24 April 2014 | Blog
It’s that time again. Every break I spend a couple of days winding down then switch off completely for a few days and before I know it the end of the holidays are here and I have a mad mild panic thinking about everything I should have done … and this holiday has been no different. ... Read more
13 April 2014 | BlogEdexcel
I know! I know! I know! I am meant to be on holiday but it takes me a couple of days to wind down … and the pressure of exams looming for year 11’s never seems to go away even when away from school I find myself thinking about what else we could be doing! ... Read more
10 April 2014 | Blog
I’m adding a “pre-script” to this post that supports my rant below – the school at which we work has been recognised for the value added to students progress between key stages 2 and 4. Trinity is in the top 20% nationally (here) so we are not all about just getting that grade C!!! **If ... Read more
9 April 2014 | Blog
Who likes being observed? Hands up … You! You! At the back … is that a hand being raised? Nope? Didn’t think so. Every school has those teachers that seem to thrive on being observed. You know, the ones that are always “chosen” as a showpiece whenever there are visitors (or even a colleague) whom for ... Read more
7 April 2014 | BlogTeaching
I’ve been married for 20 years (before you say it, I’ll say it for you “Mel, you I don’t look old enough!”) and every couple of months we go to my mother-in-laws for Sunday lunch. It’s not that we’re not close but she was a house matron at Rugby school until Christmas and so was always “on call” ... Read more
4 April 2014 | BlogEdexcel
will be running one of the workshops here? … not me!! but Seager!! He was there last year and can you believe they invited him back? Beggars belief!!
3 April 2014 | BlogTeaching
Late last night the whole “level 5 is a C”, “oh no its not” thing started. I find the way the media can get everyone so outraged is amazing – we read it in the paper or hear it on the news and it MUST be fact. Now if you’re like me (and bless your little cotton socks if you are!) you’ll take ... Read more
3 April 2014 | Blog
As I sat on the train yesterday I couldn’t help but think that it felt a little like the “old days” for me; if I didn’t think you’d throw rotten apples and tomatoes at me I’d have actually written that it felt “like the old days when I had a proper job, before teaching”. It ... Read more
2 April 2014 | BlogTeaching
You cynical Mel? Never! I hear you say! ** I can almost hear you shaking your head too!** Today some statistics about those students that didn’t achieve a grade C in Maths and English at 16 (i.e. at the end of year 11) were published. They show that the percentage of them that go onto achieve ... Read more
31 March 2014 | BlogTeaching
The above is not a phase I would ever have imagined anyone saying about me and a bit like buses – it’s happened twice in the last two weeks. Let’s just say I feel a little bit like the “wicked witch” right now, which is disappointing as I always saw myself more in the role of ... Read more
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