Mr Nott Maths

Teacher

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

SUBTRACT

New post from me, on school leadership and policy.

https://t.co/JJqYtASs1h

[Amanda Austin @draustinmaths]

With Year 9 this week, we have been looking at expanding and factorising quadratics using grids and by splitting brackets. Made a few Fill in the Blanks activities for them, which can be found at https://t.co/03Dc1xVyDn
#MathsResources #MathsChat

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

Good thread

(Hint: Carousel will massively help with all of Carl's points)

[Dale Chapman @MrChapmanMaths]

Put together a backwards faded worksheet for solving equations with brackets for my low prior attainment Year 8 group.

PDF and editable .ppt availble to download here:
https://t.co/CaQF21J0fU

[Miss Konstantine @giftedHKO]

Y10 have started brightly and many wanted a challenge. Made this and we discussed how we could solve in a smart/efficient way. https://t.co/rhumgdOTYI

[MrFallick @MrFallick]

Behaviour Leads:

Here are my top low-effort, high-reward strategies for fostering calm and purposeful classrooms. These simple steps can make a big difference in your school's culture. 🧵

[Mathsbox @mathsbox1]

** *FREE RESOURCES* **
Grab yourself some new arithmetic resources using our new 'Ski Run Maker'. Create your 10 question challenges (with answers) to project or print/save.

The free version linked below gives access to objectives for Years 3 and 6.

https://t.co/l8rxaPTXmH

[Jonathan Hall @StudyMaths]

Did you know: The Do Nows can be easily customised?

For example, playing around with the addends, digits and base produces this worksheet on binary addition.

https://t.co/8J3xgPVZQR

[Mr Nott Maths @MrNottMaths]

@StudyMaths Love using this for a starter. Would be even better if the Challenge level made more use of the different base Qs as clicking through to change Qs can take ages. Any chance yih could tweak it?

[Tom Bennett OBE @tombennett71]

This is not the fault of teachers or leaders, but rather a system that promotes weak, thematic, skills-based competencies, and allows behaviour to dominate and decimate school culture. This is not a system to emulate. Until this nettle is grasped, nothing will improve.

[Paul Mason @paulmasonnews]

HMG needs to enact the full Online Safety Act now, no more consultations. They should call the two (!) execs of UK Twitter in to explain why their CEO is personally boosting hate speech, incitement and disinformation - and pull the plug on the service unless this stops. 1/

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

It's that time of year again where I start to see people's school improvement plans for next year. If you are looking looking at metacognition, oracy, turn and talk, literacy, trauma informed practice or bits of individual theory from cognitive science, I'm not saying these things are a waste of time, but there's a need to prioritise.

Whatever it is you are spending your summer planning, I'd consider checking the list below first, if all those things are sorted in your school then go for it, but if they aren't I'd suggest they are prioritised.

Calm, orderly, predictable classrooms across the school.

Calling out does not occur.

Teachers are consistently putting students' names at the end of questions.

Teachers have "rules of thumb" for which students they ask questions to and when.

There are always checks for understanding in-between explanation and practice.

Checks for understanding in the majority of subject are delivered using miniwhiteboards.

Miniwhiteboards are used with "hover and show" routines.

Students are in the room and learning (i.e. actually doing something academically meaningful) extremely quickly at the start of lessons.

Departments have long-term memory strategies that map out how teachers give students the retrieval practice they need.

As above, once that stuff is in play, go to town. But if it isn't, it's probably where you should focus.

[Daniel Kebede @DanielKebedeNEU]

5.5% pay award for all Teachers across all bands

£1.2bn to fund the award

Is it a correction? No
Is it a step in the right direction? Yes
Is the award funded? Yes

Keegan abdicated. Philipson funded.

But it was our members engaging in the #PayUp24 campaign and through our indicative ballot (90% Yes to strike for fully funded above inflation award) that moved the "independent" review body.

This is a step towards a correction. A step towards fixing the recruitment & retention crisis.

More to be done.

[Mark McCourt @EmathsUK]

NEW BLOG:

The Easiest Job I Ever Had: Classroom Teacher

https://t.co/AJX3Ou3WMN

[Nathan Day @nathanday314]

New Resources! Solving Equations @DrFrostResource

I've been working on these resources for literally over six months, and I'm so excited to see them begin to get released.

Here are some of the highlights of what's been released so far!

https://t.co/Sfo1NolRrO

[National Education Union @NEUnion]

We appreciate that @bphillipsonMP & her colleagues at the Treasury must weigh up all the public sector pay reports.

But we need urgent answers on this year's teacher pay rise.

Heads must be able to plan their budgets for September. #PayUp #ValueEducation
https://t.co/aETl2VM8qU

[Jo Morgan @mathsjem]

New! My 180th gems post. Ideas, resources and updates for maths teachers. 💎

https://t.co/h8YvXe6lm0

Hat tips to follow.

#mathschat #mathsgems #mathscpdchat #mathstlp #teammaths

[Jonathan Pie @JonathanPieNews]

A new day in Westminster has dawned...

[Jonathan Pie @JonathanPieNews]

Election Special 4: The Conservatives.

[National Education Union @NEUnion]

While teacher pay continues to stagnate, more and more academy trust CEOs are seeing their wages rise.

44 CEOs earn more than £200,000.

The disparity in pay in the education sector must end. #GE24 #VoteEducation
https://t.co/kak6F8dEWB