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X X X X X 00 teachwire.net/secondary TomBennett @tombennett71 Hearing fromevenmore teachers that theyare expected to sendadetailedsummaryof their day's distance teaching to senior staff, inaddition to the stress of designinganddelivering teaching ina format they'venever been trained in, at short notice. Seriously. Rethink this. TeacherofEnglishLiterature @TeachEnglishLit The struggles the students are facingnowhome learning is given somuch support andunderstanding andsympathy, but our (includingmyown) attitudes tohomeworkdonotmatch this.Maybenowwe can see the strugglewithour students completingany workat home NRICH provides thousands of free online mathematics resources covering all stages of secondary school education - completely free and available to all. You can access the latest secondary curriculum map and check the latest Live Problems at nrichmaths. org/9451 - the NRICH team looks forward to receiving your students’ solutions and publishing some of the best ones on the website! Followus@teachsecondary – and let us knowwhat you’re thinking! Who’s been saying what on Twitter this month? Retweets CURRICULUM LINKS: Film Studies, PSHE Education Veteran British directorMike Leigh's film is an unashamed love lettertoyouth and life in the city. Set in north London,it stars SallyHawkins as the irrepressible Poppy – a 30-year-oldprimary school teacherwho always looks on the bright side of life. When her bike is stolen,she takes updriving lessonswith Scott and her optimism is tested to themax byhis blatant racismand farcical conspiracytheories.When not arguingwith Scott,Poppyhangs out in the pubwith her flatmate Zoe and goes on a datewith a nice social worker.Happy-Go-Lucky is a bright,light filmwith a darkunderside. Discussion questions: •What are some ofthe keythemes explored in the film?Wouldyou describe the filmas positive,or is it just themain characterwho is positive? • Doyou thinkthat Poppyhandles her disagreementswith Scott in the right way?Would you have done the same? • Doyou think it’s rare to see a characterwith so much optimism in a film like this? Canyou thinkof anyother characters like Poppy? Into Filmhas a pack of useful teaching tools and activities to help children of all ages continue to learn literacy,creativewriting,critical thinking, filmmaking and other skills while schools are closed; to access or download Into Film’s free resources,visit intofilm.org/news-and-views Get Into Film HAPPY-GO-LUCKY (2008, 15, 115MINS) Your task is to say, in your own words, and in as much detail as possible, how exactly the device works. What parts of the structure contribute to the success of the function, and how? Nice or Nasty (nrich.maths.org/6605146) Find a partner and a 1−6 dice, or even a 0−9 dice if you have one. Each of you draw a set of four boxes like this: GAME 1 Take turns to roll the dice and decide which of your four boxes to fill. Do this four times each until all your boxes are full. Read the four digits as a whole number.Whoever has the larger four-digit number wins. There are two possible scoring systems: • A point for a win – the first person to reach 10 wins the game • Work out the difference between the two four-digit numbers after each round. The winner keeps this score. First to 10,000 wins. Intriguing problems to inspire curiosity M A T H S C O R N E R The image here shows a device we use to perform a task. The caption says what the device is and what it does. #9 PERFORMING STRUCTURES Creative exercises to get students generating new ideas A F E W M I N U T E S O F D E S I G N 8 GAME 2 This is the nasty version! Play the game above, but this time you can choose to keep your number and put it in one of your cells, or give it to your partner and tell them which cell to put it in. It's important to take turns beginning each round if the game is going to be fair. The game becomes even nastier when played with more than two people… PLAYER 1 PLAYER 2