Dr Maths
Company: Dr Maths
Company Type: Outreach and teacher CPD
Address: Nationwide
Telephone: 07787588568
Website: www.drmaths.co.uk
Outline
With a wealth of experience in creating a positive attitude to maths I will impassion your students and engage your staff in a Maths Day to remember. 'Hidden Secrets from the World of Dr Maths' days capture and retains the attention of students who otherwise may be indifferent in their normal maths lessons.
Steve Humble (aka Dr Maths) is an expert in giving students the opportunity to see how they can use and apply the maths in the curriculum to create their own maths magic. During the Maths Day students will learn how to make their own 'Number and Shape Magic' in a fun environment. By learning how to develop maths themselves they will feel more confident about their own maths ability in the future.
Dr Maths is one of the three examples given of "inspirational Maths individuals/organisations" on page 38 of the new Conservative Governments Maths Education report by Carol Vorderman which came out in August 2011
www.conservatives.com/News/News_stories/2011/08/Vorderman_publishes_report_on_maths_education.aspx
Steve Humble (aka DrMaths)
Freelance Mathematics Consultant
Having worked as a maths subject leader in various educational establishments for over 20 years, I have spent the last five years as a Senior Regional Coordinator for the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM). Now working as a Freelance Mathematics Consultant, I support schools in raising their student achievement through creating a positive attitude to maths. I also work with the Further Mathematics Support Programme and teach mathematics on the Primary PGCE Course at Newcastle University.
Here are a few examples to show the range of support I can offer:
- Strategies to raise student achievement.
- Creating positive attitude to maths.
- Improving parent involvement in children's maths homework.
- Creating maths walks in school and local environments.
- Developing maths games using playground markings.
- Logic puzzles and code breaking workshops
- Maths magic workshops for students and teachers CPD sessions.
- Maths Maze Days.
- Maths Busking training
- Sixth Form creative maths.
- Mathematics Master classes for the Royal Institution.
I have worked with other organisation such as the BALTIC (maths art), LIFE (maths science), FACE ( maths farming, growing and cooking), Northern Architecture (maths architecture), Creative Partnerships on projects with teachers and students illustrating the importance of maths across the curriculum.
Other Details
- Age range covered: 5 - 18 (KS1 to KS5)
- Outreach for pupils: Mathematics
- CPD & Consultancy: Creativity
- Ideas & Inspiration: Enrichment day activities
- Documents Held: CRB Check
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November 4, 2011
Steve has helped Farming and Countryside Education (FACE) to run seminars for farmers and teachers that look at how maths can be delivered in imaginative and enjoyable ways outside the classroom. His style of delivery and very personable manner makes for an enjoyable experience. Well recommended.
November 5, 2011
Dr Maths gave an hour long presentation to 9-12 year olds at our school as part of MATHS WEEK (www.Mathsweek.ie) The hall was buzzing -'Wow" 'How does he do that?'. 'That's amazing'. Children happily engaged in addition problems as they figured out their own maths puzzles. ' Fun with Maths' went home they tried out their puzzles on family and friends. This was one of the highlights of our Maths week activities.
November 7, 2011
Dr Maths is a very entertaining Maths presenter. He fully engages pupils with his magical maths trick and informs and inspires pupils on the way.
November 8, 2011
Dr Maths led a fantastic CPD session on how maths can be taught outside the classroom. Activities were taught in a fun and engaging way with lots of practical ideas that the teachers could use back in school. Dr Maths is great to work with, he can tailor sessions to meet your needs and he has lots of fun tricks and activities to make maths lessons truly engaging. I incorporated lots of his ideas to create an exciting new environmental maths workshop to run in the park.
November 11, 2011
Dr Maths has visited our school on several occasions to deliver maths lectures to the whole year 9 cohort. This was no easy task due the vast range in ability of our students; however, the lectures proved engaging, thought provoking and interactive providing food for thought for many lessons to come. In fact the theme of magic and maths really stirred up the mathmagician in many of them!
January 17, 2012
"I thought it was outstanding, because it wasn't just magic it was educational." "I liked the idea that he brought magic to maths and maths to magic." "I really enjoyed it as it wasn't just maths, we got to join in and participate."
February 17, 2012
Hidden Secrets from the World of Dr Maths was a fantastic addition to our Maths Magic programme at Manchester Science Festival 2011. Our visitors loved the show and we received some fantastic feedback; one mum said her son had changed his view about Maths because of it! Dr Maths is a great entertainer who really engages with kids and adults of all ages. His passion for Maths is infectious and I would recommend his shows and workshops to others.
May 29, 2012
Dr Maths gave two hour long presentations on the mathematics of magic to a packed theatre of 250 enthralled children. The children were captivated and enthused by the experience. As one child so elequently put it: ''It was wicked!!''.
July 24, 2012
Dc Maths helped us to celebrate BALTIC 10th birthdaty and it was a great success. visitors were absolutely absorbed by his magic tricks and by his explanations; I could not believe that maths could be so entertaining until I have seen Dc Maths in action! Great fu and great knowledge!