The students use a website called RadioWaves to run their own magazine. Very cool stuff and a brilliant experience for the students. You can read the Venture Student Magazine here.

You might be reading this thinking where has all the stuff gone that was on this website before?

I’m just in the process of changing some of the menus and some of the ways the articles I write on this website are filed.

It should all be clearer soon!

I’ve tried to come up with five interesting and meaningful ways you can quickly and easily introduce some numeracy into your non-Maths lesson.

Click here to download the PDF of “give me five” for most subjects.

Below is an extract from the document to give you an idea of it’s contents:

I’ve either invented these ideas myself, heard other people talk about them, or in several cases, borrowed them from other websites, worksheets, documents and publications which I’ve used in the past.  But what have I missed?

Please add your ideas below as comments.

It features three Maths games which can be played on varying difficulty levels.  I’m hoping the app supports being projected onto the screen but I’ll have to try that out tomorrow.

Click here to get it in iTunes.

The man is a legend and so to receive this video, and a mug and badges, was really awesome!

The Students made an awesome start to the 2011 Four Nations Maths Challenge today.

At the end of the school day the stats were:

• 15th in England
• 5 students in the top 100
• 3 classes in the top 50

I was delighted to attend the first STEM specific Teachmeet in Norwich yesterday.

Teachmeets are a great way to share best practice and get out of hours CPD with likeminded teachers.

It was an excellent programme with something for everyone including:

• Rachel Jarrold (Wymondham High School)
• Jan Cockburn (CREST co-ordinator)
• Leslie Whyte venables (STEMNET)

As if that wasn’t enough we also got hands on with some homemade STOMP rockets!

I’ve grabbed some good resources for the Science department too.  We are in the process of developing our role into a regional hub and so it was great to meet many of the people involved in a variety of activities locally.

You know a little bit of mental Maths first thing is going to be awesome for the kids and getting them ready for the day.

Blast works like this:

• Get all the student standing up
• Fire out some mental Maths questions e.g. 5×7
• The first hand up gets to answer
• If the student gets the answer right they get to blast someone else out of the game
• If it’s wrong they blast themselves out
• The last student standing wins

Try it out and let me know what you think!

Absolutely loving My Money Week.  Here is how the week is looking for Mathematical/Money stuff:

Monday – Using games on My Money website as an introduction

Tuesday – What would you spend £100 on to improve the Academy.  Most innovative ideas get voted on and then put into practice

Wednesday – Financial discussions

Wednesday PM – Fortunity

Thursday – INSET day

Friday – TBA

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