Non-working Friday solo cinema trips for the win🍿

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“Best Guess” Predicted Paper for Edexcel Foundation Paper 3 is up. Video going through it on my YouTube too via the QR code. static1.squarespace.com/static/67560...

These two 🤩

Big thanks to @edsouthall.bsky.social for joining our mathematics team meeting today to share all things @oaknational.bsky.social Great to reflect on the thinking behind the mathematics resources many of our trainees are using — and to geek out on some maths! #MathsEducation #TeacherTraining

Back from holiday and straight into Term 1 observations with our Year 1 maths trainees. It’s fab seeing them bring research-informed ideas to life, reflecting, refining, and finding their classroom presence. I love geeking out on great maths teaching and watching them grow 💪 🧮

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Lunch break with one of my favourite people. The WFH life really does have its perks sometimes.

Hello mathematics educators! Does anyone have a copy of this textbook laying around in a dusty maths cupboard unused that I may make a donation for and make use of? Supporting a family member & this is the book they’re using. Thanks!

Edinburgh Christmas market with some lovely work people 🤩🎄🥂

What a fabulous Christmas gift from my Boss 🤩

Day 4: Karnak Temple & a Nile cruise, then to the Valley of the Kings

Enjoying some winter sun with the girls 🤩 Day 1 done ✔️

Perimenopause has me waking up at around 4/4:30 every morning, unable to get back to sleep. I’ve decided to stop fighting it by going to bed earlier & hitting the gym when I wake up. #EmbraceTheChaos

Action shot of my pugs being, well, pugs 🤷🏼‍♀️

I’ve arrived in Bristol, ready for tomorrow’s team day to find a Christmas market directly outside the hotel. Well, it’d be rude not to …

Bristol bound for our Mathematics team day tomorrow. Always great to see my colleagues in person! Yes, yes that is a Christmas drink, eggnog latte for the win.

I also take credit for a lot of @draustinmaths.com ‘s resources on this cause we made her work on it for us for so long and then she just kept going 😂

Sundays are skate days. However, we don’t have heating or hot water currently as the boiler melted, so I won’t be enjoying a long soak in a hot bubble bath after training today 😅🥶

Anyone else cross stitch? This is my latest project. It’s taking a while, and don’t look too closely, there are errors! If you know the pattern we should be friends!

How do people track/logs the books they read? I’ve downloaded Goodreads, started making my way though and adding the physical books I’ve read, this year only, or it’d be too big a job.

I was working with a group of teachers from multiple schools last week: HALF of them are required to use Verbal Feedback stamps or write VF in books when supporting pupils in class. Is this the norm?! Seems like this message from the EEF feedback report is still not impacting on school policies…

Be honest, does anyone have their Christmas decorations up yet? We always decorate on the 1st, but this year I am in Egypt 1st - 12th, appropriate to decorate on November 30th?

May your day be spent reading a really great book.

😎 WEEKEND RESOURCE DROP @drfrostlearning.bsky.social 😎 Constant Acceleration Formulae Introducing Trigonometry Right-Angled Trigonometry Finding Lengths Right-Angled Trigonometry Finding Angles Using & Calculating the Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PMCC) https://buff.ly/3UQTw90

“Without meaning, relying on memorising makes a huge demand on executive function skills and steers learners away from mathematical thinking.” Read this article from our latest journal for free: atm.org.uk/write/MediaU...

Have we really always valued subject knowledge in the curriculum? @greeborunner.bsky.social takes a look at how she taught in the past... wp.me/p7mhqT-NX

New Numberphile video today is about the mathematics of knots… and some crochet. youtu.be/OqjFylGwAj8

One of the more confusing US UK relationships

Sometimes the WFH life can be isolating, other times having the flexibility in your day to take yourself away from your screen and out for a coffee (in this case my first eggnog latte of the season) is just what you need. ☕🤎

First training day of the year with our returning Year 2 cohort. Starting our discussions and formulating our thoughts around inclusivity in mathematics education, critically considering appropriate research to develop and make a difference in our classrooms. I love my job!

Fabulous session by @hugheshaili.bsky.social to end our Teach First Kick Off 2024 training day. Buzzing with ideas and things I want to read. MUST make the time 🤩

Ofsted has proposed major changes to inspection in response to its Big Listen today – from a rebuilt framework to a new focus on inclusion. ⏱️ Our graphic below details a timeline of the reforms, and you can read more about them here: www.tes.com/magazine/new...

En route to Manchester for the Teach First Kick Off to 2024 training day. Looking forward to seeing colleagues in person and making a positive start to our training programme in this new academic year 👩‍🏫

New educators! All the very best for a great start to your career. Remember, 1. Teach with your authentic accent 2. Know what you’re on about 3. Love the class(es) you have 4. Be a face not a shadow 5. Smile before Christmas

Woo hoo! A week on this platform and up to 700 followers. Join us! And don’t forget to put some info in your bio so we know to follow back 💜💜💜

Looking forward to welcoming our Teach First Summer Institute trainees back for Y1 of our programme and our Y1’s back as Y2’s next week and then meeting our Autumn Institute trainees soon after 🤓

A lakeside walk with the dogs this morning. We spotted a rainbow in the water fountain 🌈

Taylor Swift quiz night ✨

Pub quiz question: What is the only even prime number? ME: hold my beer!

Fun and windy times watching our friend come second in the women’s open at Derbyshire Strongest 2024 yesterday 💪🏻

Do you want to come and work with me and lead Initial Teacher Education in a brilliant programme for Religious Education or Business? OK, so the working with me bit might not be the best advert – but let me tell you about the job and the team and why you might love this as your next role!

These two amazing roles close this week - last chance to apply and be part of something amazing. If anyone's got questions, or wants to know more, please drop me a line here, on Twitter, or via LinkedIn!

Slowly getting back on form with skating now I’m getting to grips with what my dodgy back/hips need. Felt good to be on track with my team. 🛼

I really need to start the reading & research for my PGCert assignment so I can actually begin to write it. Motivation needed!

Hi all! @danihosford.bsky.social and I have put together this expression of interest form for our A-Level Maths textbook so we can determine print numbers at this early stage. forms.gle/5MaeZ7yUm8H5... Please read the description first before completing the form.

As birthdays go, my 44th celebration yesterday was fabulous. I’m lucky to have some incredible family & friends 🤩

These two were no help getting the garden ready for my birthday extravaganza tomorrow 😂

Until I make a little website, an eclectic small selection of my maths stuff so far (do anything non-commercial you wish with it) is in a Google Drive folder at tinyurl.com/gmmaths

Teach First is a great place to work. Our focus on the subject specific development of new teachers is refreshing & invaluable. Plus, we the subject teams, get to geek out on our subject, pedagogies and educational research on a daily basis 🤓 Vacancy below in the thread by @doctorpreece.bsky.social