15 September 2014 | Blog
During the month of September most schools have “open evening” … it turns out that at Alcester Academy its “open week” in addition to Tuesday being the normal open evening. I absolutely love this idea – I do think you get more of a feel from a school, during the day when it’s running normally ... Read more
13 September 2014 | Blog
In my day job we’ve always used Edexcels maths GCSE (we did have a dabble in the early days with the OCR Graduated Assessment modular thingy) but as “JustMaths” I’m quite open to helping any of the boards in supporting teachers in whatever way I can, which is why I’m sharing some information sent to ... Read more
11 September 2014 | Blog
Saddo that I am, I am sat comparing the previous versions of OCR’s Sample Assessment Materials with those that have just been released by them as part of their specification – they were the first to announce their accreditation for the new Maths GCSE and so far looking at the Higher papers, the differences are subtle. A couple of questions have ... Read more
10 September 2014 | BlogEdexcel
It is hump day! yay! We are now officially closer to Friday than the start of the week. So much to tell you but got waylaid this evening with an urgent request doing someone a favour, so it’ll have to wait until the weekend. I have however been thinking about “stuff” – driven by the fact that ... Read more
7 September 2014 | Blog
I am ticking things off this list left, right and bloomin’ centre … I am a veritable list-ticking ninja this weekend! One of the things we’d usually do in gain time in the Summer term, is to check if the maths part of the school website needs updating ready for September (obviously we’re playing catch ... Read more
6 September 2014 | 5 - Misc.BlogTeaching
I did promise that I would be chronicling the journey … warts and all! (Mainly mine!) so here goes: It’s Friday evening and I am absolutely “banjaxed” after a week that has been full of highs and lows. To those of you that have moved jobs in teaching, more than once (I’m not sure I ... Read more
2 September 2014 | Blog
This is probably one of the most honest posts I’ve ever written: I have come to the conclusion that I must be a nightmare to manage. I think of something and the next thing I know I can hear the words coming out of my mouth … the next bit is meant in some way, to explain ... Read more
31 August 2014 | BlogInterventionTeaching
It’s the day before the start of term and last year I wrote about my main worry being getting my feet that had somehow turned into hobbit feet, back into “proper” shoes after six weeks in flip flops. I did have another worry and that was maybe I would have forgotten how to teach. It ... Read more
31 August 2014 | BlogEdexcelTeaching
For those of you that have key stage 5 and use Edexcel as your exam board I have attached below some templates for you to import your ResultsPlus data into – particularly useful for those students carrying on into year 13. I did notice that the data download from Edexcel for KS5 didnt include the ... Read more
31 August 2014 | 5 - Misc.BlogResources
Yesterday I had to sweet-talk Sam (our site manager) into letting us in on Saturday morning – he is a hard man to negotiate with and we agreed that I’d get there for 7 (in fact I was there about 20 past … don’t lambast me people for being late but it’s Saturday!) and I ... Read more
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