Poppy V

Mother and secondary school Maths teacher 📚

[𝕋𝕖𝕒𝕂𝕒𝕪𝔹 🐦: Tommaths in Museums @TeaKayB]

Notice to parents: if you ever say "I've never been any good at maths," or "I've always hated maths," or "I've never seen the point in maths" or anything of the sort out loud, don't you *dare* ask your child's maths teacher why your child isn't doing better in maths.

[Katy Bonser @Katy2383]

@mathsjem @Tes_Maths @jemmaths @Just_Maths
Have an extremely bright Y7 next year, Grade 5 on Foundation already. How do we support them in a class of 32? What could they do that isn’t just ‘next years work’? How can we stretch and challenge?
Pls RT.

[Poppy V @VowlesPoppy]

@dave_mcpartlin I just went last year Friday night to Sunday night

[Michaela Epstein @MathsCirclesOz]

We need to talk about why students forget so much of what they learn.

Endless exercises, worked examples & precise definitions aren't enough.

So, what’s missing?

REASONING

It's the glue that holds maths learning together.

Here are 5 strategies I've found invaluable for Ss-

[Graham Rees @grahamrees]

I have a cohort I won’t name but think of a Year between 8 and 10. I’ve just marked their Term 2 exam. I reckon next time, instead of deploying workbooks, conscientious pedagogy, worked examples and digital quizzes I’ll just tell them to go to the beach for three months. Same.

[Sarah Farrell @SarahFarrellKS2]

One of my favourite maths resources! Maths comprehensions on 12 different topics (such as mountains, rivers, etc.) which then challenge children to retrieve and use mathematical information from the text and graphs to answer questions.
https://t.co/n4nPs68qL9

#edutwitter

[Tom Rogers @RogersHistory]

Many ppl leave/don't want to go into teaching because of the a) growing sense of entitlement of students/parents (evidenced by increase in complaints) b) 'service provider' perception of teachers in the UK (not same in many other countries) c) Behaviour decline, increased apathy, particularly since COVID.

I don't think money can sort these. This is an attitude thing.

[Poppy V @VowlesPoppy]

@MrOK_Maths_Econ Really 🤣

[Bright @BrightMathsUK]

✨New resource✨
Booklet of questions with solutions on estimating the mean from a grouped frequency table.
Begins with some scaffolding which fades out as students progress through the questions.

[Poppy V @VowlesPoppy]

@BenwellMiss @MrTs_NQTs Yes I have to be soooo explicit with my instructions for year 9. Wait until absolute silence, every pair of hands empty, all eyes facing forwards. Say I want active listening. Don’t be afraid to stand and wait.

[Poppy V @VowlesPoppy]

I have 2 lessons left with one of my year 11 classes until their first GCSE. Yesterday, someone set the fire alarm off so missed the last 40 minutes of a lesson…

[Poppy V @VowlesPoppy]

I have 33 in my year 8 class 🤠

[Tom Rogers @RogersHistory]

Some ppl on this social network have absolutely no concept of what it’s like to be a teacher in a mainstream classroom of 30+ students where a significant proportion have no interest in behaving well.

[Poppy V @VowlesPoppy]

What in the world was that year 11 lesson this afternoon
How can I be putting in so much more work then them at this stage 😭

[Poppy V @VowlesPoppy]

I’m doing part of an exam paper every single lesson now (half an hour in silence, 100 min lessons)

[📝 Emma “Useful” Sheppard 📖 @emma_au_soleil]

Unpopular opinion, maybe, but just hit your Year 11s with weekly practice papers from now on. Don’t even mark them. They just need to be building stamina for the exam. They need to be so used to the exam it’s *boring* to them. No nerves going in to the room, just familiarity.

[Poppy V @VowlesPoppy]

I really must do some planning tomorrow, can’t keep putting it off 😿

[Poppy V @VowlesPoppy]

🙌🏻🙌🏻

[_Lm Charles @PL_9009766]

When I worked in a school that used restorative practice as it’s central behaviour system…

It was nothing short of a disaster.

This was led by incredibly intelligent people.

It simply did not work.

I’d struggle to promote it knowing what teachers face in the classroom.

[Poppy V @VowlesPoppy]

Look how my desk has been left whilst I’ve been covered- off unwell. What a lovely return! 😒

[Jo Morgan @mathsjem]

@MissKendalMaths Heat map here: https://t.co/nA8eZ7J45O

[Dave Taylor @taylorda01]

Me: "So, what about these?"
Class: "They're not equal".

I join the tops, and bottoms, and show the inequality forming: <.

"So we write 3 < 5"

[Poppy V @VowlesPoppy]

@Miss_M_Maths Investigation on desmos