A little every day – November 2016
26 October 2016 | BlogResources
The file for the November maths calendar and also solutions for October found below: November -> monthly-maths-november October Solutions -> monthly-maths-october-solutions
Couldn’t let it pass by without …
25 October 2016 | BlogDFE
The above was me last week!! You can’t have failed to notice that last week, in a speech about primary assessment Justine Greening announced that the government “will not introduce statutory mathematics and reading resits on children’s arrival in year 7.” It seems that sense (for once) has been seen and all the kerfuffle that ... Read more
They know that I know!
19 October 2016 | BlogInterventionNEW GCSE 9-1ResourcesUncategorized
We’ve just finished our first assessment cycle (well .. one more paper to go with year 9’s tomorrow!) and we’ve done the whole RAG’ing of questions and reviewed the papers so when someone asked me last week if we re-test students it really made me think. The answer is no we don’t but I definitely ... Read more
Being systematic
11 October 2016 | 1 - NumberBlogNEW GCSE 9-1ResourcesUncategorized
I love teaching my year 9 group. I’ve taught them for 2 years now and in the main, they are really up for having a go at most things I give them and they usually try their best. There are times when they’re a little loud but they are such a fun group to teach. ... Read more
Busting to tell you something
3 October 2016 | AQAEdexcelJustMaths ConferenceOCR
I am rubbish with knowing news that I have been sworn to secrecy with; When it comes to my hubby and friends they know not to expect too much at any celebration event because I’ve got myself in a right tizz about what they’ve got that I force them to open their pressies weeks before ... Read more
A little every day – October 2016
1 October 2016 | BlogFrom the Coal FaceResources
File for October maths calender and also solutions for September found below: October -> monthly-maths-october September Solutions -> monthly-maths-september-solutions
Year 7 Resits – Calling all bloggers!
29 September 2016 | BlogEdexcelPersonalUncategorized
Whilst we are waiting for the promised consultation on the year 7 resits (now being called progress tests!) I am going to try to persuade as many “bloggers” (I still don’t consider myself one of those … I’m a teacher!) as I can, to write a blog post (or should that be “another” post because ... Read more
Mid Week Update
28 September 2016 | BlogEdexcel
I was away last night having travelled to Margate as I had a 9am meeting – come to think of it, so far Seager has managed to wangle local visits!! hmmm … oh well … I’ll chuckle to myself this Friday when he is off “oop North” to do some stuff with Amir at Dixons ... Read more
All I want is transparency
27 September 2016 | BlogNEW GCSE 9-1Ofqual
Is that too much to ask? You may remember that I put a FOI request into Ofqual following their letter to Pearson adjusting grade boundaries upwards ( my blog was here -> ( FOI Request )? Well I’ve had a response … actually scrap that … I’ve had a non-response. To be honest all I ... Read more
Fluency
25 September 2016 | 1 - NumberBlogResources
I’ve been thinking a lot about the need for “fluency” (whatever that means!) and how not having a firm grasp of the basic number facts and relationships sometimes holds students back from accessing higher order topics. I think that there is a definite difference between “sums” and “maths”. Now, don’t be getting all academic on ... Read more
