18 August 2015 | Blog
Cue the M&S advert music. This isn’t just any list. This is a maths list. There are perils in writing a list. When I’m trying to sleep at night I lie on the edge of my bed with my ipad on the floor and read blogs. Maths blogs. I am not saying they are the ... Read more
17 August 2015 | Blog
I thought I’d get in before the deluge of tweets and blogs about grade boundaries, grade inflation, higher versus foundation (and so on) starts this week (no doubt there will be “some sort” of media frenzy!) and I thought I’d have my say early. I am going to try to avoid the hype if I ... Read more
14 August 2015 | BlogNEW GCSE 9-1
I’ve split this post into two parts .. you know how I love to “rabble on”. This part looks at the most recent (since 2012) government documents relating to their (read that as Gove’s) drive for a single exam board and the second is looking at it in the wider sense with a bit more ... Read more
12 August 2015 | Blog
People!! Let’s remember its TV. Before this week’s #ChineseTeachers started I checked my crystal ball and could see it all going horribly wrong but with a hint of a light at the end of the tunnel and I’m thinking that is what we got. I’m not sure what the intention of the whole project was ... Read more
5 August 2015 | Blog
Read the following with a massive pinch of salt! (and also forgive any typos .. I will correct in the morning! I still have a floor to mop this evening!!) If you needed a reason (as if we need more of them!) as to why PISA and the other international benchmark tests cannot be taken ... Read more
3 August 2015 | NEW GCSE 9-1
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 question as to “how many binomials?” … where does it end? In fact, it’s not that scary … what it actually means is triple brackets … just that! (no guarantees ... Read more
29 July 2015 | Blog
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 it in the same format as the year 7 and 8 one which I will also share at some point before September but before ... Read more
28 July 2015 | 4 - DataBlogResources
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, I have written about frequency trees more than I care to admit but thought I’d share a homework (here -> Frequency Trees – LEARN Homework ) I’ve made for them ... Read more
27 July 2015 | Blog
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 self-employed (it was a town-centre pub!) was always “on duty” and then (b) when in the corporate world I never used my full holiday entitlement ... Read more
25 July 2015 | BlogNEW GCSE 9-1
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 changes to content over the next 4 blog posts (this is 1 of 4) – the intention is that where there are significant changes ... Read more
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