Onslow Tutoring - Key Stage 2/3/4 Maths

Watch this if you’re interested in groundbreaking approaches in education - love her or hate her, Katharine Birbalsingh is making waves and having an impressive impact on kids’ lives! 🤓

Britain’s Strictest Headmistress Episode 1 Katharine Birbalsingh is happy to be labelled Britain’s Strictest Headmistress.

Just had my first day tutoring at Guildford County School (COVID catch up sessions) which went really well. Lovely students and staff! 🥰

Pearson Edexcel have today issued FREE GCSE revision resources for Higher and Foundation papers. Check it out here under “free topic tests”https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/GCSE/mathematics/2015/teaching-and-learning-materials/GCSE_Mathematics_Advance_Information_Revision_Support.pdf

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KS2 SATS past papers are available here if you want to do any practice with your kids... Mark schemes are also an interesting read, e.g. when workings lead to extra marks etc. http://satspapers.org/ks2maths2016onwards.htm

Know someone in need of an extra boost for their GCSE maths revision? I'm holding daily revision sessions via Zoom over the half term holiday.

Do you know your prime numbers from your composites? (Primes have only 2 factors). Is 91 a prime number? Let the Sieve of Eratosthenes work its magic and show you! P.S. It's pretty hypnotic... 👀https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieve_of_Eratosthenes

Sieve of Eratosthenes - Wikipedia It does so by iteratively marking as composite (i.e., not prime) the multiples of each prime, starting with the first prime number, 2. The multiples of a given prime are generated as a sequence of numbers starting from that prime, with constant difference between them that is equal to that prime.[1]...

I’m often asked by GCSE students when to use each of the 4 different methods for solving quadratic equations. Here I set out each method and offer some pro’s and con’s to each. 🤓📚

One of my favourite topics to teach = quadratics 🤓 Test yourself on this “open middle” question - you need to know how to factorise quadratics and “complete the square” - solution here: https://www.openmiddle.com/identical-quadratics/

Have a go at these GCSE maths questions. Easy peasy? 🤓

Great free resource - 5 questions a day - by to test KS2 maths knowledge and skills

Sir David Attenborough’s new Green Planet series, aimed at 7-11 year olds. Looks v interesting! 🤓

Who’s in need of a tropical adventure? 🙋🌴

We can’t whisk you away to somewhere exotic, but to celebrate the launch of BBC's ground-breaking new natural history series, presented by Sir David Attenborough, we're taking you on an investigation of the incredible world of plants and super strong animals with BBC Teach.

Join the Bitesize: The Regenerators - The Green Planet Live Lesson on 12th January at 11am. Get involved here 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/live-lessons/bitesize-the-regenerators-the-green-planet-live-lesson-1/zj4gg7h

Plant a seed in your class’ minds with these resources 👉 https://www.twinkl.co.uk/l/aenq8

New Covid rules for schools this term: what you need to know All the new guidelines and latest announcements for the start of the Spring term

Is your child feeling anxious about the return to school? Here are some tips… 👌🏻

Start the new year with Maths as your friend 🤓

Just came across this multiplication table, drawn to scale - by - the size/area of each box corresponds to the product of each pair of numbers! And square numbers are squares. 🤓 More info here: https://thechalkfaceblog.wordpress.com/2017/04/29/the-true-scale-multiplication-grid/

Cuisenaire rods are great for exploring mathematics and learning mathematical concepts. Also great for building Christmas trees! 🎄🎁🧑‍🎄 🤓 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuisenaire_rods

Looking for ways to entertain the kids over the holidays? Origami is your friend! You just need paper and a pair of scissors… https://www.goodto.com/family/things-to-do/how-to-make-an-origami-christmas-tree-573504/amp

Little Christmas puzzle to get the grey cells working while we all eat mince pies and drink Baileys… 🎄- from mathsisfun.com - Send me your answers but “don’t forget to show your workings” 🤓

“36% of 15-24 year olds in the UK feel anxious about maths,” according to the Maths Anxiety Trust Summit Report (2018). Maths anxiety can start when children are very young, learning basic number skills, and COVID homeschooling has only made things worse. Pearson have created an infographic to highlight the issue as it requires urgent attention to restore children’s confidence and numeracy.

Want to improve your memory? Help your child study towards exams? READ THIS! 🤓https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/forgetting-curve.htm

The Forgetting Curve: Why We Forget, and What We Can Do About It The Forgetting Curve shows how fast we forget new information we learn. Discover strategies to prevent this and to improve your memory.

Simple-to-use (no login), FREE, resource for students to to test number bonds, times tables, square numbers, cube numbers... Recommended by maths teachers. 🤓
https://www.drfrostmaths.com/resources/timestables.php #

DrFrostMaths.com DFM is a huge bank of free educational resources for teaching mathematics, with full sets of slides, worksheets, games and assessments that span Year 7 to Further Maths and enrichment resources with a Maths Challenge/Olympiad focus. We are working hard on a new platform for setting, building and mon...