A little positivity …
Last week I wrote a post (-> Here) about the looming election which was borne out my frustration that if you read most of the edu-articles in the […]
December 2014
First Day of Christmas …
On the first day of Christmas my teaching job gave to me:
A stinking bout of man flu!
An election?
Anyone would have thought that there was an election soon. Oh there is! Silly me!
Driving into work this morning, having watched yet another bit of “teacher bashing” on breakfast news it […]
Ofqual teachers’ update
I have been sent the Ofqual teachers’ update no. 10 as I wasn’t aware that it existed, but there is an interesting comment hinting that there will be further revisions to the guidance issued […]
“Mr Stephens made my brain hurt” – Simon Singh
When I agreed to a guest post I have to admit to being a little, um … nervous, yes but also … um … “star-struck” is the wrong word … it’s just weird to think […]
November 2014
Guest Blog … Get prepared for this …
Have I told you that this is MY BLOG? I thought I’d just say it before I take a deep breath and say the next bit … […]
Lesson Objectives
I’m just putting this out there … I really struggle with objectives, outcomes and success criteria in maths. Don’t even try to explain the differences to me … others have tried and it […]
Dirty Maths
I thought that title would get your attention!
Fool that I am, I brought home all my books for years 7, 8, 9 […]
Midweek Post
… and so it ends. Today I received a letter that has left me in tatters … it was from the executor of my dads will following the sale of the family home […]
Making mocks “real”
I love other teachers! there! I’ve said it …
This week the amazing Simon Gibbs contacted me about whether I had done a best guess paper for a previous paper (I have something that will […]
