Grant Portlock

Maths Teacher based in Birmingham.
Particularly interested in teaching LPA and SEN students.

[Mark McCourt @EmathsUK]

I have recently written a new curriculum for 5-18 mathematics.

I think the approach to curriculum design is unlike anything that currently exists. I also think it is precisely what we need.

I will publish a full discourse shortly. But first, I would like to stress test my thinking.

At 7pm on Thursday, I will present my ideas in a live webinar.

I would like to invite all those interested in mathematics curriculum design to join me, hear me out, and share your thoughts.

If you would like to attend, please send me a DM with your email and I will add you to the invitation list, with a link to the webinar.

Being able to articulate the thinking behind the curriculum and receive feedback and criticism from expert mathematics educators and mathematicians will be enormously helpful.

Hope to see you there.

[Grant Portlock @GrantPortlock]

@Miss_Jethwa @Whitehughes @DrFrostMaths @Corbettmaths @naikermaths @WhitgiftSchool1 @HabsHatcham @welling_school Looks great thank you!

[Grant Portlock @GrantPortlock]

@tm_maths No definitely not, if you are a little apprehensive yourself then there are great courses with the AMSP @Advanced_Maths that would help. I first started teaching A-level after 2 years of teaching with just doing y12 for the first year and I really enjoy it

[Grant Portlock @GrantPortlock]

@MrPatFerrers149 @miss_sangha @missradders @mathsjem @Just_Maths @JaggersMaths The 3D shapes are brilliant, I get the students to write on them too, for counting faces and also brilliant for surface area

[Grant Portlock @GrantPortlock]

@Whitehughes @louisemaths @missradders @Advanced_Maths Thanks for this, I didn’t realise that you had a website! I’ve used your resources since I started teaching A-Level and have found them invaluable.

[Grant Portlock @GrantPortlock]

@s_hall_teach @greg_ashman @Kris_Boulton @mathsteacher09 @annemathswatson @JohnMOxford @Whitehughes @mathsjem @mrbartonmaths @MrReddyMaths @olicav @inquirymaths Thank you both, I will read them in the morning

[Grant Portlock @GrantPortlock]

@Kris_Boulton @mathsteacher09 @annemathswatson @JohnMOxford @greg_ashman @Whitehughes @mathsjem @mrbartonmaths @MrReddyMaths @s_hall_teach @olicav @inquirymaths I’m not well read enough to refute things but if you could point me to any articles/books that would challenge my views then I would really appreciate it. I use both DI and inq and think that I should use inquiry more but as you say it is possible that I am not using DI correctly

[Grant Portlock @GrantPortlock]

@Kris_Boulton @mathsteacher09 @annemathswatson @JohnMOxford @greg_ashman @Whitehughes @mathsjem @mrbartonmaths @MrReddyMaths @s_hall_teach @olicav @inquirymaths difficult to show), then it is potentially damaging to pursue it religiously.

[Grant Portlock @GrantPortlock]

@Kris_Boulton @mathsteacher09 @annemathswatson @JohnMOxford @greg_ashman @Whitehughes @mathsjem @mrbartonmaths @MrReddyMaths @s_hall_teach @olicav However it seems to me that it is tested more short term and I wonder whether this would be reflected more long term.

[Grant Portlock @GrantPortlock]

@Kris_Boulton @mathsteacher09 @annemathswatson @JohnMOxford @greg_ashman @Whitehughes @mathsjem @mrbartonmaths @MrReddyMaths @s_hall_teach @olicav But I am not as well read as I should be, in all honesty I have only reconnected with research over the last year since my PGCE/NQT years. Would you be able to point me towards the research that suggests DI yields better results. I have read research that suggests this...

[Grant Portlock @GrantPortlock]

@Kris_Boulton @mathsteacher09 @annemathswatson @JohnMOxford @greg_ashman @Whitehughes @mathsjem @mrbartonmaths @MrReddyMaths @s_hall_teach @olicav Thanks for your reply, it’s very interesting and I fully agree that different approaches suit different objectives better, although when to use which approach would be highly debatable. As a rough guide I use Dave Hewitt’s idea of arbitrary and necessary as a guide...

[Grant Portlock @GrantPortlock]

@DrFrostMaths Congratulations, incredibly well deserved, your site and resources have saved me hours of work over the last few years!

[Grant Portlock @GrantPortlock]

@EmathsUK When teaching 3D shapes in year 7 and how to show them on paper, I like to talk about flatland and imagining how 2D shapes project in 1D then how a 3D shape can be shown in 2D and then get them to try to imagine 4D shapes and show them nets of 4D shapes, it gets them thinking!

[Grant Portlock @GrantPortlock]

@naveenfrizvi Great thanks, I look forward to reading it. I’ve needed to rethink how I teach circle theorems for a while. I used and adapted old MEP resources when I first started teaching and haven’t really made huge changes.

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[Grant Portlock @GrantPortlock]

@NCETM Very interesting, I’ve wondered whether using different colours for place value with Diennes cubes is a help or a hinderance before.