@beckyhaestier.bsky.social
Teaching secondary maths since COVID. Pianist, cyclist, parent, avid reader. Previously actuary and engineer.
I’d be happy to, if you’re still looking?
December 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I’d be happy to, if you’re still looking?
Quietly delurking: I really value reading posts on here but am still so new to the trade I rarely feel I have much to add. It’s not shyness, just relative inexperience and (possibly) stage fright!
July 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Quietly delurking: I really value reading posts on here but am still so new to the trade I rarely feel I have much to add. It’s not shyness, just relative inexperience and (possibly) stage fright!
Liked the non-obvious questions, particularly at the back. Students commented on the sneaky graph transformation question - were pleased they spotted both steps. More like that please!
June 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Liked the non-obvious questions, particularly at the back. Students commented on the sneaky graph transformation question - were pleased they spotted both steps. More like that please!
Thank you - we used this today
June 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Thank you - we used this today
Send it through - I think you still have my email from paper 2?
June 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Send it through - I think you still have my email from paper 2?
Having received mine recently I have been assured by older relatives that my grandmother, who lost hers in similar circumstances, would have been furious I’m having anything to do with them! Still delighted to have it for myself and my kids.
May 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Having received mine recently I have been assured by older relatives that my grandmother, who lost hers in similar circumstances, would have been furious I’m having anything to do with them! Still delighted to have it for myself and my kids.
This is a great question - similar for me. We do regular “topic ticket” assessments which do get glued into exercise books, and students do larger blocks of independent practice there. I’m curious though… do you get through many whiteboard pens? Do students reliably provide their own?
April 4, 2025 at 5:07 AM
This is a great question - similar for me. We do regular “topic ticket” assessments which do get glued into exercise books, and students do larger blocks of independent practice there. I’m curious though… do you get through many whiteboard pens? Do students reliably provide their own?
That’s fantastic!
March 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
That’s fantastic!
Leaving a mess… pencil shavings, scraps of paper etc when leaving classroom
February 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Leaving a mess… pencil shavings, scraps of paper etc when leaving classroom
Minorly obsessed with this topic. Currently have 10 (maths) topics on repeat for ~10 lesson starters with an emphasis on the number of questions attempted but students do want that reward of getting things right. How do you build that without shifting the focus to results instead of effort?
February 16, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Minorly obsessed with this topic. Currently have 10 (maths) topics on repeat for ~10 lesson starters with an emphasis on the number of questions attempted but students do want that reward of getting things right. How do you build that without shifting the focus to results instead of effort?
Glad to find you here
January 8, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Glad to find you here
That everything can be learned, with work and self belief
December 28, 2024 at 7:00 PM
That everything can be learned, with work and self belief
Watching the class I identified at the start of the year as my “tricky” one focusing hard on a Friday final period, now they believe they can and will learn the material.
December 15, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Watching the class I identified at the start of the year as my “tricky” one focusing hard on a Friday final period, now they believe they can and will learn the material.
Oh that’s lovely! Must be using this for non-calc revision for top set Y11 later this year, thank you!
December 1, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Oh that’s lovely! Must be using this for non-calc revision for top set Y11 later this year, thank you!
I may be misunderstanding this, however when I did my PhD in the early ‘00s it was normal for PhD students to teach the tutorials, and we were glad of the extra pay on top of our grants. Not Oxford but still a decent uni. Or is it lecturing they’re doing on contract now?
November 16, 2024 at 8:36 PM
I may be misunderstanding this, however when I did my PhD in the early ‘00s it was normal for PhD students to teach the tutorials, and we were glad of the extra pay on top of our grants. Not Oxford but still a decent uni. Or is it lecturing they’re doing on contract now?