Teaching through the pandemic 6 – James Cresswell

James Cresswell teaches at a large secondary school in Suffolk where ability-setting in maths is well established, for all year groups. To reduce movement and numbers of contacts during the pandemic, the school took the decision to teach Key Stage 3 in their mixed attainment form groups in autumn 2020. This has been a big change for the department, and James tells us how he has made the most of it.

Show notes

Taking part in the discussion are:

James Cresswell: maths teacher at a secondary school in Suffolk

Gwen Tresidder: NCETM Communications Manager

Episode chapters

05:36 - How have your lessons changed?

12:06 - Where have you got support and ideas from?

14:46 - How have students and parents reacted?

Useful links

James Cresswell tweets as @mathsmrc.

During the conversation, James mentions:

• Helen Hindle interview on Mr Barton Maths Podcast
• Variation theory website from Mr Barton Maths
• Mixed attainment maths website
• Resourceaholic website
• Maths4everyone website
• Attending online maths conferences – these were the Complete Maths conferences 23 and 24. Conference 25 is on 13 March 2021.
• The NCETM’s Tuesday evening Twitter chat (7-8pm) #mathscpdchat – open to all.