Hello all Apologies that the bulletin is a bit late this week, I have been distracted by all of the exam reviews. It has been very interesting to analyse all the data from the summer examinations. Here are some highlights: 80% of the cohort from Bluecoat Wollaton achieved grade 4+ which was the highest proportion to … Continue reading 24/09/18

Hello all This past fortnight I have attended INSET sessions at NES and the TeachMeet's at BAA and both have spoken about the value of collaborative learning so in this bulletin I would like to talk a little about a collaborative learning strategy that I have planned into a Year 10 lesson (lesson 9). Before I … Continue reading 17/09/18

Hi all Hope your first week back has gone well! Year 10 Lessons – Trigonometry I hope you are finding these lessons easy to follow and effective at securing your pupils’ understanding of the Sine Ratio. These lessons introduce trigonometry much slower than perhaps you have introduced trigonometry before. This is intentional with the aim … Continue reading 10/09/18

Hello everyone, welcome back and a warm welcome to those staff new to the Archway Learning Trust. I hope everyone has had a fantastic summer break and is excited for the new school year ahead. I am very excited to be starting my new role as assistant principal for responsibility for Mathematics across the trust … Continue reading Welcome Back

A big thank you for all of your contributions at this half term’s MAT pedagogy session. What a luxury it is to have the time to be able to work with colleagues from across our trust and share our experience and best practice. Thank you also to the SCITT team for allowing us to host … Continue reading MAT PEDAGOGY SESSION FEBRUARY 2018

Thank you to Emmanuel for hosting this half term's MAT pedagogy session. It's great to get to know our new colleagues and to start working together more regularly. The documents from the session are attached below. I would encourage departments to work collaboratively to complete the Key Learning Point Breakdown sheet when planning new units … Continue reading MAT Pedagogy Session December 2017

Hello everyone, and a special welcome to our Emmanuel colleagues. MAT pedagogy session This year's bulletins will start with a summary of the MAT sessions. You will also find any presentations and documents from the sessions here. Our first Archway MAT maths session looked at the big idea of variation through the lens of coordinate … Continue reading MAT pedagogy session October 2017

Hello Maths, The Friday bulletin is back after a short break. I was intending to write one last weekend while I was on the revision weekend with Beechdale year 11's but I was having way too much fun. No, really! The weekend was organised to give students who don't usually have a good space to … Continue reading 19th May

Whenever people ask me who my hero is, I always say Malcolm Swan. Malcolm sadly passed away earlier this week, so I wanted to share a few memories with you. As all Maths teachers who completed their PGCE at Nottingham University, I was brought up with Malcolm's Shell Centre material in the early days and … Continue reading 28th April

Welcome back everyone. I hope you all had a restful holiday and a productive week back. This half term is all about years 11 and sixth form and getting them ready for their exams. New resources are popping up all the time, so do share if you find any new and useful ones. I like … Continue reading 21st April