Formula Sheets

So long time no speak! Lifes been busy don’t you know! Actually it’s more than that … the world has changed and so have I. I’ve wanted to get on here and “just write” like I used to pre-covid but every time I’ve thought about it I’ve stopped myself for fear of upsetting someone or … Read more

The why?

Why we do what we do has been on my mind recently (I mean teaching!). It’s been the most bizarre 18 months of most of our lives and the world feels like it has got a lot smaller. Yesterday I saw an ex student. I was walking into a supermarket (masked up) and outside there … Read more

“Exams” exams ??

Dear Teachers, I hope you’re keeping well and that your TAGs have been put to bed or at the least you can see the end is in sight! Just a note to say that you’re all doing an amazing job but also to ask if any of you guys got the memo … apparently … … Read more

Teaching but not as you know it …

A scroll through my timeline is full of tweets with yet another great idea … so much so, that at times I seriously can’t keep up and I’m finding it all a little exhausting and some of these are making me feel a little inadequate. Which is why I’m sharing this … not in a … Read more

Ofqual consultation PART 1

EDIT: Sorry for the length … I got a little carried away and have cut this into 2 blog posts! I’ve now been mulling this over for 24 hours as I didn’t want to blog about the consultation released by Ofqual on Friday afternoon in the heat of the moment. I am also not commenting … Read more

The worst boy band ever??

So today marks a massive achievement for us at JustMaths and the Kanga Boys (Kangaroo Maths = Steve Lomax and Matt Nixon) … we took delivery of the first edition of the Ready? Set? Go! The Crossover “thing”. I have written about the ideas behind it here and also how it came about here. For … Read more

ITT Support …. Session 2

Yesterday we finished the last of our initial series of free online support sessions for NQTs/ITTs. This was a series of 2 sessions … a sort of getting ready to teach the new GCSE. I’ve written about it in more detail on this post … so this post is just to share the resources I … Read more

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