Maths Twitter Lesson Planning - #Mathstlp

My mate Ed, the legend that is @solvemymaths, has had a rather clever idea. On Lord's Day nights betwixt 7pm as well as 8pm (UK time) we're going to host a collaborative lesson planning hr on Twitter.

I really believe that every teacher, no affair how experienced, tin ship away create goodness from sharing didactics ideas. Everyone is encouraged to bring together inward amongst #mathsTLP, either to asking help or to offering suggestions. This variety of sharing ('how would yous learn this topic? create yous know of whatever expert resources?' etc) is the sort of thing nosotros should create to a greater extent than of at school, only we're all likewise busy teaching. Give us to a greater extent than PPAs as well as we'll create this amongst our colleagues on a regular dry reason - until then, we're real lucky to bring Twitter.

If you're looking for ideas as well as resources for a specific theme as well as therefore delight ask. Ed as well as I volition organise as well as document what volition likely hold upwards a plethora of amazing ideas as well as inspiration from the Twitter community.

We're all working towards a mutual finish only therefore many teachers travel inward isolation - let's modify that. Please bring together inward this Lord's Day to brand our get-go #mathsTLP hr a success.

If you're novel to Twitter as well as therefore experience gratuitous to email me as well as I'll explicate how to learn started.

What else is going on?

I've non blogged much lately because I've been spending ridiculous amounts of fourth dimension planning my session for side past times side weekend's maths conference. In my workshop I'll part ideas on how best to explicate a gain of mathematical concepts including linear graphs, sequences, surds as well as quadratics. I've been doing a lot of query as well as I've got around dandy novel materials to share.

Sorry most the lack of posts lately, only I volition hold upwards writing a novel gems post this weekend - lookout this space...

Cpd - Maths Teachers Pb The Way

Maths is a genuinely hard dependent plain to teach. Not alone produce nosotros remove maintain to tackle negative perceptions - maths is difficult, maths is boring, maths is pointless - but nosotros every bit good remove maintain to explicate some genuinely tricky concepts. We necessitate to develop skills inward students such every bit work solving, visualisation in addition to reasoning. These skills don't come upward easily. Teaching maths is a huge challenge, in addition to it's genuinely of import to acquire it right.

Sometimes it's helpful to bounce ideas roughly amongst our beau maths teachers. We all produce goodness from sharing skillful practice. Sometimes nosotros necessitate inspiration. Up until recently, at that topographic point were few opportunities to acquire this sort of support. But there's a revolution happening inward maths education. It's called #mathsTLP.

What is #mathsTLP?

TLP is Twitter Lesson Planning. This was Ed Southall's clever sentiment - you lot tin read his original send service close it here. It takes house every Dominicus eventide betwixt 7pm in addition to 8pm. Let me explicate how it works. If you're looking for an sentiment or a resource, tweet your asking in addition to include the hashtag #mathsTLP. Something similar this:

People who are monitoring the #mathsTLP hashtag volition encounter your asking in addition to response to it - similar this:

At the terminate of the chat, Ed (@solvemymaths) collates the resources on his blog.

#mathsTLP isn't merely close sharing resources in addition to lesson ideas, it's a forum inward which maths teachers verbalize to each other close teaching maths. What could endure improve than that?

Is it working?

It's bloody brilliant. We're working together for the sake of our students. I cannot intend of a to a greater extent than effective utilisation of social media.

#mathsTLP has been running for iv weeks instantly in addition to we've covered a huge attain of topics including sequences, inequalities, circle theorems, simultaneous equations in addition to probability. Through #mathsTLP I've connected amongst lots of novel people in addition to remove maintain discovered many fantastic novel resources. 

For a build novel hashtag, it's getting a lot of tweets (the orangish occupation below represents #mathsTLP, blueish in addition to dark-green are the well-established hashtags #mathschat in addition to #mathscpdchat respectively).

Beyond maths?

Subject-specific CPD is considerably to a greater extent than helpful than the sort of full general 'teaching in addition to learning' CPD that is oftentimes delivered at schoolhouse Insets. At some schools - mine included - no fourth dimension or coin is allocated to subject-specific learning. Since my NQT year, I haven't received whatever preparation that's genuinely had an send upon on my teaching. Twitter is my sole source of evolution - without it I'd endure working inward a bubble.

Twitter's maths instructor community is vivid - its members remove maintain genuinely mastered the effective utilisation of Twitter every bit a platform for collaboration. I wonder whether other subjects are heading the same way. Do other subjects remove maintain an equivalent to #mathsTLP, a chat specifically for sharing lesson ideas in addition to resources?

Outside of Twitter, at that topographic point are initiatives which offering hands-on help, advice, noesis in addition to inspiration. H5N1 fantastic illustration is The Physics Factory, a 'grassroots network of teachers working to pose the fizz dorsum into physics'. Much similar those who participate inward #mathsTLP, the people behind The Physics Factory recognise that teachers necessitate to operate together. They portion ideas in addition to resources, they develop dependent plain knowledge. They don't say teachers how to teach, but they inspire teachers to beloved what they do.

Subject-specific initiatives are essential. To remove maintain an send upon inward the classroom, teachers necessitate to endure inward beloved amongst their subject, in addition to derive potency from it. Immersion inward their dependent plain is vital.

I'm feeling rattling positive close all this collaboration. If teachers proceed to operate together similar this, we're heading inward the correct direction. I'm proud to endure role of #mathsTLP in addition to I promise other subjects are inspired to follow our lead.

Words Of Wisdom: Education Foundation Gcse

As expected, the final #mathsTLP of the schoolhouse yr was a flake quieter than usual. As host, 1 of my jobs is to move on the chat flowing. So I filled a gap inwards conversation amongst a question:

I hadn't been planning to inquire this query - it was only the outset affair that came to heed at a minute when I wanted to acquire people talking. But in addition to then something quite extraordinary happened. Over the few days that followed, I was inundated amongst helpful advice - I received over a hundred replies to my question. These words of wisdom come upwards from experienced teachers. Teachers who've taught depression attainers, cared most them, believed inwards them. Teachers who've done everything they tin give the axe to give these students opportunities inwards life, who've position huge amounts of seek into supporting them. I admire these teachers. I desire to last 1 of these teachers.

"Throw away the handbook"  @solvemymaths

I received so much advice that it was all a flake overwhelming. I went dorsum through every notification in addition to made notes. It would last incorrect non to portion or so of the ideas here. After all, I'm non the exclusively instructor who'll last educational activity depression attainers for the outset fourth dimension side past times side year. I promise that others volition also create goodness from all this goodness advice.

1. Building relationships

"Make them believe inwards themselves"  @FKRitson

There were lots of replies most how to construct self-esteem, confidence in addition to trust. Advice included:

• "Friday biscuits or a loving cup of tea industrial plant wonders. Instill confidence & allow them know y'all believe inwards them. With 1 of my groups nosotros took a lesson off to blueprint in addition to decorate our ain mugs. Best quote 'Miss, you've got a teapot! That's similar a dead posh restaurant'".    ‏@Ms_Kmp. "I was amazed at the deport upon a loving cup of tea had for 1 immature man. Came for assist & a cuppa every Wed!"  ‏@takepi21
• "Instilling confidence is the key. Make the lessons non-threatening (they are inwards the laid because they "fear" maths).... Make it dissimilar to the diet they've been served hence far; seek stuff, it volition breed confidence."  ‏@andylutwyche 
• "Your sales pitch is that it's 'us against the exam', 'we tin give the axe shell this'. Their self belief inwards maths volition last low, they volition last v sensitive to feeling patronised".  ‏@BodilUK 
• "Give them lots of show to exhibit they're getting C degree operate right. You're non promising it equally a grade, but they demand possibility."  @adamcreen 
• "Lots of repetition! They'll prob last depression inwards confidence so construct this up. Word things inwards ways that don't belittle them. ... If they don't acquire something, in addition to then "maybe I didn't explicate it really well..." It helps their confidence."  @WelshReady 

2. Pick your battles

"As Napoleon said 'If y'all can't last potent everywhere, option a house in addition to last potent there.'"   ‏@MrMattock

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 number of replies were most choosing which topics to teach. I won't last able to encompass the whole syllabus - far from it - so I should focus on a express number of cardinal topics.

• "If y'all tin give the axe give them a quick win … that is ever good. Index laws are prissy equally they are legitimately C-Grade but tardily equally hell! ... They won't acquire goodness at it all, so create upwards one's heed what y'all desire them to empathize in addition to reinforce that."  ‏@MrMattock 
• "Don't last picky either, they mightiness acquire Pythag but non directed numbers."  ‏@DJUdall 
• "Don't last jump past times the degree of a theme - expanding brackets is easier than many due east degree topics! … Focus on topics amongst visual cues in addition to predictable processes, such equally transformations or scatter graphs."  ‏@danicquinn 
• "When gearing upwards for the exam, y'all may desire to condense your curriculum into 'hot topics'. Keep it focussed. ... We picked out the favourite thirty or so query types from exams over the final v years."  @jase_wanner 
• "Doubt you'll last able to acquire through everything. Pick most of import bits in addition to instruct them well" @Teachanana

Many teachers told me that numeracy is key. I volition demand to conduct maintain "a relentless focus on marrow numeracy skills" (@ThainMike).

"Numeracy skills in addition to times tables. Again, over again in addition to and then or so more!" @RandomNumeracy

3. Memorisation

"Go for memorisation through every memorisation technique known to man"  @solvemymaths

For the vast bulk of our students, conceptual agreement is vital. Teaching maths 'properly' is a maths teacher's raison d'être. But these are especial circumstances. Give a depression attaining pupil the chance to acquire a C inwards GCSE Maths - past times whatever agency necessary - in addition to you've opened a window of chance inwards a immature person's life.

• "I uncovering repetition helps. Do things speedily but repeat often".  ‏@MissMathsDla
• "Bring multifariousness to memorisation: flash cards, retentivity Rex (one stands upwards in addition to gets drum curl earlier reciting outset 10 primes, etc)... "  @danicquinn
• "Most of their problems are issues amongst fluency so they can't *get* C/D degree topics when modelled. Remedial operate on number is essential for quite a piece at the start of the year. ... I ever start amongst outset xv squares, outset v cubes, in addition to roots/ cube roots. Make it compulsory to last able to recite them inwards 10 seconds inside a calendar week & time/ game them.  @StuartLock
• "Find interesting ways to reinforce cardinal number concepts; that volition last their most serious need"  @MrMattock
• "You desire lightheaded dances, phrases, gesticulations, daft images to associate...everything". @solvemymaths
• "YMCA becomes y = mx + c... angle sizes memorised past times arm actions... and the circle vocal is a must. Diddle, the median' s the middle"  @7wittermiss.

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 number of people recommended Sticky Studying for memorisation techniques.

4. Resources

"Never allow them allow move of the basics. Drill them inwards every lesson".  @DJUdall

Many teachers recommended resources. The by in addition to large mutual recommendation was Numeracy 5-a-day from Corbettmaths.

Times Table Rockstars was also recommended. @MrReddyMaths suggested adapting it past times educational activity the tables upfront each calendar week in addition to cutting out the music - "Emphasise 'competition' amongst themselves past times highlighting how much they're improving over the week".

Mathsbox was recommended, equally were Andy Lutwyche's resources on TES, Bread in addition to Butter resources from Just Maths in addition to Essential Skills from MathedUp!.

Thanks to @tessmaths for sending me a laid of colourful Foundation Revision Cards from the MA - these volition last really helpful.

@DIRT_expert suggested using Cumulative Starters to construct upwards skills in addition to tackle fear. Students are asked the same questions at the start of each lesson but to a greater extent than questions are added equally they larn novel content.

5. More ideas

"You mightn't taste lessons at times; you'll taste the intellectual challenge it'll give you"  @siobhanorb

Here are or so to a greater extent than things I demand to think most inwards my planning:

• I demand to uncovering out most the literacy levels of my students in addition to their attendance. 
• A few people suggested entering them for Higher GCSE rather than Foundation (there are mixed views on this). 
• @ColleenYoung suggested I create lots of curt mini-tests amongst immediate feedback. 
• ‏@danicquinn suggested mini mocks, where y'all outset operate together on a "mock mock" (same questions, dissimilar numbers) earlier the existent one.
• @NEdge9 talked most the importance of students knowing the important of key words. She said that sometimes they tin give the axe create the maths but can't recollect what the words mean. 
• @missdenzil said that lessons should comprise small tasks, lots of dissimilar activities, rewards, competition, whiteboard work, in addition to mastering basics.

Summary

@MrBenWard summarised the cardinal messages nicely inwards this tweet: 

When I outset come across my novel degree inwards September, no doubtfulness or so things volition conduct maintain me past times surprise. But the advice I received this calendar week has got my caput buzzing amongst ideas in addition to I experience laid - dare I tell excited - to acquire started amongst this class.

Huge thank y'all to all who tweeted in addition to emailed me ideas in addition to resources. In lodge to move on this post a reasonable length, I haven't been able to include all the replies I received, but every unmarried slice of advice was valuable in addition to volition last factored into my planning for side past times side year. Thanks also to @ColinTheMathmo for helping me collate in addition to organise the tweets. 

I'm so grateful that I tin give the axe rely on the maths instructor Twitter community to back upwards me throughout the year. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 challenge lies ahead, but I've got adept advisers at manus to catch me through it. 

Maths Twitter Lesson Planning - #Mathstlp

My mate Ed, the legend that is @solvemymaths, has had a rather clever idea. On Lord's Day nights betwixt 7pm as well as 8pm (UK time) we're going to host a collaborative lesson planning hr on Twitter.

I really believe that every teacher, no affair how experienced, tin ship away create goodness from sharing didactics ideas. Everyone is encouraged to bring together inward amongst #mathsTLP, either to asking help or to offering suggestions. This variety of sharing ('how would yous learn this topic? create yous know of whatever expert resources?' etc) is the sort of thing nosotros should create to a greater extent than of at school, only we're all likewise busy teaching. Give us to a greater extent than PPAs as well as we'll create this amongst our colleagues on a regular dry reason - until then, we're real lucky to bring Twitter.

If you're looking for ideas as well as resources for a specific theme as well as therefore delight ask. Ed as well as I volition organise as well as document what volition likely hold upwards a plethora of amazing ideas as well as inspiration from the Twitter community.

We're all working towards a mutual finish only therefore many teachers travel inward isolation - let's modify that. Please bring together inward this Lord's Day to brand our get-go #mathsTLP hr a success.

If you're novel to Twitter as well as therefore experience gratuitous to email me as well as I'll explicate how to learn started.

What else is going on?

I've non blogged much lately because I've been spending ridiculous amounts of fourth dimension planning my session for side past times side weekend's maths conference. In my workshop I'll part ideas on how best to explicate a gain of mathematical concepts including linear graphs, sequences, surds as well as quadratics. I've been doing a lot of query as well as I've got around dandy novel materials to share.

Sorry most the lack of posts lately, only I volition hold upwards writing a novel gems post this weekend - lookout this space...

Cpd - Maths Teachers Pb The Way

Maths is a genuinely hard dependent plain to teach. Not alone produce nosotros remove maintain to tackle negative perceptions - maths is difficult, maths is boring, maths is pointless - but nosotros every bit good remove maintain to explicate some genuinely tricky concepts. We necessitate to develop skills inward students such every bit work solving, visualisation in addition to reasoning. These skills don't come upward easily. Teaching maths is a huge challenge, in addition to it's genuinely of import to acquire it right.

Sometimes it's helpful to bounce ideas roughly amongst our beau maths teachers. We all produce goodness from sharing skillful practice. Sometimes nosotros necessitate inspiration. Up until recently, at that topographic point were few opportunities to acquire this sort of support. But there's a revolution happening inward maths education. It's called #mathsTLP.

What is #mathsTLP?

TLP is Twitter Lesson Planning. This was Ed Southall's clever sentiment - you lot tin read his original send service close it here. It takes house every Dominicus eventide betwixt 7pm in addition to 8pm. Let me explicate how it works. If you're looking for an sentiment or a resource, tweet your asking in addition to include the hashtag #mathsTLP. Something similar this:

People who are monitoring the #mathsTLP hashtag volition encounter your asking in addition to response to it - similar this:

At the terminate of the chat, Ed (@solvemymaths) collates the resources on his blog.

#mathsTLP isn't merely close sharing resources in addition to lesson ideas, it's a forum inward which maths teachers verbalize to each other close teaching maths. What could endure improve than that?

Is it working?

It's bloody brilliant. We're working together for the sake of our students. I cannot intend of a to a greater extent than effective utilisation of social media.

#mathsTLP has been running for iv weeks instantly in addition to we've covered a huge attain of topics including sequences, inequalities, circle theorems, simultaneous equations in addition to probability. Through #mathsTLP I've connected amongst lots of novel people in addition to remove maintain discovered many fantastic novel resources. 

For a build novel hashtag, it's getting a lot of tweets (the orangish occupation below represents #mathsTLP, blueish in addition to dark-green are the well-established hashtags #mathschat in addition to #mathscpdchat respectively).

Beyond maths?

Subject-specific CPD is considerably to a greater extent than helpful than the sort of full general 'teaching in addition to learning' CPD that is oftentimes delivered at schoolhouse Insets. At some schools - mine included - no fourth dimension or coin is allocated to subject-specific learning. Since my NQT year, I haven't received whatever preparation that's genuinely had an send upon on my teaching. Twitter is my sole source of evolution - without it I'd endure working inward a bubble.

Twitter's maths instructor community is vivid - its members remove maintain genuinely mastered the effective utilisation of Twitter every bit a platform for collaboration. I wonder whether other subjects are heading the same way. Do other subjects remove maintain an equivalent to #mathsTLP, a chat specifically for sharing lesson ideas in addition to resources?

Outside of Twitter, at that topographic point are initiatives which offering hands-on help, advice, noesis in addition to inspiration. H5N1 fantastic illustration is The Physics Factory, a 'grassroots network of teachers working to pose the fizz dorsum into physics'. Much similar those who participate inward #mathsTLP, the people behind The Physics Factory recognise that teachers necessitate to operate together. They portion ideas in addition to resources, they develop dependent plain knowledge. They don't say teachers how to teach, but they inspire teachers to beloved what they do.

Subject-specific initiatives are essential. To remove maintain an send upon inward the classroom, teachers necessitate to endure inward beloved amongst their subject, in addition to derive potency from it. Immersion inward their dependent plain is vital.

I'm feeling rattling positive close all this collaboration. If teachers proceed to operate together similar this, we're heading inward the correct direction. I'm proud to endure role of #mathsTLP in addition to I promise other subjects are inspired to follow our lead.

Words Of Wisdom: Education Foundation Gcse

As expected, the final #mathsTLP of the schoolhouse yr was a flake quieter than usual. As host, 1 of my jobs is to move on the chat flowing. So I filled a gap inwards conversation amongst a question:

I hadn't been planning to inquire this query - it was only the outset affair that came to heed at a minute when I wanted to acquire people talking. But in addition to then something quite extraordinary happened. Over the few days that followed, I was inundated amongst helpful advice - I received over a hundred replies to my question. These words of wisdom come upwards from experienced teachers. Teachers who've taught depression attainers, cared most them, believed inwards them. Teachers who've done everything they tin give the axe to give these students opportunities inwards life, who've position huge amounts of seek into supporting them. I admire these teachers. I desire to last 1 of these teachers.

"Throw away the handbook"  @solvemymaths

I received so much advice that it was all a flake overwhelming. I went dorsum through every notification in addition to made notes. It would last incorrect non to portion or so of the ideas here. After all, I'm non the exclusively instructor who'll last educational activity depression attainers for the outset fourth dimension side past times side year. I promise that others volition also create goodness from all this goodness advice.

1. Building relationships

"Make them believe inwards themselves"  @FKRitson

There were lots of replies most how to construct self-esteem, confidence in addition to trust. Advice included:

• "Friday biscuits or a loving cup of tea industrial plant wonders. Instill confidence & allow them know y'all believe inwards them. With 1 of my groups nosotros took a lesson off to blueprint in addition to decorate our ain mugs. Best quote 'Miss, you've got a teapot! That's similar a dead posh restaurant'".    ‏@Ms_Kmp. "I was amazed at the deport upon a loving cup of tea had for 1 immature man. Came for assist & a cuppa every Wed!"  ‏@takepi21
• "Instilling confidence is the key. Make the lessons non-threatening (they are inwards the laid because they "fear" maths).... Make it dissimilar to the diet they've been served hence far; seek stuff, it volition breed confidence."  ‏@andylutwyche 
• "Your sales pitch is that it's 'us against the exam', 'we tin give the axe shell this'. Their self belief inwards maths volition last low, they volition last v sensitive to feeling patronised".  ‏@BodilUK 
• "Give them lots of show to exhibit they're getting C degree operate right. You're non promising it equally a grade, but they demand possibility."  @adamcreen 
• "Lots of repetition! They'll prob last depression inwards confidence so construct this up. Word things inwards ways that don't belittle them. ... If they don't acquire something, in addition to then "maybe I didn't explicate it really well..." It helps their confidence."  @WelshReady 

2. Pick your battles

"As Napoleon said 'If y'all can't last potent everywhere, option a house in addition to last potent there.'"   ‏@MrMattock

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 number of replies were most choosing which topics to teach. I won't last able to encompass the whole syllabus - far from it - so I should focus on a express number of cardinal topics.

• "If y'all tin give the axe give them a quick win … that is ever good. Index laws are prissy equally they are legitimately C-Grade but tardily equally hell! ... They won't acquire goodness at it all, so create upwards one's heed what y'all desire them to empathize in addition to reinforce that."  ‏@MrMattock 
• "Don't last picky either, they mightiness acquire Pythag but non directed numbers."  ‏@DJUdall 
• "Don't last jump past times the degree of a theme - expanding brackets is easier than many due east degree topics! … Focus on topics amongst visual cues in addition to predictable processes, such equally transformations or scatter graphs."  ‏@danicquinn 
• "When gearing upwards for the exam, y'all may desire to condense your curriculum into 'hot topics'. Keep it focussed. ... We picked out the favourite thirty or so query types from exams over the final v years."  @jase_wanner 
• "Doubt you'll last able to acquire through everything. Pick most of import bits in addition to instruct them well" @Teachanana

Many teachers told me that numeracy is key. I volition demand to conduct maintain "a relentless focus on marrow numeracy skills" (@ThainMike).

"Numeracy skills in addition to times tables. Again, over again in addition to and then or so more!" @RandomNumeracy

3. Memorisation

"Go for memorisation through every memorisation technique known to man"  @solvemymaths

For the vast bulk of our students, conceptual agreement is vital. Teaching maths 'properly' is a maths teacher's raison d'être. But these are especial circumstances. Give a depression attaining pupil the chance to acquire a C inwards GCSE Maths - past times whatever agency necessary - in addition to you've opened a window of chance inwards a immature person's life.

• "I uncovering repetition helps. Do things speedily but repeat often".  ‏@MissMathsDla
• "Bring multifariousness to memorisation: flash cards, retentivity Rex (one stands upwards in addition to gets drum curl earlier reciting outset 10 primes, etc)... "  @danicquinn
• "Most of their problems are issues amongst fluency so they can't *get* C/D degree topics when modelled. Remedial operate on number is essential for quite a piece at the start of the year. ... I ever start amongst outset xv squares, outset v cubes, in addition to roots/ cube roots. Make it compulsory to last able to recite them inwards 10 seconds inside a calendar week & time/ game them.  @StuartLock
• "Find interesting ways to reinforce cardinal number concepts; that volition last their most serious need"  @MrMattock
• "You desire lightheaded dances, phrases, gesticulations, daft images to associate...everything". @solvemymaths
• "YMCA becomes y = mx + c... angle sizes memorised past times arm actions... and the circle vocal is a must. Diddle, the median' s the middle"  @7wittermiss.

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 number of people recommended Sticky Studying for memorisation techniques.

4. Resources

"Never allow them allow move of the basics. Drill them inwards every lesson".  @DJUdall

Many teachers recommended resources. The by in addition to large mutual recommendation was Numeracy 5-a-day from Corbettmaths.

Times Table Rockstars was also recommended. @MrReddyMaths suggested adapting it past times educational activity the tables upfront each calendar week in addition to cutting out the music - "Emphasise 'competition' amongst themselves past times highlighting how much they're improving over the week".

Mathsbox was recommended, equally were Andy Lutwyche's resources on TES, Bread in addition to Butter resources from Just Maths in addition to Essential Skills from MathedUp!.

Thanks to @tessmaths for sending me a laid of colourful Foundation Revision Cards from the MA - these volition last really helpful.

@DIRT_expert suggested using Cumulative Starters to construct upwards skills in addition to tackle fear. Students are asked the same questions at the start of each lesson but to a greater extent than questions are added equally they larn novel content.

5. More ideas

"You mightn't taste lessons at times; you'll taste the intellectual challenge it'll give you"  @siobhanorb

Here are or so to a greater extent than things I demand to think most inwards my planning:

• I demand to uncovering out most the literacy levels of my students in addition to their attendance. 
• A few people suggested entering them for Higher GCSE rather than Foundation (there are mixed views on this). 
• @ColleenYoung suggested I create lots of curt mini-tests amongst immediate feedback. 
• ‏@danicquinn suggested mini mocks, where y'all outset operate together on a "mock mock" (same questions, dissimilar numbers) earlier the existent one.
• @NEdge9 talked most the importance of students knowing the important of key words. She said that sometimes they tin give the axe create the maths but can't recollect what the words mean. 
• @missdenzil said that lessons should comprise small tasks, lots of dissimilar activities, rewards, competition, whiteboard work, in addition to mastering basics.

Summary

@MrBenWard summarised the cardinal messages nicely inwards this tweet: 

When I outset come across my novel degree inwards September, no doubtfulness or so things volition conduct maintain me past times surprise. But the advice I received this calendar week has got my caput buzzing amongst ideas in addition to I experience laid - dare I tell excited - to acquire started amongst this class.

Huge thank y'all to all who tweeted in addition to emailed me ideas in addition to resources. In lodge to move on this post a reasonable length, I haven't been able to include all the replies I received, but every unmarried slice of advice was valuable in addition to volition last factored into my planning for side past times side year. Thanks also to @ColinTheMathmo for helping me collate in addition to organise the tweets. 

I'm so grateful that I tin give the axe rely on the maths instructor Twitter community to back upwards me throughout the year. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 challenge lies ahead, but I've got adept advisers at manus to catch me through it.