Mel Muldowney Morning! Just a quick post to share some resources … following the realisation that ITT students were not going to be able to finish their final teaching placement a few weeks ago, I put out a tweet. I’d been thinking about how nervous most teachers get after just six weeks off in the holidays and … Read more
This week was one of the hardest weeks of teaching I have known. I know I am not alone and every single person, regardless of your job title who works in schools or elsewhere has been affected. You don’t need me to tell you the reasons behind it. The week before last we’d spent some … Read more
We are facing uncertain times – if you do nothing else tomorrow at work tell your headteacher that they are appreciated – for some (most!) of them this week will have been amongst some of the toughest times they will have faced and it doesn’t look like it will get any easier soon. In fact … Read more
The “soooooo” tired episode.
Hopefully its not just us that are knackered! Seager also seems a little underwhelmed by the fact that today JustMaths is 7 years old and Mel looks forward to Monday and getting her “Mojo” back.
Type. Delete. Type. Delete. Having had a half term break last week where I spent most of it trying (and seemingly failing!) to catch up on JustMaths stuff, today was a tough day back at work. No tougher than lots of you would have found it but I came home and needed a cwtch (google … Read more
This is the second in a series of posts about literacy in maths. I mentioned in my previous post that this post would explain more about tier 1, 2, and 3 words and also include some further analysis in relation to the higher tier papers. If you are looking for a place to start in … Read more
The episode where you all get to meet Mike and neither of us say that the highlight of this half term is working with Seager.
I know! I know! I know! Its been a while but I’ve been busy don’t you know? To which I can almost hear you, dear reader saying “Haven’t we all?” … This is the first of two three four blog posts about the language used in exams … I’ve split it because otherwise it’d be … Read more
Tom Hanks… 3 weeks into 2019/20 – where’s those 3 weeks gone!
Listen out for the point where Mel sees a squirrel.
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