13 July 2014 | BlogUncategorized
You SHOULD be aware that the new GCSE will be first examined in June 2017 so working backwards from that in the traditional sense of a two year course means that teaching would start in September 2015 BUT it isn’t that simple. It never is! You would have thought that this was common knowledge, however ... Read more
13 July 2014 | Blog
In our school’s newsletter tomorrow there is a section about leavers and promotions, so as of then, the students will be made aware. To be honest I’ve told my groups already as I wanted to tell them myself and for them not to hear it on the grapevine, so to speak – I felt I ... Read more
12 July 2014 | Blog
This last week has been full of extreme highs and lows and the final week of term now looms large (I’ll come back to the highs over the weekend) but for now the low and indulge me but it is neither teaching or education related: Wednesday morning as I was leaving for work I saw one of ... Read more
8 July 2014 | Blog
So … 32 new hubs have been announced and let’s just say I was underwhelmed with the response to this evenings #mathscpdchat where they were the main discussion topic. A post on the NCETM – unless their maths is wrong suggests that there will be 35 hubs in all, yet only 32 have been announced … (“hub maths ... Read more
7 July 2014 | Edexcel
This weekend I have been running up my own proverbial backside, and seriously haven’t stopped. It was so mental (and if ONE more person mentions how much they are getting done in “gain time” I swear they will get both barrels!) I had to plan todays lesson during period 1 which has always been the ... Read more
4 July 2014 | Blog
I have a confession. I suppose there is no other way but to just come right out and say it … so here goes … Just one thing … I suppose I’m stalling for time … no, seriously just the one thing … promise me you won’t hate me for it ? Pinky promise? **deep ... Read more
4 July 2014 | Blog
Students today are bombarded with “stuff” that involve all their senses, and something I read today (which for the life of me I can’t find now!) has got me thinking about a conversation with some of my students this week. The blog (that much I can remember!) was about students’ “need” to be entertained every lesson and questioned ... Read more
2 July 2014 | Blog
Back in the Summer I was all “keeno” and determined that I wasn’t going to let homework get the better of me … oh how wrong was I? It hasn’t worked and at times I’ve felt like screaming especially when drowning under tests and books. There have been occasions, being brutally honest, when homework has been the last ... Read more
1 July 2014 | Blog
Two things. One of which is a hint if you mark using Epen (if you don’t know what that is, you can assume that you aren’t using it!), and the second is an observation. (1) If you press CTRL ALT and the “left arrow key” you can rotate your screen and then pop your laptop on ... Read more
30 June 2014 | Blog
Those of you who have been reading this blog for a while, will have a flavour of me, as a teacher and I rarely do downbeat or feel sorry for myself (don’t worry I’m not going to start now) … but we all have times when you want to throw in the proverbial towel, even if only ... Read more
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