Moviegoing Maths Teachers
I’d heard there was some kind of film awards event in America over the weekend (The Olivers, The Oreos, The Otters?). And whilst I don’t really keep up to date with hip young swingers like Sophia Loren and Ben Kingsley (concerning myself instead with matters maths tutoring), I do like to keep a toe in [...]
Read the whole postNo Flies on Dubai – Maths-Whizzer tops the league
More good news from the Maths-Whizz front line last month. Bella Carnell, at Jumeirah English Speaking School (JESS) in Dubai, scooped two awards for her incredible progress with our Maths tutor: 1. Most improved Year 6 Maths-Whizz student 2. The ‘Achiever Award’ for getting into the Maths-Whizz World Top ten. A quick gander at Bella’s [...]
Read the whole postMaths-Whizz comes to Alderney
Maths-Whizz has made it to the Channel Islands. Alderney, northernmost of the Channel islands, is home to a people nicknamed ‘vaques’ (cows) and ‘lapins’ (rabbits), and home also to the small, but forward-thinking, Ormer House Preparatory School. Ormer House is one of the smallest schools on our books, but it’s testament (we hope!) to the [...]
Read the whole postCarol Counts Up with Cameron
Widely covered on this snowy (at least for London and SE England Whizzers) Monday, is the story of Carol Vorderman’s appointment to a Conservative party panel to tackle UK maths education (and address the parlous state many claim it to be in). Carol will take an unpaid role at the head of the Tory taskforce, [...]
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