Mel Muldowney I’m writing this late! I’m hoping I’ll wake up in the morning and it’s all been a dream. Please tell me I dreamt Nicky Morgan is about to say that a “5” is the new pass? Tell me this -> SCHOOLSWEEK ARTICLE comes up with a page error …. I’m not saying it should be a … Read more
I have never been more disappointed in someone than I am in David Cameron right now. I am also exasperated, frustrated and a tad annoyed. Read until the end .. I promise you .. it’s worth it! This has now become so, so, soooooo much more than the accreditation process and do you know what? This situation … Read more
Last weeks guest posts from Julia Smith ( To Infinity and beyond ) and Ian Hollis ( Why I turned up for Saturday School ) went down a storm so I cheekily emailed Darren Macey at OCR to see if he fancied a visit to my blog … he said yes!! (and who wouldn’t? … have you noticed the blog has had … Read more
You’ll be pleased to hear I’m not going to write about “that” question … I’m going to write later in the week about both papers after tomorrow mornings paper is done and dusted. Of course after tomorrow, we move to focusing on Stats and Further Maths and then finally we can breathe! Sooooooooo ….. I may … Read more
This isn’t the blog post I wanted to write so I’ll have to come back later … sorry! For the first time in three years of blogging and tweeting have I doubted myself. After an episode on twitter I’ve spent the last 15 hours wondering if my chronicling of the accreditation process is being seen … Read more
The twitter conversation in the PREVIOUS POST got me thinking and my curiosity was sparked when a colleague tweeted saying that, today was his first time of doing Saturday revision in 18 years. He sent me the below and I offer it as a counter argument as to why some people are doing extra stuff for their … Read more
Today there were some tweets about how many teachers are doing extra revision sessions so @tessmaths started doing a bit of a “straw poll” and it would appear that the vast majority of tweachers who replied (note that the sample will more than likely have been biased) were doing sessions this weekend. The views on … Read more
So here is my “Hit List” of revision topics > HIGHER HIT LIST for paper 2 …. Remember we use the 1MA01 series from Edexcel so this list doesn’t apply to any other board! And as always you are entitled to your opinion … but this is what we’re going with. Overall the first paper was … Read more
A quick reminder about discussing the content of tomorrow’s paper … Just remember that there is an embargo (actually I’m not too sure about the timescales) and I’d hate to give anyone an unfair advantage by discussing it too soon. My lips will be sealed until later tomorrow evening BUT I will be posting a … Read more
This week, as a department we did a bit of a “book look” and this opened up a discussion about presentation and layout of books within Maths. Whilst we’re all adhering to the school marking policies and doing all that we should – it was obvious that there are some variations in terms of presentation across the … Read more
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