12 September 2016 | BlogEdexcel
I was meant to send out a reminder to the next Edexcel collaborative network meeting at Alcester Academy this morning but had a disaster to avert. It’s one of my “super powers” allegedly: I was woken up earlier than usual, to be told that we had no water – a new combi boiler and no ... Read more
12 September 2016 | BlogResources
Last night I drew names out of my hat for the giveaway competition the JustMaths “boys” announced a week or so ago. OK so it wasn’t a real hat but I did print off my spreadsheet and cut every entry up into slips – as Sunday progressed and responses kept coming in I found it ... Read more
11 September 2016 | BlogInterventionNEW GCSE 9-1
If you are teaching Maths in FE then resits are very close to your heart. Students now have to continue to study Maths if they haven’t achieved a grade C in Maths when they move to post-16 education. If they get a D they have to do GCSE and below a D they have to ... Read more
10 September 2016 | 1 - NumberBlogResourcesTeaching
We’ve been thinking about the questions we want students to work through when we get them doing some “actual” work with our “super group” (we team teach a mahoosive group in year 11). After we’ve done the whole class explanation we usually get them practising a similar question (or questions) in the first instance and ... Read more
6 September 2016 | 1 - NumberBlogTeaching
In all the years that I have known Seager he still manages to pull “a blinder” that takes me by surprise and today was one of those days. I’d asked him for an idea to use with year 7 which involved them just “playing with numbers”. It was their first proper lesson having done the ... Read more
4 September 2016 | BlogEdexcelTeaching
I have a confession … I’ve never been to a TeachMeet. Is that wrong? Oh ok … actually I’ve been to one but spent the whole time chatting to an old friend in the corridor catching up! Oops! However I am about to put that right on the 14th September where not only will I ... Read more
3 September 2016 | 3 - ShapeTeaching
This time I’m “grrr’ing” (it IS now a word!) with laughter. Last night the JustMaths team met up to finalise some things for the launch of the Super60 next weekend and the boys thought it would be funny to write this post …. yes, I was there but thought they were busy doing “proper” work. ... Read more
2 September 2016 | BlogNEW GCSE 9-1ResourcesTeaching
UPDATE: COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED! We have been overwhelmed with the response and thank you to everyone that emailed/tweeted/commented or liked our Facebook page. Humbled doesn’t even come close! It’s Friday night and the JustMaths team are sat in a pub for our regular meeting (drinking diet coke and orange juices – not in the ... Read more
1 September 2016 | From the Coal FaceResourcesTeaching
File for September and also solutions for August: Monthly Maths – September Monthly Maths -August – SOLUTIONS I’m ready to get back to work, I know everyone is different but for me the point when I haven’t a clue what day of the week it is means I need to get back! Short and sweet this ... Read more
1 September 2016 | DFEOfqualUncategorized
I’ve edited this post to make it a bit clearer! As you do … I have been looking at the DFE and Ofqual publications page of the .gov site (I used to read books before sleeping now I read this sh1te! .. no seriously!) and I came across something that at first had me worried ... Read more
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