Mr Johnson

Y3 teacher, experience in Y1 and 6. Maths lead and NCETM Primary Specialist

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@MissEmilyK_ Maybe that’s the fun of it. Just make up your own version kids

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@RoseVAlexander ‘Give an example of how they are’ would have been fairer

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@BeckyMarie80 @PrimaryMathsHub Same as this

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@RogersHistory Positive: I laugh so much and they fill me with pride.
Negative: people expect you to be the person you were before and you can’t be

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@readytoserve3 @PrimaryMathsHub Genius. Took me ages to see that

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@OonaghKelleher @jenhawk6248 I said primary- no, but I’ve never felt more battered than I have this year. The external pressures that have seemed to drive workload back up again. We did loads before Covid to reduce workload, and it was great, but it seems to have gone back up again.

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@readytoserve3 @PrimaryMathsHub From the 50?

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@readytoserve3 @PrimaryMathsHub Where is the 18 from?

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@kateowbridge @NCETM curriculum materials are great for subject knowledge (teachers and pupils). Small steps are brilliant for most chn and making progress. It also allows time for problem solving and challenge. Downside is you have to really invest time into it for all staff.

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@Missy_E39 Have you tried using Twinkl and things like that? It’s not my favourite but it’s good quality and even if you change things to suit what you need (I find they always have too much in them) it’s much faster to plan and resource.

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@Missy_E39 And also, please don’t think I’m going to come at this from a preachy judgey way. I agree with your original post 100%

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@Missy_E39 And just out of curiosity, are you following schemes/programmes or not allowed to use certain ones? (Twinkl, WR maths etc)

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@Mattpayne22 @MissBWebb_ I’ve been thinking the same thing. The shows are horrifically engaging but I’ve not tried the books out of fear that they’re just as bad but I’ll give one a whirl now

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@Missy_E39 Someone once mentioned that if something takes longer to make than it will be used for then it probably isn’t worth it. As much as I think it’s not strictly true all the time, I try to keep that in my head when I’m planning and making.

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@MissA_Teacher Like, 8 times table is double 4 times table. But then you also need staff who can efficiently teach something that could take a whole lesson into a little moment.

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@MissA_Teacher I was at a maths network last week where someone brought this up. I think it’s down to the repeated teaching of it. It can’t be just retrieval practice because they probably won’t be able to retrieve it at that point. They need to understand how to find it or a strategy at least

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@TeessideTeacher Great choices

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@Mr_Minchin Totally

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@MissA_Teacher Booked 2 train tickets, London to Newcastle. Both cost over £100. The train left before my flight from Miami to London took off. International time zones are my krypronite