughts. These things are just little gems to be collected and treasured. This one was first...
Christmas Activities
Have a Merry Mathematical Christmas! So with Christmas coming around again it is time to find some activities that will entertain the students in the last week yet offer something meaningful mathematical...
Museum of Mathematics
More Please! On a recent visit to Barcelona to run a teacher workshop I found my way to the 'Catalan Museum of Mathematics' and I was so glad that I did. I thought I would share few pictures and experiences...
Les Fetes des maths!
A festival of mathematics - what a great idea! This is quick post a terrific day we had in Beaumont de Lomagne on Sunday 11th October at the annual 'Fetes des maths' which is held at the birth place of...
Lego Mathematics
On Friday I attended a CPD session ran by Dominic P. Tremblay entitled ‘Everything is Awesome with LEGO® Math!’ as part of the Practical Pedagogies conference organised at our school. As you can imagine...
Changes to the site
If you are reading this then it might be because you have noticed that many more of the activities that are on the site require a password for access. We are genuinely sorry if this has inconvenienced...
Polygon Proofs
I have been playing with an old activity recently that was shown to me in my first year of teaching about three different ways to prove the interior angle of a polygon. In short, it involves starting...
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