News December 2008

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Out and about with the team in November

Liz

• launched an exciting new project for primary teachers in Devon in conjunction with Devon Education Services. The participating teachers worked on the Magic Vs problem with Liz, reflecting on what makes this problem a 'rich task'.
• led two video conference days with Motivate. Each conference focused on mathematical games and was aimed at 8-10 year olds. You can find out what we got up to on the Motivate website .
• worked with Michael Hall (Haringey LA) during the second curriculum development day of the Creativity and Confidence Project . Teachers on the project reported back about the NRICH activities they had tried with their classes. We grappled with several important issues that arose in discussion - that games can offer accessible starting points for all children; that hint cards and mini-plenaries can provide ways to support children as they work on problems; that it is often appropriate to record 'evidence' using photographs or by annotating plans as opposed to expecting lots of written recording from children.
• continues to develop primary resources for the website with other members of the primary team.

Jenny

• As part of the Engaging Mathematics For All project, Jenny visited a number of schools and worked with staff on planning and delivery. At Thomas Deacon Academy in Peterborough, Jenny was filmed using the problem Magic V's, a problem published on the site in November. The recording was used for staff development at the end of the day.
• Ran one of the workshops on the Enriching Mathematics project in Tower Hamlets.
• Taught two sessions on problem solving on one of the masters courses in the Faculty of Education.
• Ran a full-day workshop for Subject Leaders in Telford.
• Attended a public engagement seminar in Birmingham.

Steve

• Started work on creating curriculum mapping documents for the applied A-level mathematics modules.
• Spent a lot of time on site content development, technical issues, developing the new website and working on new resources which will appear over the next few months.
• Spent some time using and thinking about ways in which AskNRICH could be developed to be even more effective.
• Tidied up lots of loose ends concerning the bioNRICH resources. The bioNRICH project was launched on the NRICH site on 1st December.
• Spent time thinking about the structure of engNRICH, a section of the website which will be used to provided mathematical activities relevant to the study of engineering.
  
  
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• Continued to work with schools involved in the Engaging Mathematics for all Learners Project . Filming was carried out at two of the schools which will feature in a Teachers' TV programme about our work.
• Continued running weekly after school sessions for over forty Year 8 students on the Enriching Mathematics Project in Tower Hamlets.
• Continued to work with students from the schools involved in the Independent-State School Partnership Project in Wimbledon.
• Finalised plans for the second Fast Forward Study School, due to take place at the end of this term.
• Ran a session at the Cambridgeshire Subject Leaders' meeting on how NRICH can support the work of teachers.
• Continues to develop Stage 3 resources for the website.
  
  
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Other Activities

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