Maths Impington VC

The Maths department at Impington Village College. Sharing ideas and opportunities for mathematical thinking and reflection.

[Maths Impington VC @MathsIVC]

#inquiry #askingmathsquestions Year 7 began thinking about a times tables grid and wondering and asking questions. Some great questions.

[Maths Impington VC @MathsIVC]

#inquiry working with students in philosophy extra-curricular to ask their own questions and try to answer them. Some great conceptual questions! (Mine was Why Algebra?)

[Maths Impington VC @MathsIVC]

Our year 7’s have had a great time over the half term thinking about how they would spend one million pounds. Some great entries - including some very community minded students who donated it all to charity!

[Maths Impington VC @MathsIVC]

Where does our knowledge come from? Thinking about proofs - which one convinces us most? Why? #inquiry #howdoweknow

[Maths Impington VC @MathsIVC]

IVC students exploring using manipulatives to find the different nets of a square based pyramid #inquiry #collaborarion #cpa

[Maths Impington VC @MathsIVC]

Year 9 working on Pythagorean triples - and one asked I wonder if you choose three integers at random what is the probability they would be a Pythagorean triple? I don’t know - but it’s a great question! #inquiry

[Maths Impington VC @MathsIVC]

Starting a unit of work in circles and beginning with #islamicGeometry @samira_mian what do you notice? How do the colours bring out the different symmetries? #inquiry #iteachmaths

[Maths Impington VC @MathsIVC]

Students working on collaborative problem solving using @MEIMaths https://t.co/h73YzeqBAM problems - nice probability task to really extend and deepen thinking.

[Maths Impington VC @MathsIVC]

Conditional probability with multi link - year 9 students looking at did the dog eat your homework? and aggregating the data into a 2 way table on a table. https://t.co/oBjyqbpN8Y

[Maths Impington VC @MathsIVC]

Year 7 students at @ImpingtonVC solving maths puzzles and presenting their answers in a creative way. Puzzles this time involved the topical pancake sorting problem https://t.co/A6Jcp8wlwG

[Maths Impington VC @MathsIVC]

Thinking about representing quarters - students making their own with pattern blocks. The real challenge was in students justifying how they knew. #howdoyouknow #oracy

[Nick Gibb @NickGibbUK]

Celebrating the conclusion of another successful England-Shanghai teacher exchange, at the Chinese Embassy on Friday, hosted by Ambassador Liu. 172 teachers took part in the fifth year of the exchange programme which promotes best practice in teaching maths. @NCETM @LSE_MathsHub

[Maths Impington VC @MathsIVC]

We have had an amazing time hosting two Chinese teachers from Shanghai for the last two weeks, taking part in an international conversation about deepening understanding in maths. #shanghaiexchange #ibworldschool @ImpingtonVC

[Maths Impington VC @MathsIVC]

Amazing CPD with an open lesson, teachers looking to see how students respond to the tasks. #shanghai #mastery

[Cambridge Maths Hub @CamMathsHub]

Our final secondary showcase: comparing fractions with different denominators. Thank you @ImpingtonVC for hosting. Thank you also to your delightful students. Many thanks to Miss Qian and Miss Wang for your carefully designed and focused lessons. A memorable fortnight.

[Maths Impington VC @MathsIVC]

Thinking about communicating mathematically - two examples of work from students following modelling by a teacher. Both have the correct answer but ...

[Maths Impington VC @MathsIVC]

Our year 7 students taking part in the Shanghai Project have been writing journals to explore the different experiences of the classroom in England and in Shanghai.

[Maths Impington VC @MathsIVC]

Discussing lesson and task design with an international perspective - Shanghai teachers working with Cambridge teachers. #mastery #IBworldschool

[Maths Impington VC @MathsIVC]

Talking to students about their understanding during a Shanghai maths lesson - teachers considering international perspectives on maths learning. #mastery #IBworldschool @CamMathsHub @ImpingtonVC

[Maths Impington VC @MathsIVC]

Looking forward to hosting more maths teachers today - using Lesson Study to learn more about the international pedagogy of maths #mastery #IBworldschool