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30 October 2018
Event Title: Meridian Maths Event Save the Date
Presenter: John Mason
Date: 30th October 2018
Time: tba
Summary: Internationally renowned author of ‘Thinking Mathematically’, John will share some brand new research.
Venue: London Road Campus, University of Reading
Cost: tbc
Branch Contact name: Please email any enquiries to Laura Teague
30 June 2018
Title: Practising Mathematics - Developing the Mathematician as Well as the Mathematics
Presenters: Dave Hewitt and Tom Francome
When: Saturday, 30th June
Time: 9:00am-12:15pm
Where: Fraser Noble Hall, Leicester University, Leicester, LE1 7RA
Summary: Practising Mathematics offers a wide selection of ideas for practising the content of the upper primary and secondary mathematics curriculum. This fascinating session aims to develop the reasoning and problem solving skills that are so vital for success in school and beyond.
Practising Mathematics is an ATM publication that contains a collection of tasks and activities from numerous areas of the mathematics curriculum, including Number Work, Ratio and Proportion, Algebra, Geometry, Probability and Statistics.
The session will be mainly aimed at Upper KS2, KS3, KS4 but ALL are welcome to attend as there’s sure to be something useful to everyone in the session.
Both MA and ATM Bookstalls will be available at break. Arrive 9:00am for 9:30am start.
Please sign up using the Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/east-midlands-maatm-event-dave-hewitt-tom-francome-tickets-43507996589?aff=es2
14 June 2018
Cambridge MA ATM Branch Meeting
Title: Mathematical Games Extravaganza
Presenters: Cambridge Maths team
Date: Thursday, 14th June 2018
Venue: MAB Building, Faculty of Education, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 8PQ
Time: 5 pm – 6.30 pm (4.30 pm coffee and networking)
Contact: To book a place please email Lynne McClure
9 June 2018
Branch: Yorkshire Branch
Title: A story of Mathematics told through my stamp collection
Presenter: Jane Turnbull - YBMA
Date: Saturday, 9th June 2018
Time: 2pm for 2:30pm
Summary: A chance to have a look at some of my stamp (and other related philatelic items) collection which tells a history of mathematics. You will be able to hear about a selection of my favourite bits and for those of you who enjoyed the talk last year there will definitely be a new selection for you to see.
Venue: University of Leeds, School of Mathematics, Room MALL 1, Leeds LS2 9JT
Contact: Alan Slomson
Extra Note: The YBMA AGM (at the same venue) will follow this presentation.
23 May 2018
Branch: Sheffield
Title: Ideas on how to develop P4C in mathematics
Presenter: Fufy Demissie and others
Date: Wednesday, 23rd May 2018
Time: 4.30 - 6 pm
Summary: You are warmly invited to the first branch meeting of The Maths Association at Sheffield Hallam University. This is an exciting opportunity to bring educators from around South Yorkshire together to share ideas and challenge thinking on how mathematics can transform lives in people of different ages, in many different ways. There will be a contribution from Fufy Demissie who will share some ideas on how to develop P4C in mathematics, which ties in well with some of the ideas around developing talk and thinking in mathematics.
Venue: Sheffield Hallam University, Charles Street Building, Room 12.2.18
Branch Contact name/email: Lisa Ashmore - L.Ashmore@shu.ac.uk
Door Charge: n/a
10 March 2018
Title: Tried and Tested
Presenter: Netty Glatter
Summary: The speaker will be bringing some resources she uses in the classroom and then we’re asking everyone to share some resources that they have created/adapted. This session will be directly relevant to the teachers’ classroom needs rather than ivory tower speculation.
Date: Saturday, 10 March 2018
Time: 9:30 to 12:30
Venue: Abbey Junior School’s Abbey Gardens, Northumberland Ave, Reading RG2 7AQ
22 March 2018
Joint MA ATM Cambridge Branch Meeting
Date: 22nd March 2018
Venue: University of Cambridge Primary School, Eddington Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0QZ (public car parking available nearby).
Time: 5 pm – 6.30 pm (4.30 pm coffee and networking)
Cost: Free for members of MA or ATM (please have your membership number) or £2 student, £5 others
Contact: To book a place please email Lynne McClure
Please let Lynne know by 15th March enough biscuits are bought!
21 March 2018
Branch: Yorkshire Branch
Title: W P Milne Lecture for Sixth Formers - Are large databases good for your health?
Presenter: Dr Paul Baxter – Associate Professor in Biostatistics - University of Leeds
Date: Wednesday, March 21st 2018
Time: 2.30pm-3.30pm
Summary: The big increase in computing power over recent years has made it possible to routinely record large volumes of information about our daily lives (and especially our health). Statistics is the essential tool for making sense of the huge quantities of data available. There are many exciting challenges – often the data that are missing or poorly recorded are at least as informative as the data that are present. The real strength of such databases comes when they are linked together to see the bigger picture, but how do we do this, and should we worry that our privacy is being invaded? In this talk we look at these issues through examples ranging from goals in world cup football to survival following a heart attack.
This lecture forms part of the Leeds Festival of Science. Places at the lecture are free but must be booked in advance.
Venue: University of Leeds, Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre, Michael Sadler Building, Leeds LS2 9JT
Contact: Alan Slomson
Places at the lecture are free but must be booked in advance.
10 March 2018
Branch: Yorkshire Branch
Title: Enriching the teaching of A level mathematics: a study day for teachers.
Presenters: Tom Roper (pre-lunch) Lizzie Kimber (post-lunch)
Date: Saturday, 10th March 2018
Time: 11am for 11:15am
Summary:
Teaching mechanics: assumptions, misconceptions and Newton’s Laws
This workshop will cover basic assumptions, misconceptions and Newton’s Laws in the teaching of mechanics. There will be many activities used that can be taken very easily directly into the classroom
Using rich tasks for teaching A level Mathematics
We will work together on some rich tasks offered by Underground Mathematics and consider the different ways in which the resources could be used to develop students' mathematical thinking. We will also discuss how classroom video clips can be used for teacher professional development.
Venue: University of Leeds, School of Mathematics, Room MALL 1, Leeds LS2 9JT
Contact: For more details and to register for the study day please e-mail Alan Slomson.
7 March 2018
Programme for the Academic Year 2017– 18
Title: Annual Problem Drive
Presenter: Sussex Branch Committee
Date: Wednesday, 7th March 2018
Time: 4:30 pm
Venue: Roedean School
Venue Address: Roedean Way, Brighton, BN2 5RQ
Branch Contact name/email: Dr. Paul Harris
Door Charge: n/a
3 March 2018
MA ATM London Branch
Presenter: Charlie Gilderdale
Title: Encouraging Curiosity in Mathematics
Summary: We all know that Charlie will come with some amazing problems. Deceptively simple, but everyone will get their deep thinking brains in gear. Nrich is producing new resources that will encourage curiosity in mathematics. Charlie will be introducing resources from this new project. Always a magical event.
Date: Saturday 3 March 2018
Time: 10:00 to 12:30
Venue: University College London, Institute of Education (UCL/IOE) Room 802 and 804, Main Building on Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL
Contact: Chris Olley
1 March 2018
LivMS Popular Lectures Programme 2017-18
Title: Why do pigs and boomerangs fly?
Presenter: Jonathan Histed- he has a degree in Mathematics and Computation from Oxford. He likes the intersection of creativity, science and maths where invention comes alive and enjoys making mathematical concepts comprehensible and fun for everyone through demonstrations.
Date: Thursday, 1 March 2018
Time: 5.30pm-6.30pm
Summary: Jonathan demystifies gyroscopes and rotational dynamics, showing why pigs and boomerangs fly in circles. An interactive session with counter intuitive demos, culminating in understanding, building and flying your own cardboard boomerang.
Venue: Lecture Theatre B, Central Teaching Hub, University of Liverpool, L69 7BX
Branch Contact: For more information email Peter Giblin
Door Charge: FREE for students and members of theLivMS. Others pay £4 door charge.
24 February 2018
MA ATM East Midlands
Presenter: Don Steward
Summary: School mathematics is an interconnected subject, an elegant whole. Arguably, as the National Curriculum implores, it is most helpful for students to be able to shift fluently between representations of mathematical ideas – so they feel their attainment is lifted and to enhance a personal appreciation of the subject. This session aims to illuminate the nature of the subject by linking skills, concepts and problem solving approaches within a range of tasks. In this foray, an intertwining of numerical operations, algebraic symbolism and related diagrams ought to be clear and some relevant wisdom from (ancient) history knitted in.
Date: Saturday, 24 February 2018
Time: 09:00 to 12:30
Venue: University of Leicester - Fraser Nobel Hall Leicester LE1 7RH
Contact: Robert J. Smith and Greg Thomas
Book in Advance Cost:
Teachers £5.35 Booking Fee £1.00 Total: £6.35
Students £3.14 Booking fee £0.84 Total = £3.98
There is no booking fee if you do not book in advance, however, spaces are limited and the session is expected to be very popular. Please do not be offended if you turn up and are refused entry without a ticket.
Should space be available, the cost on the day: Teachers £7.00, Students £5.00
Important: Due to the popularity of previous events held at this venue you are strongly advised to book early.
Sign up for this session here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/east-midlands-maatm-branch-session-don-steward-tickets-39658519700?aff=es2
Bookstalls for ATM and MA will be available before (arrive 9am for 9:30am start) and during the break.
22 February 2018
Category: Branch Event
Branch: Exeter MA/ATM
Headline/Event Title: Adventures in Shape & Space
Presenter: Tom Roper
Date: Thursday, 22 February 2018
Time: 6.30pm coffee. Talk 7pm – 8pm
Summary/Abstract: In this talk, Tom Roper considers how other subjects make use of shape and space. What might shape and space look like if we change the way we measure? There will be lots to explore, activities to undertake, some that may be of use in the classroom, some that may just need further research by you! We shall begin with the well-known theorem that small mammals are either furry or eat a lot, or both!
Suitable for anyone who is interested, but particularly for teachers of KS4 and KS5 mathematics.
Tom Roper taught mathematics in schools and colleges for 17 years, before joining the staff of the School of Education at the University of Leeds. He is now retired and is the current President of The Mathematical Association.
Venue: Exeter Mathematics School
Venue Location/Address: Rougemont House, Exeter, Devon EX4 3PU
Cost: Free
Branch Contact: Please contact Richard Perring to ensure your place.
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23 January 2018
Programme for the Academic Year 2017– 18
Title: Taxi-cab Geometry
Presenter: Tom Roper
Date: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
Time: 5 pm
Summary: tba
Venue: Burgess Hill School for Girls
Venue Address: Keymer Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 OEG.
Branch Contact name/email: Dr. Paul Harris p.j.harris@brighton.ac.uk
Door Charge: n/a
18 December 2017
Category: Branch Event
Branch: Liverpool
LivMS Popular Lectures Programme 2017-18
Title: The Fluid Dynamics of Chocolate Fountains
Presenter: Adam Townsend
Date: Monday, 18 December
Time: 2 – 3 pm
Summary: Chocolate fountains are popular features at special events. But why do they never use white chocolate? Would they work with water? And why, when the chocolate falls, does it fall slightly inwards? In this most delectable of studies, we investigate the trade-off between accuracy and simplicity in models used by commercial chocolatiers. In different geometries of the fountain, we solve the governing equations, mostly analytically, and compare these results with observations from our own fountain experiments. We find that, with some limitations, our models are in fact good for a number of non-Newtonian fluid problems. Marshmallows are, sadly, not provided.
Venue: Chadwick Lecture Theatre, Liverpool
Branch Contact: For more info please email Peter Giblin.
Door Charge: n/a
9 December 2017
Branch: MA ATM London Branch
Title: Geometric Reasoning at KS3
Presenter: Kate Gladstone-Smith
Summary: If you are concerned about getting your students to grade 5 or indeed grade 9, then you will know that getting them reasoning as early as possible is the answer. Kate, Paul and the team at Langdon Park have been working for some years now at getting students thinking, speaking and reasoning mathematically from the start of key stage 3. Come and try out materials from their Geometric Reasoning module and take home wonderful activities to try with your students. Give your brain a good Saturday morning workout and go back refreshed with some great new ideas for your school.
Date: Saturday 9 December 2017
Time: 10:00 to 12:30
Venue: University College London, Institute of Education (UCL/IOE) Room 802 and 804, Main Building on Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL
Contact: Chris Olley
7 December 2017
Branch: Yorkshire Branch
Title: Christmas Quiz and Buffet!
Presenters: Tim Devereux and Alan Slomson – YBMA
Date: Thursday, 7th December 2017
Time: 7pm for 7:30pm
Summary: A sociable evening of brain-frazzling questions, quirky mathematical prizes with seasonal food and drink. Cajole your colleagues to come and enjoy themselves.
Venue: University of Leeds, School of Mathematics, Room MALL 1, Leeds LS2 9JT
Contact: Alan Slomson
5 December 2017
Programme for the Academic Year 2017– 18
Title: Binary Investigations
Presenter: Chris Pritchard
Date: Tuesday, 5th December 2017
Time: 4:30 pm
Summary: tba
Venue: Lancing College,
Venue Address: Lancing, BN15 0RW
Branch Contact name/email: Dr. Paul Harris
Door Charge: n/a
11 November 2017
Branch: Meridian MA/ATM
Title: What's Missing?
Presenter: John Ling
Date: 11th November 2017
Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm
Summary: The workshop is based around a simple idea: given a set of items from which some are missing, use what you've got to work out which items are missing. John has used the original materials with pupils in Y5-Y8.
Venue: Abbey School, Reading
Venue Address: 17 Kendrick Rd, Reading RG1 5DZ
Cost: £5 (to include a voucher redeemable at the book stalls.)
Branch Contact: Please email any enquiries to Elizabeth Glaister.
1 November 2017
Branch: Exeter MA/ATM
Headline/Event Title: Consistency of Imagery
Presenter: Caroline Ainsworth
Date: Wednesday, 1 November 2017
Time: 6.30pm coffee. Workshop 7pm – 8pm
Summary/Abstract: In this hands-on session, Caroline Ainsworth will explore and demonstrate the ways in which she uses Cuisenaire Rods as a consistent image to develop children’s understanding of the structure of mathematics.
Suitable for anyone who is interested but particularly for teachers of primary and KS3 mathematics.
Venue: Exeter Mathematics School
Venue Location/Address: Rougemont House, Castle Street, Exeter, Devon EX4 3PU
Cost: Free
Branch Contact: If you would like to attend, please contact Richard Perring
10 February 2018
Branch: MA ATM Birmingham Branch
Title: Practising Mathematics
Presenters: Dave Hewitt and Tom Francome
Date: Saturday, 10th February 2018
Time: 9.30am for 10.00am. Finish 1.00pm
Summary: ‘Practice makes perfect’ – well it is not that simple; yet students do need to practise skills within each topic they learn – developing fluency with various techniques is an important part of mathematics education, as is connecting together different parts of the curriculum. This will be an active session in which we will offer some opportunities to engage with activities where the practice is used as a tool to explore, notice, generalise and justify; developing the mathematician as well as the mathematics. It will be suitable to teachers of KS 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Venue: School of Education, University of Birmingham, Room G39 (Ground floor)
Contact: Please email Lindsay Francome to let her know you intend to come; it helps with organising drinks.
Cost: Free if you are a member of the MA or ATM, otherwise £2
11 October 2017
Branch: Yorkshire Branch
Title: Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells and Fibonacci all in a row.
Presenter: Tom Roper - President, The Mathematical Association, 2017-18
Date: Wednesday, 11th Oct 2017
Time: 7pm for 7:30pm
Summary: 2016 saw the RHS Chelsea Flower Show feature a Mathematics Garden and whilst I didn’t go and see it, the articles about it that I read caused me to explore a little. The talk and activities therein won’t improve your garden but it might add something to your mathematical diet.
Venue: University of Leeds, School of Mathematics, Room MALL 1, Leeds LS2 9JT
Contact: Alan Slomson