Mel Muldowney You’d think that the rules were being made up as we go along …. they are! Week 1 (it was week 1 for me) was Gandalf Week 2 was Star Wars AND standard form … here is my Top Trumps activity based on standard form with a Star Wars theme . I’ve loved making these kinds of activities … Read more
I know it isn’t what really happens, but in the deepest darkest months of the year it sometimes feels like “Teach – test – mark – teach – test –mark”. This is not a gripe about assessment or the amount we test out students as I genuinely think that we have the right balance, but … Read more
Less than a month ago, we started to tweet exam questions and answers as a way to get some of our harder to reach students to revise and about 2 weeks ago details of the twitter account were published on this blog. Today we reached a milestone of 100 followers (the 100th follower was @IAPSmaths) … Read more
With the current pace of change, and the rumour mill constantly churning out information, we find ourselves having loads of “what if…” conversations, discussing what we will do if (or when) any of the proposals coming out of Whitehall actually come to fruition. So far, we have refrained from inventing bizarre and outrageous scenarios – to be … Read more
I’ve been on quite a few training courses in my time. Maybe I have been extremely lucky or unusual but they have all been fantastic, well thought out and I’ve always come away from them enthused and full of energy. Shhhh … Come closer …. hopefully those that have either sent me on, or actually … Read more
WOW!!! We’ve made the news. Check it out … here … Chuffed to bits to see lots of our resources featured. What started off as us sharing resources through the blog has shown that there is a demand for innovative resources, rather than a plain old worksheet. Make sure you check in regularly as we are in … Read more
This week has been mental. Press article about why I became a teacher, developing resources,, writing some other article “thing,”, teaching, being a wife /daughter and oh yes! Our school received confirmation that it is officially the MOST IMPROVED SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY. Yes! Country!!! Amongst all the chaos, I have been thinking about how … Read more
Getting some of our students to revise is ridiculously difficult. We provide them with so many different resources and I’d like to think that we signpost what they need to do, pretty well. Its tough when there is a long run until the next exam session – there seems to be no sense of urgency in some … Read more
Right! Before I start let’s make it clear this IS a contentious issue. I make no apologies for it and the only reason I offer for raising it is to spark a mature and reasoned debate (even if that debate is only with myself). Early entry …. **pauses and waits for sharp intake of breath** … Read more
I’ve just googled “Do I enter students for Higher or Foundation” – the top two, and most of the results on page 1 were in relation to Maths, but surely every other subject must have the same dilemma? That’s not the reason for this post though, what spurred me on was a genuine curiosity about … Read more
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