Despite having complete solutions for examples on PixiMaths PowerPoints, I never actually use them. Students often ask me why, and it occurred to me the othe...

A recent conversation with another teacher about ‘lazy planning’ has got me thinking about PixiMaths and my intentions of how best to use it. My plan was nev...

I felt guilty at first when I began to look at jobs in the independent sector. I always told myself and others that I wanted to make a difference and that’s w...

I have thoroughly enjoyed the TAM course and, travelling to Birmingham early on Tuesday morning for the penultimate day, was filled with excitement at anothe...

Following on from MathsConf15 and Mr Barton's workshop, I’ve played around a little bit more with variation theory. Previously, I’ve experimented lots with c...

Read part 1 here first! Straight after workshop 2 was a pretty special guest speaker: Simon Singh. He played us Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven backwards s...

#mathsconf15liftshare was a brilliant hashtag that led to Rob, Pete, Jo and I travelling together up to Manchester. Rob was designated driver and went above ...

I was really excited about my first maths TeachMeet that was very well organised by Sheena and Nicola! As I had hoped, I got loads of brilliant takeaways. Mo...

We’re always trying to be creative in order to make lessons more interesting. If I had a Pound for every time a student asked, “When am I going to need this?...

I’ve written a couple of times already this year about MEI’s Teaching Advance Mathematics course. Someone on Twitter recommended it to me last year and it’s ...

I love a maths conference! I started the day meeting up with Rose, Vicky, Adam, Neil, Marcia… and many more! With nearly 400 people, there were a lot of peop...

Following #MathsConf10, I promised myself that I would stop ‘marking books’ and start giving real feedback to my students. I had attended @Jemmaths’ workshop...

I’m starting to use more and more rich tasks in my lessons. I’m finding that it’s developing my subject knowledge (particularly at A Level) and my students’ ...

Every TAM experience I have makes me further question the way in which I teach A Level maths. I’m not saying all my lessons lower down the school are fun, bu...

I went to my third La Salle maths conference yesterday. If you haven’t been to one yet, the next one is in Kettering in March – you need to go! It was anothe...

I have been known to doubt my own maths ability, but after Day 1 of the TAM course I feel reassured that I know much more than I thought. I was pleased that ...

Most students that struggle with maths find the abstract elements hardest. Think about how many students you’ve taught that dislike algebra because they don’...

Back in May, I wrote a post on steps I had taken to encourage independence in my classroom. Two months on and I’m pleased with the results. My question cards...

The weekend kicked off with an early finish from school to enable us to travel down to Park Lane for the early start of the TES Awards. We had missed the rec...

As we approach summer lots of the students have the same question on their lips, "Can we do something fun today?" Firstly, ALL my lessons are fun! And after...