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More with less – Yr 7 catch up funding

JustMathsMel2016-07-18T19:04:35+01:00July 18th, 2016|Blog, DFE|

So the year 7 catch-up funding has been confirmed again for 2016/17. It’s not something that concerned me greatly until the year 7 resits reared their ugly head and confirmation of […]

Year 7 resits were NEVER planned for 16/17

JustMathsMel2016-07-14T22:48:44+01:00July 14th, 2016|Blog, DFE|

I’ve got a very open mind about the changes at the DFE but it was good (of course it wasn’t!) to see the PR & media machines were at work already […]

A little bit every day – AUGUST 2016

JustMathsMel2016-07-11T17:55:25+01:00July 12th, 2016|5 - Misc., NEW GCSE 9-1, Resources|

I’m conscious that some of you finish this week so I’ve done next months calendar earlier than usual. I’m going to send out to all parents next week as we don’t […]

Speeding violation

JustMathsMel2016-07-10T20:05:26+01:00July 11th, 2016|5 - Misc., From the Coal Face, Resources|

I thought I’d share another great idea that has come from another subject – this time courtesy of GeographyBlog (on twitter as […]

Nice one Julia!

JustMathsMel2016-07-10T12:22:20+01:00July 10th, 2016|From the Coal Face, Resources, Teaching|

During my first (of two) sessions at OCRs maths conference at Queen Mary University last week, the matter of students not having enough “resilience” when learning maths came up. There were […]