Jeez Louise!
At the back end of 2013 the government published their proposed programmes of study for both KS3 and KS4 Maths, and then subsequently opened a consultation to these proposals which closed […]
May 2014
I never thought…
In my adult working life of a little over 22 years (I had part-time bar/waitressing jobs whilst at school/university but am not including those!) I have had 5 jobs and so […]
Mental Maths #2
Once again some of our resources have been featured in the Guardian “how to teach” series, this time about mental maths (link here: How to teach: Mental Maths)
Scatter gun approach
Last week my two year 11 classes that I teach as part of my day job started their exams, and so our lessons […]
… and they’re off ..
Let’s just say its been an “interesting” week and leave it at that – you can surmise all you want as to […]
Maths that’s Mental
I’ve been asked for some ideas about mental maths and this got me really thinking about the range of abilities I’ve […]
Guess what I’m doing?
You will never guess what I’m doing with year 11 at the minute … damn! you guessed! … revision!
More than a teacher
So lets get the apology over and done with … this is a rant about nothing in particular! If you are of a sensitive nature I suggest you stop reading now! Seriously … […]
Sunday morning
I have spent the last hour doing what can only be described as one of the best things I have ever done as a teacher … and no! its not enjoying […]
Well excited!
I have been keeping a low profile this week for a number of reasons, one of which for the last couple of days has been flu .. not your run of […]
