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Ms Byrne

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Secondary Maths. KS3 Lead. NPQLT. Core Maths Specialist Lead. TAM Pure & PD Lead in progress.

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Ms Byrne @msbyrne.bsky.social · May 21

I have almost survived the year! (Just one more unit to go and mocks). If you need any help or a shoulder to scream into (it really can get like that); please reach out ☺️

Ms Byrne @msbyrne.bsky.social · Apr 10

Oh good god that’s horrendous! I thought everyone got 2 weeks. I feel like I want to apologise to you haha

Ms Byrne @msbyrne.bsky.social · Apr 10

Definitely feeling like the only school still going at this point? Any one else still crawling towards the Easter break? 🥱

Ms Byrne @msbyrne.bsky.social · Feb 26

In year 7 #mathstoday I started doing a new type of retrieval - 4 questions at the end of the lesson (after a school-wide change to “do now”s). Worked really nicely, and a factorising question highlighted to them perfectly why it’s so important. Hopefully we’ll see impact in the next assessment! 🤞🏻

Ms Byrne @msbyrne.bsky.social · Feb 26

Raye’s album is incredible, definitely worth a listen if she’s passed you by.

Ms Byrne @msbyrne.bsky.social · Feb 24

In core #mathstoday we did histogram revision, and my brain had obviously not warmed up as they spent a lot of the lesson correcting my mistakes off the visualiser. But that’s a good revision activity right - spotting the mistake? 😂

Ms Byrne @msbyrne.bsky.social · Feb 24

Back in school today, and it really felt like we’d never been away. Too soon for a count down to Easter? 🙈

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Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · Feb 15

*NEW* Making Retrieval Practice Actually Work: Seven Essential Principles for Teachers to Know ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...

Ms Byrne @msbyrne.bsky.social · Feb 10

For year 13 Core #mathstoday we were looking at AER and APR. Took them right back to some GCSE algebraic manipulation skills, but doesn’t seem to feature heavily in exams historically so won’t be spending more time on it now.

Ms Byrne @msbyrne.bsky.social · Feb 5

#mathstoday included arguments about how to teach year 7 factorising. Prime factor trees or grid method? Either way, blown away by the level of maths our 7s are doing with Mosaic! Just need to look at our retrieval practice to make sure their new skills don’t wither.

Ms Byrne @msbyrne.bsky.social · Feb 5

#mathstoday (yesterday) was a full day of Year 12 as we did Maths Fest live stream. It was brilliant, Numberphile Live Show is how I’ve described it to others. We got them to bring in snacks and mugs, and had an hour of puzzles before it started. Fully fully recommend for next year!

Ms Byrne @msbyrne.bsky.social · Feb 3

I’ve been teaching it since I started teaching in 2020, and I’m a big advocate for it. If you need any help with it or anything, just shout! ☺️

Ms Byrne @msbyrne.bsky.social · Feb 3

We do, but we run it over 2 years. Gives some breathing room, and plenty of time for revision. We tried moving to 1 year for next year; but it wouldn’t work in timetabling more hours.

Ms Byrne @msbyrne.bsky.social · Feb 3

We have 18 in Year 13, and 15 (I think) in Year 12. You?

Ms Byrne @msbyrne.bsky.social · Feb 3

Edexcel for Maths, AQA 2B for Core

Ms Byrne @msbyrne.bsky.social · Feb 3

Absolutely! I’m just coming from a core maths background where there isn’t the back catalogue of exam papers for them to complete. It’s a very welcome change! Haha

Ms Byrne @msbyrne.bsky.social · Feb 3

I’d like to do this before their mock next HT! Not sure I’ve fully prepped them for expectations in A Level at this point.

Ms Byrne @msbyrne.bsky.social · Feb 3

In #mathstoday we had a department meeting where we discussed our new KS3 scheme of work, Mosaic, and how each of us is adapting resources to make it work for our sets. Nice to have an opportunity to talk maths and pedagogy ☺️

Ms Byrne @msbyrne.bsky.social · Feb 1

I don’t know how I would have coped as an NQT teaching Core Maths without the support and CPD from AMSP. A Level would have been a much more terrifying prospect without the TAM course. Cannot understand the rationale in the current climate, and gutted for future teachers. Furious doesn’t cover it.

Dave Jones @davegjones.bsky.social · Jan 30

This is a bad call from our Labour Government. I haven't met a maths teacher that has a bad word to say about the AMSP. As someone that has benefited from their work I feel sorry for new teachers that will have to miss out. mei.org.uk/changes-to-t...

Changes to the Advanced Mathematics Support Programme - MEI

Due to financial challenges faced by the government, the DfE has made the difficult decision to reduce funding for the…

Ms Byrne @msbyrne.bsky.social · Feb 1

That’s good it’s staying in some format. I wouldn’t have felt comfortable taking on A Level without the support of AMSP, really gutted about the changes coming.

Ms Byrne @msbyrne.bsky.social · Feb 1

I had Simon come in, it felt as much like a therapy session after as it did feedback! 😂 I’m so grateful for his input and ideas. The course as a whole is just brilliant, some of the best CPD I’ve ever done.

Ms Byrne @msbyrne.bsky.social · Jan 31

That was where I was headed, just chunked it up a bit before we got to that. The calls of “eurgh that’s the same answer and I’ve cleaned my whiteboard already!” was quite amusing! 😂

Ms Byrne @msbyrne.bsky.social · Jan 31

This has been a game changer!! The 5/6s are sat in a group further from me, I know I have to get to them but i can secure the others before I go to them. It’s making 5/6s also be more independent. And their struggle isn’t the loudest thing I hear every lesson so I feel 10 times better! Thank you!

Ms Byrne @msbyrne.bsky.social · Jan 31

Also in #mathstoday I had my TAM observation. Brilliant reflection session afterward, and comforting having someone come in and see the chaos that can be my large class. But i am really looking forward to playing with GeoGebra over the next few weeks ☺️ Any tips or ideas very welcome!

Ms Byrne @msbyrne.bsky.social · Jan 31

In #mathstoday we started integration: highlighted the need for +c by getting them to diff to the same gradient function from different functions. The groan was loud when they realised; but their paired conversations about why it was needed were then quite lively!