The importance of routine
The last six weeks I have had to go back to basics in terms of my lesson planning and behaviour management … let’s just say that at times it feels like doing my PGCE […]
I love parents evening
There! I’ve said it! Don’t hate me! I’m not sure what it is that I like about them – it’s difficult to […]
One more challenge!
Very shortly after accepting our jobs in the summer term we were dealt a blow: our NQT wasn’t going to accept his position; our new gaffer dealt with this swiftly and managed to […]
Homework again!!!
I have written what seems to be endless posts on homework … arghh!!
You would imagine that the question “does homework work?” would be easy to answer, wouldn’t you? As a teaching […]
Warts ‘n all
Right … where to start? I suppose I start at the beginning and see where it takes me .. remember I have blogging tourettes!
Changing jobs in schools is not very well […]
Joined up thinking
Photograph: Alamy
I have alluded on a previous post in relation to PISA testing the danger of one person having ultimate control over […]
So what has changed?
Now that the last “big” or should that be the “biggest” maths exam board has been accredited looking at the specimen papers can begin, so hopefully you’ll find this post useful. Someone once […]
One-to-one or One-to-many
I am sure that there is a maths joke in that title somewhere! Anyway, I promised to post more information about the logistics of the one-to-one programme that we mentioned yesterday – I must […]
PISA tests .. grrr!
Yesterday Dr Vanessa Pittard (Assistant Director, Curriculum and Standards) gave a DFE update as the opening speech at a maths conference – a section of this was devoted to showing our position in […]
a quickie post
Yesterday’s maths conference organised by La Salle Education was amazing … so much so that I am exhausted from the adrenaline rush of the excitement, and haven’t even started to catch up with […]
