Mr Collins Maths (He/Him)

My sideways step from Teaching to Healthcare is going wonderfully. While I miss the classroom, kids, and maths, the work/life balance is back to healthy and, frighteningly, it is far less stressful working for the ambulance service than working in education.

@jobrassington 29, just because I think you look younger than me! My students have guessed my age at 24 and 36 - which as an average is actually really good

I hope, as a classroom teacher, I have the confidence to stick to my guns and speak up. I'm damn well going to try.

Also feeling the biggest indicator of good EDI, like many things, is not what you say but what you do. Seems a lot of talk that boils down to sweeping things under the carpet, or figurehead roles mounted on paper thin walls.

I think the biggest lie in teacher training has been 'This is the hardest part'. I'm hoping the same isn't true of 'It gets much easier next year'...

Mind blown

Thank you, and good night 🌹

@DrAdamBrett Ooh I like it, disrupt

Could someone please just decide if it's EDI or DEI though?

"Do not mistake composure for ease" (Tuvok, 2371)

Final assignment complete, submitted, and forgotten. On to the holiday.

"Keep a sense of proportion. There is more to life than mathematics." (Mathematical Association, 1995, p11)

@DrAdamBrett Absolutely, just really enjoyed the first day of Primary! I did a Primary placement at university and it made me seriously wonder about going into Primary instead of Secondary back then, and one of the class teachers here used to be a secondary teacher.

Second time in my life I'm having phase doubts..

Switching off all my end of lesson alarms on my smart watch 😌

Last 2 days of teaching before my Easter break... the next 9 hours are gonna be rough.

@mathsmrgordon @sxpmaths Similarly 3n+12 for n=2, n=4, n=6, n=8, ... Or any n=2m

@sxpmaths Thanks Stuart! Ahhh yes change it to 2n+7

You can now download editable versions of each of my fingertip knowledge booklets for GCSE HIGHER for each of number, algebra, geometry and measure, charts and averages and probability at my TES shop tes.com/teaching-resou…

@JakeGMaths So, click the folder, and on the menu hit the three dots and change source from local to Google drive

@MathsCollins What do you mean by "from Google Drive"?

@JakeGMaths Just trying out infinity whiteboard with my laptop and Galaxy S4 Lite. Both connected to the same room on Chrome. The two PDFs in the center were uploaded on the tablet but only show on the laptop? The left PDF was uploaded on the laptop, shows on both.