Carol Knights
@KnighterNerd
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Maths geek. Piper. Butler to two cats. Baker. Kindle addict. Pizzaiolo wannabe. Working in teacher CPD: all views my own.
United Kingdom
Joined March 2011
September's Secondary Round-up is out! Read about the impact on FSM students of Securing Foundations at Year 7, watch Charlie Stripp tackle KS3 reasoning problems, explore the new Oracy in mathematics framework, there's support for Early Career Teachers, and more
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✨ 'The impact of Securing Foundations at Year 7 can particularly be seen on students in receipt of free school meals' 👏 This fully-funded programme is reducing the disadvantage gap 🔗 Read more in @KnighterNerd's new blog post https://t.co/qmUp4prxbf
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Director for Secondary, Carol Knights, shares highlights from an innovative programme aimed at closing the gap in Year 7 maths
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Optimise your scrolling time by taking part in 5 minutes of CPD! Our latest Five Big Ideas video explores fluency in the secondary maths classroom. For the full video 👉 https://t.co/1vqaehHfSi
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📊TIMSS results are in: England’s high maths attainment holds strong, with Year 9 scores showing significant improvement! A testament to pupil and teacher resilience post-pandemic. Find out more👉 https://t.co/LHMD5txp5m
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The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) confirms that England has maintained its high global performance in mathematics
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Secondary maths teacher? 🙋 Heard of the Five Big Ideas in Teaching for Mastery? 🤷♂️ @KnighterNerd explains why these key principles are essential for student success 🙌 Read the feature or watch the full video 👉 https://t.co/n7M5B9QjK2
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If #coremaths taught students only this, it would be worth offering
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🌟 New video alert! 🌟 @KnighterNerd, NCETM's Director for Secondary, introduces our new series on the Five Big Ideas in Teaching for Mastery at Secondary. Check out the full video in the feature on our website 🎬 https://t.co/n7M5B9QjK2
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Welcome to our Secondary Maths Conference at Formy Hall. Steve Wren, HMI, is starting the day with a look into the Maths Subject review. Exciting day ahead for our delegates @NCETM @MathsHubs
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Another fantastic day with these leaders of maths across a MAT. A thought provoking session from Alison Peacock @NCETM @GaynorBahan @CharteredColl @whitneywatsons @CopleyFeona
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…well I’ll take two then please! Absolute bargains to be had in WHSmiths. There were other bags of sweets available for (a maximum of) £2.99 each, so perhaps if you had one of those and one of these Meerkats, it’d be worth it…
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For any non-FB friends who have any vague interest in what I did last week… find the big blue and white bass drum in the middle - I’m immediately in front of it. https://t.co/NLavVssXxS?
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The White Rose HDC Finale performance in the Eksjö International Tattoo, to the whole Tattoo Cast 🎶: 79ths Farewell to Gibraltar
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Can definitely recommend this book. @ProfSmudge
From the author of Algebradabra & Algeburble, MultipliXing contains 100 tasks with 20 weekly sets of 5 daily tasks, giving teachers a fresh perspective on multiplicative reasoning and revealing the diversity of students’ thinking. https://t.co/2Eom5wHDfY
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We’re on the way! Let’s hope I post a happy picture on the return journey in a few hours’ time…
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Fab day so far thinking about number with our Primary colleagues… who ate all the fruit?
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Deadline for applications is the end of March…. I’m very happy to chat if you have questions (about the programme!)
Why not train as an @NCETM Secondary Mastery Specialist? You benefit from sustained PD for your own classroom practice Your school benefits from having someone trained to lead great PD Your community benefits as you work with local schools It's all funded https://t.co/EABNkH8fqE
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Come and join us at conf. ! Support, challenge, friendship, all wrapped around a nugget of mathematics and the teaching of. Nurturing and inspirational 😍. It does have the potential to change how you may think about things. It did for me.
Looking to meet like-minded people from across the mathematical educational sector? Book now for the Joint Conference of Mathematics Subject Associations. 3-5 April 2024. 80 high quality CDP sessions. Full programme and to book https://t.co/TKabpFmh9a
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The first of NCETM’s KS4 PD materials… now live… https://t.co/ZRihgGLOUf
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Theme 7 comprises two core concepts: using structure to calculate and estimate; using structure to transform and evaluate expressions.
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