The particular reason calculators are on my mind right now is because we’re in the middle of the examination season. My Grade 10 (Year 11) class did one of their papers on Friday with another tomorrow (Monday). For part of their exam I was teaching another class in a room next door which was aContinue reading “08/05/22: I blame calculators!”
Category Archives: Mathematics
17/4/22: school is returning to normal!
A very happy Easter to you as we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Hallelujah! With a week off school. Hallelujah once again! Meanwhile, at school there is a very satisfying sense of things returning to normal. Since the beginning of the pandemic, when school has been in session on site, we’ve adoptedContinue reading “17/4/22: school is returning to normal!”
03/04/22: student as teacher – and green pens….
It’s a great privilege at Acacia School that we’re able to split what are already, by UK state school standards, small groups, into 2 for mathematics, which we call ‘core’ and ‘extended’. And I’m really enjoying teaching Grade 7 (Year 8) core, a group of 8 students. They may not find the subject easy butContinue reading “03/04/22: student as teacher – and green pens….”
21/3/21: starting a maths lesson
I returned to full time secondary school teaching in September 2017 after a 22 year absence. Now, I had done all manner of things relating to schools during that time, including part-time teaching, school visits, also some Sunday School teaching. But having got as far as I felt that I could working in Universities –Continue reading “21/3/21: starting a maths lesson”
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