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Dani Quinn
@danicquinn
unfettered enthusiasm for teaching maths. Assistant Principal/DSL at COLA-Southwark
Elephant & Castle, London
missquinnmaths.wordpress.com
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    Dani Quinn
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    Apr 19, 2020
    Can’t speak for other schools or kids...the main disadvantage or ‘gap’ I’m seeing with teens and distance learning is those who rely on the structure of school to make them do *any* work and those who can make themselves work or have adults at home helping to hold them to account
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    Dani Quinn
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    Jan 14, 2021
    Anyone else live in fear of accidentally finishing a Teams meeting or student phone call with “bye, love you!” ?
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    Dani Quinn
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    Jul 1, 2024
    Replying to @stephmurrayyyy and @erendaise
    I am loving the triple magnet situation for her. And her consistent spelling of it 💙
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    Dani Quinn
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    Jul 5, 2023
    Hello Twitter teachers with kids. I would like to know how you manage the logistics of nursery with the school day, especially if both adults have minimal flex (ie teaching…). If the answer is “my parents live nearby” I am happy for you but am not interested on this occasion 😆
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    Dani Quinn
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    Aug 15, 2022
    One week on: so happy to be married to this man 💙
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    Dani Quinn
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    Nov 13, 2022
    Maths teachers! Look what they are displaying in the British Museum!
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    Dani Quinn
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    Oct 23, 2022
    My daughter reflecting on second breakfast 🧘‍♀️
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    Dani Quinn
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    Dec 2, 2021
    I 💙 mini whiteboards; it is hard to teach maths well without them. It is possible to do it solo, but hard. Things that really help: - all desks/packs have one - 2 WB pens are part of equipment expectation - school shop sells WB pens cheaply - whole-school routines for use
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    Dani Quinn
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    Nov 30, 2021
    Really useful read from @tom_grafton to make sure the first 10 minutes of lesson aren’t a waste and aren’t deluding us verydynamicequilibria.wordpress.com/2021/10/26/do-…
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    Dani Quinn
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    Jul 24, 2020
    I have a teaching joke, but it‘s your own time you’d be wasting
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    Dani Quinn
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    Mar 3, 2022
    To complement the amazing amount of practice resources being created, I've been working on a summary of 'fingertip facts' so pupils can test themselves, or practice with a family member. For example, Edexcel P1:
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    Dani Quinn
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    Apr 19, 2019
    I’d like if this replaced a lot of the confused things up on walls about growth mindset. What a great line.
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    Dani Quinn
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    Feb 13, 2020
    New post, mostly for maths teachers 👩🏻‍🏫🧮🤓 Helping pupils to think more rigorously in lessons missquinnmaths.wordpress.com/2020/02/13/wha… #mathschat
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    What Are You Thinking?
    Compare the following:  “First you add 4 and 20 and you get 24. Then you halve it and you get 12. Then you times by 8 and you get 96. Then put centimetres squared.”   “To get the area of …
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    Dani Quinn
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    Nov 9, 2021
    I don't even know her, why am I so overjoyed by this??
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    Malala Yousafzai
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    Nov 9, 2021
    Today marks a precious day in my life. Asser and I tied the knot to be partners for life. We celebrated a small nikkah ceremony at home in Birmingham with our families. Please send us your prayers. We are excited to walk together for the journey ahead. 📸: @malinfezehai