During the month of September most schools have “open evening” … it turns out that at Alcester Academy its “open week” in addition to Tuesday being the normal open evening. I absolutely love this idea – I do think you get more of a feel from a school, during the day when it’s running normally … Read more
In my day job we’ve always used Edexcels maths GCSE (we did have a dabble in the early days with the OCR Graduated Assessment modular thingy) but as “JustMaths” I’m quite open to helping any of the boards in supporting teachers in whatever way I can, which is why I’m sharing some information sent to … Read more
Saddo that I am, I am sat comparing the previous versions of OCR’s Sample Assessment Materials with those that have just been released by them as part of their specification – they were the first to announce their accreditation for the new Maths GCSE and so far looking at the Higher papers, the differences are subtle. A couple of questions have … Read more
It is hump day! yay! We are now officially closer to Friday than the start of the week. So much to tell you but got waylaid this evening with an urgent request doing someone a favour, so it’ll have to wait until the weekend. I have however been thinking about “stuff” – driven by the fact that … Read more
I am ticking things off this list left, right and bloomin’ centre … I am a veritable list-ticking ninja this weekend! One of the things we’d usually do in gain time in the Summer term, is to check if the maths part of the school website needs updating ready for September (obviously we’re playing catch … Read more
I did promise that I would be chronicling the journey … warts and all! (Mainly mine!) so here goes: It’s Friday evening and I am absolutely “banjaxed” after a week that has been full of highs and lows. To those of you that have moved jobs in teaching, more than once (I’m not sure I … Read more
This is probably one of the most honest posts I’ve ever written: I have come to the conclusion that I must be a nightmare to manage. I think of something and the next thing I know I can hear the words coming out of my mouth … the next bit is meant in some way, to explain … Read more
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