The file for the December maths calendar and also solutions for November one can be found below and to prove I’m not an ogre I’ve put Christmas day down as a day “off”: December -> Monthly Maths – December November Solutions -> November – SOLUTIONS
For one reason or another myself and Seager are not doing any collaborative network meetings next week but don’t be thinking that means I’ll be sat drinking tea and getting my nails done! Instead the maths team at Edexcel have arranged for us to do some additional support sessions that may or may not be … Read more
I’ve been a little quiet on the “teaching” blog front recently because we’re all so pre-occupied with the new GCSE. I am sooooo looking forward to when it is no longer “new” and we, as teachers get more of a grip on what a grade 5 etc looks and feels like. It is so very … Read more
This idea came out of our last Edexcel network meeting at Alcester whereby we discussed the impossible task of allocating grades given that none of the exam boards are able to give the slightest guidance. After a discussion we agreed that it would be useful to share anonymous student marks for the secure mocks to … Read more
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I’m going to try to keep this short and sweet. On Friday I tweeted a poll asking a simple question: The given options were: Grade 4,Grade 4 for 2 yrs then a 5 or Grade 5. As of this morning (5th November) 521 people have responded (the poll still has another day to run) and … Read more
A couple of weeks ago, whilst wrapped up with my quilt, suffering with a bout of manflu I used the opportunity to have another look at the SAMs, specimens and practice papers alongside marking and collating the results from my year 10 class following their recent assessments. Additionally, I spent this down-time looking at the similar … Read more
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