Kayleigh Blackburn

Kayleigh Blackburn

Kayleigh Blackburn has been teaching maths for five years in Rotherham, having studied Economics at the University of Sheffield. She is currently curriculum team leader for Maths at Wingfield Academy, having previously been a lead teacher in the same school. Away from work she is a keen runner having completed two marathons, the latest being the London Marathon 2014.

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Tuesday, 10 March 2015 12:00

The power of Post-its in teaching

If I had one resource I had to keep, a sort of desert island resource, it would be sticky notes. I’ve spent the last year or so coming to this conclusion, and it’s a brave one since I also love my mini whiteboards, yet when I think about the possibilities and uses, Post-its win. This led me to present recently at TM Sheffield, where I found a lot of fellow admirers and we started to swap ideas. I had told a white lie in the title of my presentation, ‘101 uses of sticky notes’ though I’m sure given enough time I could come up with that many. So instead, below is more aptly titled ‘The Power of Post-its’, some ideas to spark your imagination for the classroom.

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