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Rebecca Atherfold
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5 last-minute secret Santa gifts for teachers
Running out of time to find a secret Santa gift for a teacher colleague? Rebecca Atherfold has got you covered
General
16 December 2020
GCSE maths: 5 Christmas-themed lessons
From data analysis on Christmas hits to Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land, Rebecca Atherfold shares her festive maths ideas
Secondary
7 December 2020
GCSE resits: how can we prepare students for September?
When students resitting their GCSEs arrive on campus, some of them will have missed six months of teaching – we must be proactive now, says this maths teacher
23 August 2020
GCSE resits: how to tackle maths anxiety among students
Anxiety of maths as a subject is not just common among resit students – so how can we tackle it?
10 May 2020
GCSEs: 4 reasons I’m worried about teacher assessment
GCSE resit grades are far from predictable – replacing exams with teacher assessment is flawed, writes this teacher
15 April 2020
‘As a student I hated maths. As a teacher, I love it’
Adult learners resitting their maths GCSE have chosen to be there – and that makes all the difference, says this teacher
8 March 2020