365, Work
Day 122: A Day Where Nothing Much Happened
I’ve now broken through the third of a year barrier. I keep saying it, but I am astonished at my staying power with this project. I’ve met me, I never finish anyth Today was a day for jobs. I tackled many of them, but I don’t really want to produce a list. Lists aren’t cool […]
365, General, Kit the Cat
Day 119: A Bit Of An Odd Day
Yet another strange day. I almost expected it in a way. This week is looking pretty unusual in itself, for many reasons. I’m only in school today and tomorrow, have a course on Wednesday and school is closed on Thursday and Friday – Thursday for polling no reason now that polling has been cancelled, and Friday has […]
365, Politics
Day 98: The Iron Lady
A nice little day overall. A few visitors came round today – things are gathering pace for Mrs Pitts’ birthday – all these people bringing stuff for Friday. Today saw the arrival of Emma too and the beginning of a busy week. Kit has been ok today. She has hidden away from the visitors as […]
365, Humour, News
Day 86: Almost There
Work. That was most of today. The evening involved a quick trip to Birstall to get a few things for our classes and people we work with for Easter as well as a couple of things for Kit. Since nothing interesting happened, and I’m not exactly awake at the moment, I’m going to post some funny headlines. […]
365, Nature
Day 14: Snow & A Mini-Landmark Of Not-Worth-Celebratingness
Today it snowed. Not enough to bring the country to a standstill – but still enough to set some people into panic mode. See one of the related links at the bottom of this article for a lovely gallery of photos from today. Anyway, and this has been blogged elsewhere online, so I’ll point you […]
Assignment 1
Problem Solving In The United Kingdom
The article gives a history of the mathematics landscape in the UK since 1837. Algebra has been part of this throughout. We see algebra as a key tool to help solve problems now, but historically “problem solving was seen as a specialized skill, only for mathematicians in opening up new fields.” Key points: “A problem […]
Recommended Reading, Study Block 3: Fractions
Reading: Audrey’s Acquisition Of Fractions
This reading discusses how an average student can benefit from a structured and ordered approach to the teaching of fractions. It could probably be applied to any mathematics topic. The approach taken was one of understanding the needs of the child first and having an in depth idea of where her weaknesses were. There was […]
Links
Links updated
Spent tonight altering the links listed here. They are all either maths or school related. Hopefully some of them will come in handy! If anyone knows any other pertinent links, feel free to comment and let me know.
History, Videos
Stunning colour film of London in the 1920s
In the past, I’ve shown a pair of photos showing how London has developed. This wonderful film was made in 1927 by Claude Friese-Greene. Colour film from the 1920s is exceptionally rare, and this is a very powerful example. It shows scenes of London Bridge, the Thames, the Tower of London, Greenwich Observatory, the London […]