Why do we teach mathematics?
‘You are teaching a group of low-attaining Year 10 students how to solve equations with unknowns on both sides. One of them calls out, “What’s the point in doing this? I’m never going to […]
March 2022
March 2021
Curriculum coherence and prioritisation
It’s time to ‘Catch Up’ … catch up with colleagues to re-establish, and possibly re-think, why we do what we do as a Maths Team.
Kangaroo Maths has always aimed to support colleagues […]
August 2020
Curriculum review, part III
Today is Thursday 13th August 2020. A Level results day. There is a lot wrong with today, so I am going to say nothing else about it, and instead focus my mind – just […]
January 2020
Zenzizenzizenzic
When I came home from school today I was not planning on doing this. But every now and again I come across an idea which hooks me in, and I want to make sure […]
December 2019
Benchmarking: curriculum review, part II
My previous post was about reviewing the sequencing of the Key Stage 3 schemes of work in my school. If you haven’t read it, it might be best to take a look before […]
November 2019
Key Stage 3 sequencing
My school is in the middle of a curriculum review at the moment. It’s a lengthy process – as are most jobs done well – and although it was started in the summer term, […]
Equations, formulae, functions, …
A few days ago someone asked me to explain what the differences were between expressions, functions, formula, equations and identities. I think that’s a good question really – much like ‘why are prisms and […]