Whilst we are waiting for the promised consultation on the year 7 resits (now being called progress tests!) I am going to try to persuade as many “bloggers” (I still don’t consider myself one of those … I’m a teacher!) as I can, to write a blog post (or should that be “another” post because … Read more
I was away last night having travelled to Margate as I had a 9am meeting – come to think of it, so far Seager has managed to wangle local visits!! hmmm … oh well … I’ll chuckle to myself this Friday when he is off “oop North” to do some stuff with Amir at Dixons … Read more
Is that too much to ask? You may remember that I put a FOI request into Ofqual following their letter to Pearson adjusting grade boundaries upwards ( my blog was here -> ( FOI Request )? Well I’ve had a response … actually scrap that … I’ve had a non-response. To be honest all I … Read more
I’ve been thinking a lot about the need for “fluency” (whatever that means!) and how not having a firm grasp of the basic number facts and relationships sometimes holds students back from accessing higher order topics. I think that there is a definite difference between “sums” and “maths”. Now, don’t be getting all academic on … Read more
I was meant to send out a reminder to the next Edexcel collaborative network meeting at Alcester Academy this morning but had a disaster to avert. It’s one of my “super powers” allegedly: I was woken up earlier than usual, to be told that we had no water – a new combi boiler and no … Read more
Last night I drew names out of my hat for the giveaway competition the JustMaths “boys” announced a week or so ago. OK so it wasn’t a real hat but I did print off my spreadsheet and cut every entry up into slips – as Sunday progressed and responses kept coming in I found it … Read more
If you are teaching Maths in FE then resits are very close to your heart. Students now have to continue to study Maths if they haven’t achieved a grade C in Maths when they move to post-16 education. If they get a D they have to do GCSE and below a D they have to … Read more
We’ve been thinking about the questions we want students to work through when we get them doing some “actual” work with our “super group” (we team teach a mahoosive group in year 11). After we’ve done the whole class explanation we usually get them practising a similar question (or questions) in the first instance and … Read more
In all the years that I have known Seager he still manages to pull “a blinder” that takes me by surprise and today was one of those days. I’d asked him for an idea to use with year 7 which involved them just “playing with numbers”. It was their first proper lesson having done the … Read more
I have a confession … I’ve never been to a TeachMeet. Is that wrong? Oh ok … actually I’ve been to one but spent the whole time chatting to an old friend in the corridor catching up! Oops! However I am about to put that right on the 14th September where not only will I … Read more
Proudly built by </encode>
