Inspiring tomorrow’s female mathematicians
Lancaster University Management School welcomed 136 pupils and 24 teachers from 14 schools and colleges in the North West on Thursday 9 January 2020 for the eighth annual Florence Nightingale Day.
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Core Maths – engaging students early
I recently visited Hillside High School in Bootle, Merseyside to promote A level Mathematics and Further Mathematics to Year 11 students. This was my second visit, and a Year 10 student later said to his teacher, “Hey, that’s the second time he’s been in to work with the top sets. Why don’t we get any visits?”.
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Who Stole My Artwork?!
Someone has stolen some famous artwork by M. C. Escher. There are 6 key suspects… but… “whodunnit”?
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Building Resilience
Have you noticed how some pupils can “give up” on maths before they’ve even started? How it’s almost okay to say the sweeping statement “I’m no good at maths” sometimes with a strange sense of pride?!
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Maths Hub Core Maths Work Group begins in Manchester
Supporting Core Maths Work Groups are a collaboration between the Maths Hubs and the AMSP. The first Manchester meeting of these Work Groups took place in December.
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Effective use of the Classwiz calculator
After analysing the 2019 examination papers, several teachers asked for support in using the Casio fx-991EX Classwiz effectively, both within a classroom and examination environment.
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Making mechanics more meaningful
When I studied mechanics at college, it wasn’t even called mechanics, but instead ‘applied maths’.
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The value of a professional maths teacher network
Jennifer Thwaites and Rachel Gillmon work part time for AMSP. They are serving maths practitioners with current experience of leading maths teams.
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Support for Teachers of A level Maths
Here is a summary of the support offered throughout the North West for A level maths teachers in the coming year.
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