MATwithMatt

Welcome to MAT with Matt, a page with tips and ideas to support your More Able and Talented (or Gifted) child at home! Tips and ideas for children aged 7-11+.

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Hi - Welcome to MAT with Matt - if you want regular updates with tips and ideas to keep your More Able/Gifted/Talented child busy and stimulated at home during this lockdown, then follow me! #MAT #Education #schoolclosures

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Well... That was a long year.

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@ICT_MrP "Make sure you put trousers on for the meeting"

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Some great daily starters for a more able child here! #MAT #Moreable https://t.co/xfedCh4KzR

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@MrPat3l @UhmitsMissB this

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@claudsclassroom In all seriousness, see a good mortgage advisor! You may be surprised - they'll make all the calculations and it helped me massively as finance is for sure not my area of expertise! (owned for four years now)

[Mrs O 🙋‍♀️ FCCT @kateowbridge]

Absolutely not. We’re not contracted to work then, and we’re shattered. Already told my staff and community. I need a mental break from the responsibility. https://t.co/IhEVGXyuns

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Follow @naceuk for all things MAT! #FriendlyTip

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@thosethatcan rreccommendd < That's right yeah? c and m everywhere 🙃

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This is a great resource from @STEMLearningUK https://t.co/yYT3HSKMMl

#MAT #homeschooling

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Sticking with reading: Venn diagram it up! Find multiple texts/articles on the same topic (online is fine) and get your child to compare them with a Venn diagram. Honestly, this gives me a headache 😆, but is aptly challenging for the more able mind. #MAT

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@deputygrocott #FBBWednesday Hi! Free tips for more able and talented activities - KS2 aged pupils mostly. Currently tweeting #Homeschooling tips, but will move to MAT teaching when things go back to normal!

[Mr G @DeputyGrocott]

It’s #FFBWednesday time again! Let’s make those connections and build up our support network! It works best by pressing like, pressing retweet and then commenting below with a little edu bio including the hashtag. Then just follow those who you wish to connect with!

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Get your child to read a non-fiction text (or even a recent news report), ask them to locate and write out the 5 main points/facts and then order them from most to least important (they could also explain why for each one) #homelearning

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Good luck to all teachers returning to school today! #schoolreopeninguk

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Get your child to read at least 3 different texts on the same topic (e.g. climate change) and identify the varying viewpoints (activists/deniers) and possible motives behind the writing (financial gain/philanthropy/science/understanding) #MAT #Homeschooling

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Engineering challenges are great for the More Able mind! For example, the drop-test: https://t.co/hJicgZSKnA Follow it up with an explanation as to why it did/didn't break. They could even create a vlog about it! #MAt #homeschooling

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@misscapsteach Some people thoroughly enjoy the narrative of teachers not working - it's always there (I think they're the vocal-minority though). Those are the people that wouldn't last a day in the classroom (or the minimum 12 hour work days that come with it)

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@GeogNiall Teaching methods I'd say - you can always brush up your subject knowledge before you teach whatever it is your teaching. Learn what you're about to teach - it's all you have time for!

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@ONS And whilst this doesn't indicate likelihood of transmission, surely this throws red flags over Government decisions to reopen schools if children are just as likely to have it and be asymptomatic?

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Get your more able child to list as many unsolvable problems as they can find/think of and then attempt to solve them. E.g: "Science changes rapidly and in history, most things we previously thought have been disproven - is all we know now incorrect?" #MAT