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Will Matthews @mrwmatthews.bsky.social · Jun 20

9/10 💪

Penny W @pennywpennyw.bsky.social · Jun 20

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Will Matthews @mrwmatthews.bsky.social · Jun 17

We line up at the end of each break for years 7-9 as a clear way to signal the end of unstructured time and find it really helps the shift from social time to lesson time.

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Will Matthews @mrwmatthews.bsky.social · Jun 17

What a week last week was!

Started with being successful in a Vice Principal interview at my current school (role starts September 🎉) and ended with the birth of child 4! 👶

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Will Matthews @mrwmatthews.bsky.social · May 10

Incredibly proud to be one of those 1:1 device schools. (Although the critical next step is ensuring they are used to enhance learning and teaching)

Teacher Tapp @teachertapp.bsky.social · May 10

Devices in schools – what's happening?

🖥️ 15% of primary & 20% of secondary teachers say students have 1:1 devices
📵 3% of primary & 21% of secondary teachers say some students have no access at all
👩‍🏫 Most schools rely on shared mobile units

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Will Matthews @mrwmatthews.bsky.social · May 9

Thank you. I’ll speak to our head of maths.

Will Matthews @mrwmatthews.bsky.social · May 7

Thanks Jon!

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Will Matthews @mrwmatthews.bsky.social · May 7

Thanks Rob
Our HoD is thinking of moving to it for September.
Have you found it useful for use in lessons too?

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Will Matthews @mrwmatthews.bsky.social · May 6

Any maths teachers out there use or have used Complete Maths?

@mathsjem.bsky.social would be grateful of a share. :)

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Jo Morgan @mathsjem.bsky.social · Apr 26

New! My 189th gems post. Ideas, resources and updates for maths teachers. Mainly revision resources in this one! 💎

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Hat tips to follow.

#mathstoday #ukmathschat

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Will Matthews @mrwmatthews.bsky.social · Apr 20

7/10 🎉

Penny W @pennywpennyw.bsky.social · Apr 18

🔹🔷🟦 #FridayQuiz 🟦🔷🔹

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Will Matthews @mrwmatthews.bsky.social · Apr 12

Bullet Tip

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Dan Rodriguez-Clark @interactive-maths.bsky.social · Apr 2

I have been using these weekly to help with negative numbers skills of my year 7 class. I create 2 sets so pairs can't copy. The deal is when they all get 18+ in the same quiz, I will buy the class a cake.

Make them in seconds using my generator

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Worksheet with 20 negative numbers questions, copied 3 to a page.

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Will Matthews @mrwmatthews.bsky.social · Mar 28

Tough again this week! 6/10

Penny W @pennywpennyw.bsky.social · Mar 28

🔹🔷🟦 #FridayQuiz 🟦🔷🔹

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Michael Tidd @michaelt1979.bsky.social · Mar 21

Do I have any connections who have expert knowledge of CTF files for school transfer, who might be able to help me with a question?

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Will Matthews @mrwmatthews.bsky.social · Mar 21

The less said about this week's score the better....

Penny W @pennywpennyw.bsky.social · Mar 21

🔹🔷🟦 #FridayQuiz 🟦🔷🔹

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🔹 Share your score below with a gif
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Happy #Friday!

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Will Matthews @mrwmatthews.bsky.social · Mar 20

We’ve focussed on three things:
Modelling
Questioning
Checking for understanding

This week, we’ve looked at using a hinge question.

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Will Matthews @mrwmatthews.bsky.social · Mar 20

Having a consistent, easy to use T&L guide has been invaluable for us. Plus, SLT roam each lesson and feed back to HoDs where they have or haven’t seen what we have worked on.

Also, make sure that it is a small thing that people can use straight away.

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Will Matthews @mrwmatthews.bsky.social · Mar 20

Staff come to our board room during their tutor groups assembly time. Roughly 10 mins input and then 10 mins to plan in to use later that day and beyond. All staff get the same session over the course of a week. :)

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Will Matthews @mrwmatthews.bsky.social · Mar 20

Getting this email has made my day. Deliberate practice is a significant driver in our rapid school improvement journey, underpinned by excellent support from the trust & @jaydav20.bsky.social

On top of a really positive school review process and outcome earlier this week, I can’t help but smile!

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Will Matthews @mrwmatthews.bsky.social · Mar 18

Beautiful blue skies over Brixham College today for our second day of external review by Incyte.

Let’s do this 💪

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Will Matthews @mrwmatthews.bsky.social · Mar 16

That is seriously impressive. I was pleased with my 8/10 this week!

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Will Matthews @mrwmatthews.bsky.social · Mar 16

Hope all is good!

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Will Matthews @mrwmatthews.bsky.social · Mar 16

@vickie-sincock.bsky.social hi! 👋

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Will Matthews @mrwmatthews.bsky.social · Mar 15

8/10! 🥳

Penny W @pennywpennyw.bsky.social · Mar 14

🔹🔷🟦 #FridayQuiz 🟦🔷🔹

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Will Matthews @mrwmatthews.bsky.social · Feb 1

I’m pretty sure that you can get an external mic for an iPad that will improve sound quality.

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