Today has been another long day. The morning featured assessments at school, with the children sat working quietly and well on their own. The afternoon was disrupted by a few things: some children being borrowed by their maths teacher (I teach a separate cohort of children for maths to my usual bunch) to complete some […]
My head is still niggling me. Keep topping my pain relief up and that is working. Spent a lot of the day with my head in data, either analysing it, or creating it in the form of marking reading tests and writing a report about pupil’s views on maths in school. We did a quick […]
Today my brain was stuck in rotational symmetry mode, spotting it everywhere. A few years ago I stumbled upon hub caps on cars and their general properties of rotational symmetry (if you ignore the air nozzle and central logos…) These are good for demonstrating how a pattern can be laid over itself to create intricate […]
Today another blogging landmark has been reached. 2013 has now surpassed 2006, 2009, 2008 and 2012 in post totals, which currently stand at: 2012: 13 2008: 24 2009: 29 2006: 31 2013: 32 2011: 35 2004: 37 2010: 45 2007: 54 2005: 61 As well as this, our geocaching friends – known as Lard and […]
Today McLaren revealed the car they hope will lead them to their first World Championship since 2008. The car, looks neat and tidy with quite a few changes from their previous offering. The biggest change comes in drivers though with Lewis Hamilton having left the team that he has grown up with in order to try […]
Today was difficult. My memory stick failed on me this morning. Causing panic and swearing. Thankfully, I have plenty of back ups of my work for school – however, lots of things are currently lost. I’m hoping it can be recovered. Time will tell. In other news, today is our house-a-versary – a year since […]
Well today was my birthday (still is, in fact, as I type). My cake, made by the wonderful Mrs Pitts, is below. The cake was a clue to the main present. The day consisted of opening presents, eating food, eating cake and eating more cake. I am now the proud owner of two beautiful canvases […]
Firstly, this is the last day of life in my twenties. Over the last ten years I have qualified as a teacher, worked as a teacher, become a Primary Mathematics Specialist Teacher, met Mrs Pitts, married Mrs Pitts, said goodbye to my Mum, moved into my first house, found 730 geocaches… and those are just […]
Another day out of class for me. Becoming silly. This one was to have time to discuss with children their feelings about maths. It was hugely entertaining and very enlightening. Highlights include the quote, “Maths makes your brain clever,” and how so many children realised that being good at maths meant they had a better […]
Back to work today. Not that it was a surprise to be, but it was a significant event. The place looked beautiful – icicles everywhere which were promptly knocked down. One, which I saved to share with my class was 40cm long and 6cm in diameter at the break off point. Both I and they […]