September 1999 Available by annual subscription at £10 p.a.

Whole Class Mathematics Projects see page 8

Welcome We would like to welcome Peter Wright, from Crown Woods School, who will be joining the SMILE Team for two years from 1st September 1999 as Maths Consultant. We are all very much looking forward to working with Peter and hope that he will find his new responsibilities stimulating as well as challenging.

I Record Breakers I Graveney School attempting to establish

Cover info The diagrams on the front cover come from one of the Whole Class Mathematics Projects called 'Fractals'.

See page 8.

1 the fastest time (without cheating - using

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Best time recorded : I Staff-Mike Quigley: 1 min 24sec I Student-Edward Wallace: 1 m in 8 sec

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Contents

Conference 1999 .•• and 2000 .................................................................... 2

Curriculum Development 99/2000 ............................................................ 4 Bridging materials for Key Stage 2-3 interface ............................................ 4 Editing 1999/2000 ........................................................................................ 5 Network Changes ........................................................................................ 5 Suggested Change to the SMILE Network 2000 ......................................... 5

New software • Graphing .......................................................................... 6

Whole Class Mathematics Projects ......................................................... 8

Schools List- Pull out section ............................................... Centre pages Percentage Puzzle- Pull out activity ..................................... Centre pages

Feedback .................................................................................................... 9 SMILE Forum Weekend .............................................................................. 9 SMILE Forum Weekend application form .................................................. 10 Don't bin it, use it. ...................................................................................... 11 Dear Splash ............................................................................................... 12

Secondary Induction for NQT's - Mathematics ..................................... 15

Diary .......................................................................................................... 16

Pagel

Conference 1999 ..• and 2000

The 1999 Conference was over-subscribed and we have received positive feed­back from delegates returning evaluation forms.

Dear Smile

~ excellent conference''

"Thank you for a good conference"

"The Whole Class Projects contain really nice ideas to make mixed ability teaching possible with the whole class"

My first SMILE conference and maths teachers from different schools were greeting each other as old friends or being introduced to new ones as we all helped ourselves to generous portion of breakfast. I opened the pack I had been given at reception and found a badge - a proper metal one of the kind you get on birthday cards telling your age - with my name on and a large question mark. Hmmmm. Looking around I noticed others with name badges but with different designs: dice, a geometric pattern, a magician's topper and wand and yes, there was another question mark. Could the symbols on the badges be linked to the various workshops to which we had been assigned? Further peering at badges and hastily exchanged words with the wearers convinced me that they were. I was down for the Problem Solving, and rather thought that I'd just cracked the first one.

Conference began with a useful opening talk, The Mathematics Curriculum in 2000. Then just time to sign up for our choice of afternoon workshop. Making decisions was never my forte, so I signed up for the most intriguing option, Am­nesty International: Bringing Human Rights into the Maths Classroom. lt was an interesting session. We took part in an activity which compared different voting systems and came away with a variety of ideas to try out.

The Shape and Space workshop caught my attention immediately with its pop-up tetrahedron, octahedron and dodecahedron, but how I struggled to make one of my own. I would be very cautious, or much more practised, before introducing this entertaining idea into the classroom. Entertaining aptly describes the contribution by Mike Askew. He had us rolling in the aisles whilst subliminally assailing us with many thought-provoking questions about the meaning of Numeracy and how children interpret - and misinterpret - what they are taught.

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Editing 1999/2000

The trialling of individualised materials this year will have a two-pronged approach:

Editing Group will meet on:

Thursday 7th October 1999 Friday 19th November 1999 Monday 7th February 2000 Tuesday 28th March 2000

Postal Editing will also take place for those departments who would like to be involved with the trialling process but are unable to attend the Editing Group meetings. A member of the SMILE team will try to visit these schools to discuss feedback.

Please contact the SMILE Centre by Friday 17th September if you are interested in trialling SMILE materials - either as a member of the Editing group or as part of the postal editing.

Network Changes

Errors on the 1999 SMILE Network/Activity List 2365 Higher Decimal Win - level 5 Decimals is wrongly numbered on the Network as SMILE 2356

2380 Numberlines (MICRO) Is recorded as Estimation level 4 on the Activity List, and Addition level 3 on the Network - it should be under Ratio level 4.

2381 NumberlinesD (MICRO) Is recorded as Estimation level 6 on the Activity list, it is actually Ratio level 6.

2376 Maths In Your Head (Teacher) is wrongly described as "Reckonings 2" on the Activity List

Suggested Change to the SMILE Network 2000

SMILE 1826 y = mx (Micro+) At present on level?, but should move to levelS, before SMILE 0430 Parallel Lines

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New software • Graphing

The latest SMILE software to run under Windows is Graphing - available this term on CD. Graphing contains two resource programs from the original series, Plotter and Regions.

These focus on linear equations and inequalities allowing students to create lines either by entering the equation of the line, or by identifying two points. Within the resource programs there is the facility to change axis and scales and the resultant lines can be translated or rotated.

Within Plotter, there are five activities which cover the ideas of the Micro+ activities already on the SMILE network, and there will be additional activities which can be printed directly from the software.

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Regions focuses on inequalities, has the flexibility of Plotter, but it also has .. . Foxes and Chickens

The cost of Graphing will be £40 for a single user licence, £80 for 2 - 15, £120 for 16- 50 and £160 for 50+

As mentioned in June's Splash, it was originally intended to include Quad, but in the development of the software, many questions were raised about how far Quad should go?

• Should Quad just stick to quadratic graphs? Students who are working at Level 8 and above will need to explore higher powers of graphs.

• What transformations should be explored? Should the program deal with all possible translations and reflections? Where do you stop? Do SMILE teachers need Quad as a GCSE resource, or as an A level resource?

• The old version of Quad did not have the facility to explore linear equations. The new Windows version could.

• Is there already commercial software which satsifactorily covers the ground that Quad would?

If you have comments on any of the above, please contact the SMILE Centre.

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Whole Class Mathematics Projects The development work for the eight projects has now finished and teachers who have trialled them have found that their students have been highly motivated and challenged by them. The projects provide an excellent opportunity for discussion as well as some brilliant display material. The main hall at the SMILE Conference was totally decorated with display work from the projects, the logo for the project provided the SMILE Conference badges and six of the projects were used as the basis of workshops.

0-Fractals

• - Quadrilaterals and Triangles

c:D- Problem Solving

The other two projects,

• -TV survey and

Each project has:

(i)- Mathemagic

0- Modular Codes

- Fair and Unfair

e- Mappings are also included.

• Clearly identified subject content and range of levels

• Activities to provide differentiation

• Lesson description

• Lesson plans

• Assessment Sheets and Answers where needed

• ICT integrated

• Website addresses and bibliography for additional work

These projects will be available in the autumn term.

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Pull-out section Schools List 1999

SMILE MATHEMATICS lsaac Newton Centre 1 08A Lancaster Road London W11 1 QS Tel. 0171 221 8966 Fax. 0171 2431570 Email. smile@rmplc.co.uk

SMILE Schools and Colleges

List

September 1999

8 page pull-out section

Pull-out section Schools List 1999

Bath and North East Somerset Summerfield Special School Julie Bryson 01225 423607 Wansdyke Special School Mr Conorsmall 01225 832212

Bolton Canon Slade School Mrs Wharmby 01204 591441

Bradford Thackley Woods Centre An ne Carter 01274 630089 Tong Upper School Lee Parsell 01274 681455 Wyke Middle School Brian Lee 01274 678383

Brent Queen's Park Community School An drew Wrigley 0181 4510088 Woodfield School Mrs Bhattacharya 0181 2051977

Brighton and Hove Hamilton Lodge School for Deaf Children Dave Dunlin 01273 682362

Cam den Acland Burghley School Ron Maclean 0171 485 8515 Chalcot School David Williams 0171 485 2147 Haverstock School Byron Sheffield 0171 267 0975 Parliament Hill Girls' School Bridget Perkins 0171 485 7077 South Camden Community School Sharon Kelly 0171 387 0126 Swiss Cottage School Se an McDonald 0171 681 8080 The Children Hospital School Bushra Ellahi 0171 405 9200

Cardiff St Teilo's High School Mary Egan 01222 434700

City of Bristol Bamardos 114 Centre Maggie Saunders 01179 531703 Fulford School Colin Fletcher 01179 649806 Special Education Unit Mike Taylor 01179 515051

City of Plymouth Parkside School Helen Miller 01752 556764 Southway Community College Paul Farley 01752 231003 Tamarside Community College An drew Reeves 01752 213939

Coventry Alice Stevens School Den is AI ban 01203 303776

Croydon Harris City Technology College AI an Harding 0181 771 2261 Norbury Manor High School for Girls Jan Moreland 0181 679 0062

Cumbria Thorncliffe School John Stewart 01229 821235

Devon Okehampton College Jackie White horn 01837 52001 The Community College Chulmleigh Samantha Hancock 01769 580215

Dorset Sherborne Learning Centre Diana Hankins 01935 815233

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Ealing Acton High School Catherine May 0181 752 0005

East Sussex The Causeway School R. Thomas 01323 465700

Enfield Aylands School Mr Webster 01992 761229 West Lea School Carol Ellul 0181 807 2656

Essex Appleton School Carolina Davies 01268 794215 Colchester PRU Jan Johnstone 01206 213704 Harlow College Peter Merrick 01279 868091 Harlow PRU Rachel Mach in 01279 836400 Leverton School Ms Vicars 01277 222785 The Colne Community School Peter Revett 01206 303511 The Ramsden Hall School David Bailey 01277 624580

Gateshead Hill Top School Moira Gifford 01914 692462 Hookergate Comprehensive School Peter Fitzpatrick 01207 542862 Kingsmeadow School Mrs More 01914 606004 The Thomas Hepburn Community School David Royal 01914 694821

Greenwich Charlton Park School Elaine Fisher 0181 854 6259 Crown Woods School Susannah Drazin 0181 850 7678 Eaglesfield School Amjad Malik 0181 856 7156 The John Roan School Meredith Arther 0181 858 8981

Hackney Daniel House Support Unit Chris McKinnon 0171 254 1250 Hackney Free &Parochial CotE Sec. Sch. Jo Dabrowski 0181 985 2430 Haggerston School Lakshmi Hewavisenti 0171 739 7324 Horizon School Richard Glemberg 0171 254 8096 Kingsland School Mr San 0171 254 8722 Stoke Newington School lvor Rushton 0171 254 0548

Hammersmith Fulham Cross Secondary School Brian Stevens 0171 381 0861

Hampshire Cams Hill School G Brown 01329 231641 St Edward's School Alan Taylor 01794 884271 The Kings School Senior Ruth Pi arson 01703 600956 The Mountbatten School s Don ne 01794 502502 The Toynbee Secondary School Keith Green 01703 269026

Haringey Blanche Nevile School for the Deaf Maria List er 0181 374 3394 Gladesmore Community School Tom Stern 0181 800 0884 Hornsey School for Girls Fiona Abankwah 0181 348 6191 Northumberland Park Community School Paul Find low 0181 801 0091

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Harrow Canons High School Karu Somasiri 0181 951 5780 Havering Dycorts School Jenny Stanbridge 01708 343649 Hertfordshire Broxbourne Centre (Comm & Gen Educ) Paul Garcia 01992 466451 Hertford Regional College Paul Garcia 01920 465441 Pinewood School Lesley Bogdin 01920 412211 Hillingdon Meadow School (Moderate Leam. Diffic.) Kim Tyrrell 01895 443310 Mellow Lane School R.A. Hazel dine 0181 5731039 Hounslow PRU (Hounslow) Chris Jones 0181 568 6729 Humberside Sutton Place Safe Centre Gill Gamett 01402 374186 lsli.ngton Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School Maria Oliveira 0171 837 0739 Islington Complementary Education Centre Megan Buckley 0171 607 8367 Mount Carmel RC Girls' School Rachel Whitton 0171 281 3536 Kensington & Chelsea Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School Simon Nye 0171 603 8478 Holland Park School Phil Brady 0171 727 5631 St Charles Catholic Sixth Form College Julia Farkas 0181 968 n55 The Kensington & Chelsea PRU Louis Wellsted 0181 960 1271 Westminster and Chelsea Hospital School Be la Sood 0181 746 8673 Kent Southlands Community Comp. Sch. Phil Newton 01797 364593 Kirklees Fartown High School Colin Jackson 01484 226540 Lambeth Elm Court School Herbie Graham 0181 670 65n Lilian Baylis School I an Clarke 0171 735 3105 Mortimer School Beverley Richardson 0181 6n7521 Norwood School Dave Hersey 0181 670 9382 Stockwell Park School Norma Joseph-Jeffrey 0171 733 6156 Lancashire Edge End High School Mrs Woods 01282 612872 Waterloo Lodge School I an Bell 01257 230894 Leeds The Armley Park Centre An ne Hall 01132 636810 The Merlyn Rees High School Lesley Hirst 01132 702321 Leicestershire Countesthorpe Community College Martin Price 01162 n1555 Leysland High School Nick Cassidy 01162 n1841

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Lewisham Anerley Secondary Boarding School Abraham Quartey 0181 402 2929 Brent Knoll School Lynette Bush 0181 6991047 Catford County Girls' School Helen Suret 0181 697 8911 Deptford Green School Chris Olley 0181 691 3236 Forest Hill School Carole Ward 0181 699 9343 John Evelyn Education Centre Oily Fatodu 0181 690 1485 Pendragon Secondary School Re nee Narotha 0181 698 9738

Luton Lealands High School Laurie Arnold 01582 611600

Manchester Chethams School of Music Eleanor James 01618 349644 Moston Brook High School Alan Braven 01612 02 2244

Milton Keynes The Lord Grey School Linda Lennox 01908 379131

Newcastle Upon-Tyne Benfield School Tony Fisher 01912 656091 Chapel House Middle School John Nollan 01912 678367 Walkerdene School Angel a Gilbert 01912 630261

Newham Lister Community School Simon Round 0181 471 3311 Little llford School Judith Evans 0181 478 8024 Newham 6th Form College Marie Christie 0171 473 4110

Norfolk City of Norwich School Harry Grainger 01603 454015 Hamonds High School Debbie Vollborth 01760 721480

North Tyneside Killingworth Middle School David Chan 01912 008403

North Yorkshire Mowbray School Julie O'Mahony 01677 422446

Northamptonshire Moulton School Peter Smith 01604 790545 Northampton Schools for Girls Geri A owe 01604 499311 St Johns Secure Unit John Staves 01604 858113 Nottinghamshire Clarendon College Lynette Helmore 01159 607201

Old ham Hardman Fold School Carole Hogan 01616 887114 Oxfordshire Lord Williams's School Simon D'Angelo 01844 213681 Peers School James Doyle 01865 774311 Powys Tregynon Hall School Brian Pennington 01686 650330

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Redbridge Wanstead High School Martin Stokes 0181 989 2791

Sefton Clarence House School Mrs Board man 01704 872151

Somerset Kings Hall School William Gates 01823 272431

South Gloucestershire Filton High School Chris Carter 01179 695325 Notton House School Richard Dykes 01249 730407 Vinney Green School Bob Hesford 01179 702286 Westwing School Pat McLevy 01454 412311

Southwark Bethlem & Maudsley Hospital School Marilyn Bond 0181 777 1897 Bredinghurst School Margarite Earle 0171 639 2541 Guys Evelina Hospital School An ne Youltan 0171 955 5000 Highshore School Janis Mahony 0171 639 7211 Kingsdale School Mr Pryce 0181 670 7575 The Education Support Centre Mary Jenkins 0171 732 1119 The Learning Support Service I .A. I tang 0171 525 1150 Warwick Park School Simon Woodage 0171 703 4417 Waverley School Charlotte Town 0171 732 2276

Suffolk Farlingaye High School Chris Moran 01394 385720

Sutton Carshalton High School (Boys) I an Lambert 0181 644 7325 Wandle Valley School Pauline Cummings 0181 648 1365

Swansea Pontarddulais Comprehensive School Tony Holmes 01792 884556

Thurrock Grays Convent High School P. Lindsay 01375 376173 St Chad's School David Atkinson 01375 845381 Thurrock Pupil Referral Unit Margaret Lee 01708 853781

Tower Hamlets Bethnal Green Technology College Mark Jones 0171 720 7900 Cable Street I EC Leesa Sharpe 0171 790 4020 George Green's School Tricia Davis 0171 987 6032 Langdon Park School John Orrell 0171 987 4811 Morpeth School Uzeyir Onur 0181 981 0921 Mulberry School for Girls Paul Ferrie 0171 790 6327 Oaklands School Sarah Shepherd 0171 6131014 Phoenix Secondary and Primary School Marian Wishart 0181 980 4740 Sir John Cass and Redcoat School Val Harding 0171 790 6712 St Paul's Way Community School Dennis Swaine 0171 987 1883 Support for Learning Service Out of School Habib Shah 0171 790 1288 Swanlea School Helen Wright 0171 375 3267

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The Blessed John Roche Catholic School Roland Conibere 0171 987 7028 Tower Hamlets College Rachel McLeod 0171 538 5888 Tower Hamlets Support for Learning Centre Norma Powell 0171 364 6440

Wandsworth Chartfield School Peter Francis 0181 788 7471 Francis Barber John Watkins 0181 672 0771 Garratt Park School Marie Rhodes 0181 946 5769 Graveney School Catharine Darnton 0181 682 7000 Linden Lodge School Mark Pepper 0181 788 0107 Nightingale School Sandra Howe 0181 672 8582 Southfields Community College Wanda Golinska 0181 870 0171

Warwickshire The Trinity School Fiona Williams 01926 428416 The Grange Education Unit Phil Seam ark 02476 335298

West Sussex Muntham House School Sara Watson 01403 730302 The Angmering School Peter Thompson 01903 772351 The Westergate Community College Gareth Good 01243 542921

Westminster North Westminster Commmunity School Dick Gmiterek 0171 641 8406 Pimlico School Roger Nicholls 0171 828 0881 Portland Place School Seok lm Chua 0171 307 8700 Quintin Kynaston School John Davies 0171 722 8141

Overseas The American School of Bolivia Bob Rue I 591 4288577 United Nations International School Abdul Sheir 212 5843047

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Feedback

SMILE Forum Weekend To ensure that SMILE schools have the opportunity to participate in the decision­making process of the SMILE Mathematics project a Residential Forum has been arranged on:

Friday 12th November - Sunday 14th November

The agenda for the weekend will be structured to allow for discussion on:

The SMILE Network The Generation of New materials and "Editing" SMILE Conference - 2000 and beyond Ordering SMILE cards

There will be no cost for the weekend which is open to any SMILE teacher. However places are limited to 20 so if you wish to attend please fill in the applica­tion form on the next page in plenty of time.

Whether or not anyone from your department is able to attend we would really welcome your views. Please raise the issues below at a future department meeting - and send us the minutes!

1. Do you feel that there is too much material on the SMILE Network?

2. Do you want to see new materials developed for individualised learning? If so do you have any comments or possible improvements on that new activities for the SMILE Network are trialled and developed (currently by the Editing Group).

3. Do you want future SMILE conferences to be residential or one-day events? Are you prepared to offer workshops etc, for future SMILE Conferences?

4. Are you happy for certain SMILE cards to be sold in groups? If so, how would you be happy to purchase? By

... Attainment Target and level e.g. purchasing AT 4 level 5?

... type of card - e.g. purchasing a pack of all the investigative material?

... other?

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Title Name

Institution

Address

Post code Contact tel. no.

Diet Vegetarian D Non-vegetarian D I wish to attend the SMILE Forum Weekend on November 12th-14th

Closing date for Applications

Thursday 21st October

print name

signature

Please photocopy this form if necessary

PagelO

Return to: SMILE Mathematics lsaac Newton Centre 1 08a Lancaster Road London W11 1 QS

Feedback

Don't bin it, use it

Sales would indicate that the cards below are not used in many classrooms.

Is this the case?

"Don't bin it, use it" invites you to write in outlining how you've used one of these activities, how students performed, what mathematics they got out of it, whether they made entertaining or noteworthy errors, ... etc.

A class set of the card goes to any letter printed!

0170 Hex

0415 Follow the Path

0471 Border Patterns

0492 The lnseparables

0563 Digit Sum

0585 Three Loops

0675 Cube Cuts

0741 The 38th Triangle Number

0847 Hot Mustard

1301 Three in a Line

1428 Sum and Product

1523 The Red Cube

1639 Quarto

1697 Motorcycle Ratios

1784 The Big Wheel

1823 In and Out

1915 Drawing from Memory

2031 Spiralling Squares Patterns

2042 Ans and Exe

2093 Islamic Patterns in Logo

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Dear Splash Dear Splash

Mathematics teaching at Tamarside, like that in many other Plymouth schools has been based around the SMP 11 to 16 scheme for many years. These resources, particularly those for year 7 and 8 have become rather 'tired', and many of the successful booklets are no longer in print. Consequently in order to investigate available schemes for year 7 (in the first instance) staff went to visit local depart­ments. SMILE resources were included in our research. After considering the merits of each scheme the faculty decided to adopt SMILE in order to continue our commitment to resource-based learning. Factors influencing our decision included the SMILE record keeping system and National Curriculum links. These allow staff to set targets for individual students. We have been particularly impressed with the variety of resources and the support provided by the SMILE Centre.

Andy Reeve

Tamarside Community College

Dear Splash

We write to register our deep concern over the proposal to discontinue the ability to purchase SMILE activities individually.

All Maths departments and teachers have a set of activities that they use much more than others, which therefore need replacing more frequently. With increas­ingly limited budgets, they simply cannot afford to waste any of their spending by being compelled to purchase equal numbers of activities they would not normally order or use.

This decision will therefore further increase the pressure on SMILE departments. The result will either be fewer schools using SMILE as it becomes less economi­cally viable, or schools will have to photocopy more in order to replace their stock. In any event this would mean lost revenue to SMILE mathematics.

This would also work against schools - both "SMILE" and "non-SMILE" who wished to use the resources more flexibly: e.g. to offer a module on, say, area covering 3 NC levels, or teaching a whole class lesson using just one activity. Resourcing such a use of the materials under the proposed scheme would be prohibitively expensive.

A major strength of the SMILE structure and materials is that they allow teachers the flexibility to select individual routes of activities for each student. This is what marks SMILE as different from other individualised schemes such as SMP, and is the basis for the commitment of so many teachers and departments. Given a commitment to using SMILE in this way it would be strange to suggest that ruwru numbers of each activity would be required!

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Whilst we realise that having a large number of activities available for purchase separately contributes much to storage and packing costs, we feel that other possibilities must be considered before any radical steps are taken.

Yours faithfully

Graveney School Maths Department.

Note from the Coordinator

Many thanks to departments whose comments regarding the availability of individual SMILE cards from April 2000 will contribute to the agenda for the Maths Forum in November. Just a few points of clarification in the meantime.

There has not been any suggestion that level packs would become the smallest unit of availability. Photocopying copyright material is illegal and the photocopying of cards should be seen as a cause of increased costs. The overall aim is to minimise cost and price increases, and ensure the continuation of Smile Math­ematics.

Dear Splash

When I first read that individual card orders was to be stopped because of the high cost I was shocked and appalled. However, on reflection I can see it being a positive influence on the SMILE scheme, only if certain changes are made in the make up of the order form.

1. Some cards should be replaced as worksheets. This is because in card form the cards get written on, lost, are poorly done (i.e. 0386) or are simply better as a worksheet (0339).

2. A number of cards are not included in the level order, the reasons for this include that they are rarely set (0146), we already have lots of copies (0473), are poor resources (0127), teach very little (0276), or have been replaced by other materials.

Cont./

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Below are the cards that we do not want included in an order form:

0098 0105 0116 0123 0124 0127 0129 0134 0136 0140 0145

0238 0239 0275 0276 0278 0279 0321 0345 0379 0393 0401

0415 0416 0417 0427 0473 0477 0678 0679 0851 0858 0871

0872 0873 0892 0893 0894 1292 1324 1325 1330 1370 1387

1454 1520 1521 1522 1523 1675 1698 1839 1946 2097 2099

2105

(I have tried to only include cards up to level 6)

The following cards could become worksheets:

0031 0033 0034 0048 0057 0075 0079 0104 0114 0121 0151

0164 0166 0168 0169 0185 0242 0251 0290 0308 0339 0386

0394 0424 0448 0498 0683 0689 0691 0705 0775 1316 1317

1353 1357 1379 1390 1404 1405 1570 1572 1592 1668 1703

1717 1751 1752 1753 1758 1789 1847 1905 1959 2004 2095

The maths department is committed to using the SMILE resources but only if they are affordable, if the cost is not reduced by the methods I have suggested or by other means then other resources will be used instead.

Yours SMILING

MarkJones Bethnal Green Technology College

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Secondary Induction for Newly Qualified teachers • Mathematics

Do you have a newly qualified teacher joining your department this year?

SMILE will be offering the Secondary Mathematics Induction Programme for London schools. This will be held over three whole days on 11th November 1999, 7th March 2000 and 14th June 2000. Each session will last from 9.30 - 4.00. and will be held at the lsaac Newton Centre for Professional Development.

The suggested programme for the year is as follows:

Thursday 11th November 1999 • Mathematics lessons - planning for success

• Activities for Attainment Target 1 - Using and Applying Mathematics advis­ing students on what to do next in an investigation

• ICT and Mathematics - Logo, Dynamic Geometry and Spreadsheets

Tuesday 7th March 2000 • Assessing work against the level descriptions for Attainment Target 1 -

Using and Applying Mathematics

• Strategies for developing students' numeracy skills

• Revision approaches for Key Stage 3 tests and Key Stage 4 examinations

Wednesday 14th June 2000 • Developing a range of learning styles in the mathematics classroom

• ICT and Mathematics - the Internet, graphic calculators and small math­ematics software

• Whole class activities for Attainment Target 4 Handling data

The cost of the three days will be £180 or 3 SMILE INSET vouchers.

If you have an NOT in your department and would like them to attend the induc­tion programme please apply using the application form in the 1999 I 2000 INSET Book, or contact the SMILE Centre.

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Diary Friday 17th September 9:30- 4:00 New to SMILE Deadline for application: Friday 1Oth September

Friday 24th September 9:30 - 4:00 Developing Skills in Non-Calculator Methods Deadline for application: Friday 1Oth September

Tuesday 5th October 2:00 - 4:30 Heads of Department Evaluating the Texas Calculator Based Ranger and its potential for Data Capture

Thursday 7th October Editing Group

9:30-4:00

Friday 8th October 9:30 - 4:00 Supporting Students with Special Needs Deadline for application: Friday 24th September

Tuesday 12th October Year 6n Interface

Visit our web site

9:30-4:00

Friday 15th October 9:30- 4:00 Forum for Mathematics in Special Education (Formerly known as the Off­Site Support and Development Group) This meeting will be focusing on ... Resources to bring Human rights to the Maths Classroom.

Tuesday 2nd November 9:30 - 4:00 Year 6n Interface

Friday 12th - Sunday 14th November SMILE Forum weekend See full details on page 9.

Thursday 11th November 9:30-4:00 Secondary Induction for Newly Qualified Teachers

Friday 19th November Editing Group

9:30-4:00

Tuesday 30th November 9:30 - 4:00 Year 6n Interface

Monday 6th December 2:00 - 4:30 Heads of Department Subject Leadership and Beyond -Professor Hugh Lawlor

For futher details of any of the courses outlined below please see April 1999/ March 2000 INSET book- contact the SMILE Centre if you require an addi­tional copy.

http://www.rmplc.co.uklorgs/smile/index.html

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Percentages Puzzle E9971

• Cut out the numbers at the bottom of this sheet

• Place them on the sheet to make four true statements

• When you have checked your answers record your work.

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This activity has been put forward for editing.

Please photocopy and use with students as required ...

..• and let us have feedback

- by 7th October