24 July 2016 | BlogPersonal
In October 2014 I wrote a post about why I blog and tweet (I still don’t know what makes a good or a bad blog post by the way!) and then in Feb 2015 I wrote my “idiots guide to Twitter“. I suppose the point of this post is to say that if you’ve ever ... Read more
23 July 2016 | DFEOfqual
I have to take my hat off to Ofqual for their recent response to an freedom of information request I made to them .. I’m quite impressed because someone has thought it through and not just sent a standard response. Having seen some payments on their “transparency” data that they have to publish I noted ... Read more
23 July 2016 | BlogPersonalTeaching
Today has been the first time in a few years where we haven’t been saying goodbye to someone in the team or saying our own farewells on the last day of term – the department is stable and we have no one leaving either. I know this isn’t the case for lots of departments out ... Read more
21 July 2016 | DFEOfqual
Whats the name for an edit comment that appears at the start of a post? Don’t know? Me neither … Well this is one of them … I started to write this post and it became something else but I’ve left it as it is … apologies in advance! This will be the first of ... Read more
19 July 2016 | BlogFrom the Coal FaceResources
I saw a pic this week of an adaptation of the “maths” periodic table and so me, being me I asked if Claire would be happy for me to share …. yay!! She was!! … and has even done a little intro … so Ladies & Gents … from Claire Mazurkiewicz (on Twitter as @MrsMazzy) ... Read more
18 July 2016 | BlogDFE
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 how the funding works for this year is just another reason why the resit idea stinks. The fact is, and there is no way ... Read more
14 July 2016 | BlogDFE
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 when I saw all over my Twitter timeline that the DFE confirmed today there would be “no … year 7 resits in the 2016/17 ... Read more
12 July 2016 | 5 - Misc.NEW GCSE 9-1Resources
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 finish until a week on Friday. Here is the file for August -> Monthly Maths -August And the solutions for July are here too ... Read more
11 July 2016 | 5 - Misc.From the Coal FaceResources
I thought I’d share another great idea that has come from another subject – this time courtesy of GeographyBlog (on twitter as @Geoisamazing) So I put a shout out for ideas as to what statements could go on a maths versions. Let’s just say there were lots – whilst there was concensus on most of ... Read more
10 July 2016 | From the Coal FaceResourcesTeaching
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 lots of nods and general agreement to the comment, at which point I shared this idea (I was “winging” this bit, but to be ... Read more
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