GCSE 9 -1 New content – Two or more binomials
One of the topics that is new to the higher tier is “expanding two or more binomials”. When the subject criteria was published there was a […]
Scheme of work 2015/16
I am currently working on putting together formal units for our scheme of work for each of the BigFat 50 (for the new GCSE) and Top 40 (for existing GCSE) and have done […]
Frequency Trees .. post ?/n!
Before you say anything … I have not broken my blogging break – I’m not really here! I had a blogging binge before I left ….
Anyway, […]
Time for a break …
Every holiday it takes me a few days to actually realise that I’m on a break and this one has been no different. I suspect it comes from (a) having been […]
GCSE 9-1 – Content changes 1
Lots has been written about the changes and with all the “hullaballoo” over the SAMs it seems apt to be able to document a definitive list (from my perspective) of the […]
GCSE 9-1 New content – Error Intervals
One of the new topics in both tiers (for all boards) is “use inequality notation to specify simple error intervals due to truncation or rounding”. I don’t get how using the […]
Oh the irony …
For my regular readers and those that have been to any of my “getting ready to teach” events will know that I have an opinion about “frequency trees” – which started […]
#48MathsTour .. can you add up?
Anyone that knows me will know how much of a “twitter” advocate I am in terms of the benefits to my teaching. I use it professionally and rarely use it for […]
Saying Goodbye
Twelve months ago, it was me walking away from a school that had been a massive part of my life and today I was reminded of what it is like, to […]
Teaching time
A conversation on twitter got me thinking about the hours of teaching that the new GCSE is getting across the UK and possibly offer a “golden nugget” of an idea if […]
