I count myself as one of the lucky ones, I get to walk to work and on my rather pleasant walk I pass a lot of trees. At the moment the leaves are everywhere, in their vast variety of colour and shape, which never ceases to amaze me. As I walked to work today I looked at the different leaf shapes and wondered how many of the trees they came from I could identify?
As a tree detective I looked for… Read more
Celebrate National Tree Week
Posted by Rachel Jackson on 20th November 2012
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What links the Soroban, a Welsh website, the new primary mathematics curriculum and the difficulty A-level students have getting to grips with logarithms?
Posted by Steve Lyon on 8th November 2012
I like listening to BBC Radio 4’s ‘Round Britain Quiz’. I am amazed how the panellists can link together seemingly unrelated clues. I always feel very pleased with myself if I can decipher just one part of a clue in any episode. Usually I just feel confused. So where do we start when trying to unravel my question? - What links the Soroban, a Welsh website, the new primary mathematics… Read more
A Sense of Number - using the Soroban in primary mathematics
Posted by Rachel Jackson on 8th November 2012
Who knows their times tables? I have to confess I didn’t, until I became a primary school teacher and learnt them along with my classes. I remember learning them at school myself but why had I forgotten them? Why is it I can remember song lyrics from hits in the 80’s but not 8 x 8? I started thinking about how we teach and learn number and what makes us remember number facts and times tables,… Read more
Just how big is a big number?
Posted by Steve Lyon on 7th November 2012
It all started just after we had finished Sunday dinner. All the family sat at the dining table ready for this never to be forgotten moment. Not the fact that we were allowed to have a laptop on the dining table, but Felix Baumgartner’s epic free fall from the edge of space. The whole family were gripped. Once he had landed safely the questions started from my eleven year old son. How far up… Read more
Encouraging the greater participation of girls in STEM makes good business sense
Posted by Michele Jones on 29th October 2012
Despite improvements in the workplace and employment conditions women remain seriously under-represented in some areas of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
In my opinion encouraging the greater participation of girls in STEM makes good business sense, since by not tapping the potential skills of females, employers are reducing the pool of possible recruits.
The website… Read more
Make 5th November go with a bang!
Posted by Rachel Jackson on 25th October 2012
This week is chemistry week in America so as the new draft primary curriculum wants us to look at biographies of famous scientists I was set thinking about famous British chemists. A chat with a colleague and we were delving into the life and times of Sir Humphrey Davy.
I remembered from my school days learning about how he had developed a safety lamp in response to a call for help from miners in… Read more
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