26/07/2025
This week, I have spent every day workshopping upper primary (age 9-12) maths, language, and geometry with Helen Prochazka and the
I have learned so much and collaborated with tutors and colleagues to deepen my understanding of the concepts, some of which were very shaky from my own education, with division being my weakest.
The exam this morning was a little bit nightmare-inducing as I pulled two division questions, but I redeemed myself by showing the tutors how I had worked out a problem we had all wrestled with yesterday, trying to find the square root of a very large number that none of us could solve (see the last picture).
Suffice to say I passed this year's practical exam and this year's essays. One year to go for me to be qualified as a Montessori 6-12 teacher 😊 A quick change in trajectory will then see me working with parents as a Montessori Home Education hub.
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