It’s the day before the start of term and last year I wrote about my main worry being getting my feet that had somehow turned into hobbit feet, back into “proper” shoes after six weeks in flip flops. I did have another worry and that was maybe I would have forgotten how to teach. It … Read more
For those of you that have key stage 5 and use Edexcel as your exam board I have attached below some templates for you to import your ResultsPlus data into – particularly useful for those students carrying on into year 13. I did notice that the data download from Edexcel for KS5 didnt include the … Read more
Yesterday I had to sweet-talk Sam (our site manager) into letting us in on Saturday morning – he is a hard man to negotiate with and we agreed that I’d get there for 7 (in fact I was there about 20 past … don’t lambast me people for being late but it’s Saturday!) and I … Read more
I’ve been doing a few exciting projects recently and in between we’ve been sorting the new maths corridor out. As a result I’ve been panicking a tad about my own classroom displays (I think I’m sorted now as a few of you emailed me some great ideas!) I have 7 boards, and the whole wall … Read more
I promise I’ve tried. I really have! Please, please, please believe me when I say “I have tried to say nothing” … I have sat and read blogs and tweets about grade boundaries, higher versus foundation, early entry and so much more along these themes … you will have noticed I’ve said nothing. Not a word! I’m sat … Read more
Here are the templates for you to use with the download data for the 1MA0 papers from Edexcel. along with the usual instructions about importing your data into the workbooks (here). There is also an additional version with some extra functionality to print multiple sheets (the brilliant Paul Pavlou (@UKMathsTeacher) did some tweaking on my original ones last … Read more
** turns page ** Right now I’m at school, saying goodbye and celebrating results. We are leaving the maths department on a massive high, and as one of my mates told me it’s “all tied up with a bow” – I could go on, and on, but the results are not ours, they are our students’. This … Read more
and no … I’m not walking up and down with a placard over my shoulders, shouting “the end of the world is nigh”! That’s not what I meant to picture when I typed that title .. honest! It’s the day before, the day before GCSE results are published and in some ways it’s also the close … Read more
A message for all you heads of department out there: if you haven’t used something for five years or more the odds on you needing it are close to nil! so stop saying “we might need it” … Listen to me when I say “NO YOU WON’T!!” – to be honest I don’t think the issue … Read more
I’m looking at getting my classroom displays sorted and I came across the PowerPoint put together with letters of the alphabet – each with maths words starting with each letter (not sure who put it together but its fab! so Thank You! and if it was you can you let me know so I can … Read more
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