Tom Manners
@Mannermatics
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Primary & secondary maths leader / coach / facilitator. Trust Maths Lead @the_atlp PGCE tutor @ArthurTerryTSH @NCETM TfM specialist. Maths SLE & ELE
Birmingham
Joined March 2013
Very proud to have launched my website which I will continue to update. Plenty of free maths CPD videos for secondary and primary including my #ResourceFULL series which have had some great guests exploring the fabulous resources online. Take a look -
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"Excellence in maths will provide the problem-solvers of tomorrow." - a line that shone out from the Government's response to the Curriculum and Assessment Review. So how do we create the problem-solvers? Developing the behaviours of a mathematician! Here's part 2 of a story
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The timing feels somewhat perfect! I had undertaken a fascinating lesson cycle study with a group of teachers looking at creating a problem-solving lesson and I thought it would be worth blogging aboutβ¦. And then the first headlines for the Curriculum reform were shared! So
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Given it is half-term and I struggle to switch off at the best of times, I decided to not write a blog this week! So instead I asked ChatGPT to summarise what I have writing about last half-term in my blogs on https://t.co/9ppKKDKhDM πTom Manners writes pedagogical-focused
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It was a pleasure to run this session! Great attendees collaborating with ideas to support each other :)
It was great to come together for our first Maths Network meeting of the year! An engaging, practical session with useful updates, including how the new Ofsted Framework impacts maths leaders. Thanks @Mannermatics for a brilliant session!
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If you led a middle-school, would your instinct be to hire a secondary-trained teacher or primary-trained to teach KS3? After a middle-school Head told me about his experience, I decided to look into what's the same and what's different between primary and secondary teachers in
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In my blogs ( https://t.co/HQdg9a1niN), I've been writing about primary and secondary transition and the need to develop shared practice. Whilst the research points towards the use of physical manipulatives in secondary maths classrooms, this isn't yet the norm. So, as part of
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New blog! πππ Following my last blog on manipulatives, I explore how responsive teaching in maths depends on more than just rich tasks β it depends on how we notice, interpret and respond to what pupils say and do. Thanks to @MrsJHawkins2007 from @NCETM and @ClaireCraddock2
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This year, I'm doing more external work (if I keep getting offered it!), so I set myself the challenge to blog weekly about maths education, both primary and secondary (releasing a new one each Wednesday!) https://t.co/Q4SzwI465X I've started by covering primary to secondary
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**NEW POST** Are manipulatives just teaching tools β or are they actually one of the most underused assessment tools in the classroom? A simple fraction tower task reminded me that every movement can be data, if we choose to notice. https://t.co/YYSoRlN8dZ
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**NEW POST** Are manipulatives just teaching tools β or are they actually one of the most underused assessment tools in the classroom? A simple fraction tower task reminded me that every movement can be data, if we choose to notice. https://t.co/A5Jh8qUEpJ
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If you think the pupils have to "show workings" to simply get extra marks, you're missing the real reason... https://t.co/gPHnyrGKbt
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