Oh the irony …
For my regular readers and those that have been to any of my “getting ready to teach” events will know that I have an opinion about “frequency trees” – which started […]
July 2015
#48MathsTour .. can you add up?
Anyone that knows me will know how much of a “twitter” advocate I am in terms of the benefits to my teaching. I use it professionally and rarely use it for […]
Saying Goodbye
Twelve months ago, it was me walking away from a school that had been a massive part of my life and today I was reminded of what it is like, to […]
Teaching time
A conversation on twitter got me thinking about the hours of teaching that the new GCSE is getting across the UK and possibly offer a “golden nugget” of an idea if […]
WJEC Eduqas 9-1 SAM’s
Last set done – this time the WJEC ones. Given that each paper is 2 hours 15 minutes these are just loooonnnnggggggg!! Let’s […]
“Ok-ness”
It isn’t often I get time to “just think”. This morning I was forced out of the house as we had yet another power cut (I live in the sticks and […]
AQA 1-9 SAM’s
So we get to the worked solutions (for those that prefer them to markschemes, or just want a “mosey” at […]
OCR 1-9 SAM’s
UPDATE: I have also included separated practice papers and worked solutions in the below post that […]
Pearson 1-9 SAM’s
I’ve been working through the papers from all the exam boards – I find it easier to use worked solutions rather than a mark […]
“New GCSE” … Tiering ….
Looking at the SAM’s at the minute and it’s dawned on me that it’d be worth making it clear some of the following from Ofqual’ s document (
