by Gary Pemberton | Feb 6, 2014 | Grade 8, Secondary Maths
This week students across secondary have been completing ISA examinations on Tuesday and Wednesday. Unfortunately I was not in school on Sunday this week so I left my grade 8 students a SAT exam used in the past in the UK to calculate attainment levels at the end of...
by Gary Pemberton | Feb 6, 2014 | Grade 10, Secondary Maths
We are now getting to the parts of the IGCSE Mathematics course that really pushes those students aiming for the higher grades. Last week we introduced work on vectors and today we have been looking at applying these basic skills (and logic) to Vector Geometry…...
by Gary Pemberton | Jan 30, 2014 | Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Secondary Maths
Today in class the grade 7’s listened to a podcast on tips for improving mental multiplication. While the students did find the narrator’s voice annoying, and the blatant advertising frustrating, the students found the tips interesting and useful. I would...
by Gary Pemberton | Jan 23, 2014 | Grade 7, Secondary Maths
This week in mathematics students in grade 7 have been looking at basic number skills. Today we looked at similarities between multiplying and dividing by differing powers of 10, including the decimals 0.1 and 0.01. Common ground was found, for example dividing by...
by | Jan 22, 2014 | Grade 6, Secondary Maths
Students had a lovely visit with Mr. Pemberton today where they discussed how to add, subtract, simplify and work with like and unlike terms. He talked about words like solve and simplify and how they are used. He brought in brackets and how the multiplication symbol...
by Gary Pemberton | Jan 15, 2014 | Grade 10, Grade 9, Secondary Maths
It’s our first school week and students in grade 10 are continuing to prepare themselves for their IGCSE examination. Over the winter break students were asked to prepare presentations on a topic of their choice related to IGCSE mathematics. Today, Valerie,...
