Will Matthews

9/10 💪

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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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! 👶

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)

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

Thanks Jon!

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

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

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

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

www.resourceaholic.com/2025/04/5-ma...

Hat tips to follow.

#mathstoday #ukmathschat

7/10 🎉

Bullet Tip

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

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

generator.interactive-maths.com/maths-questi...

Tough again this week! 6/10

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?

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

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

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

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.

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. :)

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!

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

Let’s do this 💪

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

Hope all is good!

@vickie-sincock.bsky.social hi! 👋

8/10! 🥳

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

8/10 🎉🎉🎉

Aims for the next few weeks until half term:

✅ revisit what are the key consistencies for T&L for staff.
✅ be courageous in insisting on them
✅ apply the 80% principal before moving on

Don’t forget:
Do less but better.

As ever, huge thank you to @jaydav20.bsky.social for challenge and support.

Likewise, appreciate your insight and sharing ideas. :)

Looking forward to welcoming @jaydav20.bsky.social for a wander around lessons this morning. Always appreciate a different set of eyes to see where we are any what next!

Have managed this in term time. Not sure how. Will probably never happen again. Ever. 🤣