17 June 2014 | Blog
Last week I posted about the Ofqual survey and this evening I’ve spent some time completing it. I was going to critique each of the questions, but I’ll let you have a look yourself and I think I covered most of my issues with it in my previous post, so let me show you what is really ... Read more
16 June 2014 | Blog
Friday was the last “big” maths exam and I breathed a huge sigh of relief as it felt that as if the moment we’d (I mean me and my year 11’s) been working towards for the last three years was here and then it happened in the blink of an eye. Most of my groups have been with ... Read more
9 June 2014 | BlogEdexcel
THIS IS FROM 2014 AND NOT THE MOST RECENT BEST GUESS PAPER – CHECK OUT BEST GUESS 2015 Ok … lets make it clear there is no guarantee that any of the topics we’ve included in this resource, will come up in paper 2 – (Edexcel Linear) we have no secret “ins” and I haven’t got a mole, we are using what is ... Read more
7 June 2014 | Blog
A bit of a “feel good” post for the weekend … and absolutely NOTHING to do with maths!! Tomorrow is Fathers Day (EDIT – Actually just found out its next weekend!!) , and 12 months ago I lost my Dad, so its tough! I know it doesn’t sound like it, but bear with me … ... Read more
6 June 2014 | Blog
So Ofqual are launching an anonymous online survey next week, (TES article here) with the aim of teachers disclosing any tactics that schools have used to give students an “unfair advantage” in boosting their exam results. Basically the idea is that they want to hear about any practices, which according to the article are used to “maximise” results, and I quote “such ... Read more
5 June 2014 | 1 - Number
I got in late last night from a parish council meeting and had intended on blogging as I’ve loads to tell you but so little time! We’ve had year 11 in for revision this week and they’re back tomorrow for 4 hours (half of the year group at a time, for 2 hours) which means I have to ... Read more
2 June 2014 | Blog
In a previous post here about “frequency trees” I said that I was more than happy to stand corrected by AQA, so I am on my feet and have been very much corrected … Who’da thunk it!! Today it was pointed out to me that “frequency trees” are explicitly mentioned as a requirement in the DFE programme of ... Read more
2 June 2014 | Blog
BLOG 2 OF SEVERAL I’ve been looking over the draft specification and sample assessment material from Edexcel (sorry guys, your turn!) and immediately came across this (paper 3 question 19): My initial reaction was that it is probably covered in the programme of study under the section that reads “interpret and construct tables, charts and diagrams” ... Read more
31 May 2014 | Blog
BLOG 1 of SEVERAL … So the draft specifications have been published for the new GCSE, which meant that whilst the footie was on last night I was working through the sample assessment materials (I know! I am soooo rock n’ roll!!). It did however turn out to be an interesting and hysterical evening, with ... Read more
30 May 2014 | Blog
Back in March I set out a timeline for how I thought the changes to the new Maths GCSE (here’s the link) would happen…OK I was a couple of days out as some of the exam boards published them before the end of May (damn you!!) to coincide, I assume to the submission to Ofqual for accreditation. ... Read more
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