Mel Muldowney It’s the eve of another half term, and wow what a couple of months it has been. We’ve seen the demise of early entry for lots of schools, and then this week, we’ve had a small announcement with the new subject content at Key Stage 4. With all the hullaballoo surrounding this, it means that I am really … Read more
…it only November!! I don’t mean that word … I mean CHRISTMAS!! I drove through Stratford Upon Avon town centre with my husband yesterday and the Christmas lights were up … it was the 2nd November!! Personally, we don’t even think about the event until I’ve finished school and then the festivities can begin. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t … Read more
Following the announcement today I’ve been thinking about changes we may have to make to our scheme of work. The overriding opinion on twitter is that a 3 year key stage 4 is the way many schools will go, and I’m starting to agree so want to capture my thoughts to come back to at some point, when we … Read more
Today the new GCSE subject content for teaching from 2015 was published (here). On the whole, in terms of content, it is a lot better than the previous programme of study (here) – what will now happen is that the exam boards will put together specifications, and that’s when the real meat gets put on … Read more
What started off as being just the Top 40 has developed further and many of you will know that an online version was developed … well!! it hasn’t stopped there and the site has developed a life of its own and morphed into JustMaths online (www.justmaths.co.uk/online ); the Top 40 is still very much at the hub … Read more
The Guardian Teacher Network site is one of my “go-to” sites for education news and I love their Secret Teacher blog – it’s one of the first things I check out on a Saturday morning so love the fact that some of my fractions worksheets have been included in this article … its true though … Read more
I’ve had a weekend off, visiting York and also got to meet up with some tweeters in real life (** waves to @Missradders, @El_Timbre, @MrsDenyer and 2 mini-geeks in training**) and driving home it got me thinking about how this was even possible. If someone said to me 12 months ago, that I would be on Twitter, … Read more
Not my idea, but an absolute blinder courtesy of @ListerKev (Kev’s blog) and @ASTsupportAAli who originally posted about using these for literacy here Agility – The teaching toolkit. Its working so well, I wanted to share as part of the October #blogsync 8: “Marking with Impact” … don’t get me wrong its not a panacea, but is saving … Read more
I’ve put together a “must, should, could” style worksheet for fractions, starting with “Sorted it” in relation to multiplying and dividing fractions, then “Nailed it” moves on to addition and subtraction and finally “Mastered it” includes all 4 operations but with mixed numbers. These type of worksheets are ideal for allowing students to either get loads of … Read more
Just a quick post to say that some of you lucky people (I’m not sure I mean lucky?!) will be getting the chance to meet up with Seager, in his capacity as HoD (and me if you are REALLY lucky) … he does exist I promise! .. as the next couple of months get a bit busy … Read more
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