Mr K Gibson Maths

What are people's plans for Whitsun revision sessions? Looking for something different to just more practice papers. We've done loads of those already. Don't want more of the same. Want it to feel different to anything else we've done so far. #mathschat

@Just_Maths The perfect answer, thanks!

@MrKGibsonMaths Yep … I’ll post later this evening when I’m home x

@Just_Maths can we expect the annual post-paper revision topic lists from you guys again this year?

And once again, I'll recommend @TheCardinalBlk, but this time for their newest release, Midnight at the Valencia. Another superb album - get it in your ears!

@LiamWilkinson79 I know this account is, but there are other non-parody ones saying very similar stuff. All very bizarre!

@MrKGibsonMaths He's taking the piss 😉

@EmporiumMaths Brilliant, thank you.

@EmporiumMaths Hi, I have downloaded all of these and they are going to be very helpful, but could you update the mark scheme for Grade 7 paper 2H please as it does not match the question paper? Thanks.

For anyone looking for some new, soulful, easy listening music to mark along to, look no further than the newly released debut album #JanuaryCameClose by @TheCardinalBlk. Superb stuff, what a smooth voice Tom Hollister has.

@kitmalthouse Please please get into as many schools as possible (not just the 'nice' ones!) and see the reality before jumping to making statements and announcing plans. Listen and HEAR what staff have to say. Recruitment and retention is a massive priority #EducationSecretary

Bit of a discussion this morning between our dept staff as to where to place the operation sign in the written methods. Thought I would open up discussion here to see what the general consensus is. So, A or B? Example in thread below for clarification #mathschat

We looked in a variety of textbooks and there was inconsistency across those too...

@MissBSmith1995 It's online and you do it in your own time. It has to be done on the right day but you can dip in and out of it if necessary. Its not a live training session, so you are in co trol of the speed in which you progress through it.

Has anyone done the Edexcel marking before? The standardisation day, will I need to book that off work or is it an evening session?

@Kerry24601 Panic over! Turns out, if you repeatedly type in 0.3699 instead of 0.03699 as the probability you will repeatedly get the same wrong answer! Who knew?! Is it nearly end of term yet...?

@MrKGibsonMaths Sorry sir……X is for x-ray, B is for Bravo, 20 is our number and P is for papa (our papa is known) then last one H is for hotel. The answer is incorrect because when I checked the number which clearly are coordinates for the Hotel it rejected them!!! Tops marks or what?? 👍🏼

Either I'm doing something stupidly wrong, or the answer of 0.00184 given in the book is not correct... can someone please confirm either way?!

@Kerry24601 I'm afraid I'm going to need to see your workings please...!

@MrKGibsonMaths Is not correct…………

I can't even begin to explain how much I agree with this! Are we meant to be doing what is right for the kids or just trying to give false impressions of the schools and pandering to parents' egos who question our professional judgments?

@naveenfrizvi Absolute rubbish. What a massive, sweeping statement that is...

And this is why schools who claim to have great behaviour policies actually don’t. You walk into classrooms and see children talking not about the lesson. They usually don’t get the work done, too. The top schools in the country have silence in their lessons.

@missroberts21 Routine, routine, routine...

I’m creating a blog post on ‘20 tips for new teachers’ SO teachers, what are your top tips for trainees/NQT’s?