I was brave today. I asked a class for feedback. Anonymous feedback. I told them I wanted to know whether they found the work too easy or...

I had always been against mixed attainment teaching in maths. I understood the pros of mixed attainment teaching in terms of labelling...

Number 1 - The Snipping Tool I thought this was something that everyone knew about but every time I mention it there's always at least...

EduTwitter is an amazing place most of the time – overrun with people with loads of incredible ideas, opinions and resources to share....

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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....