Having a day off … sort of ..
I am having the day off work today … ok, so that’s not quite true, but I’m not busting a gut to […]
Why teach maths?
The following is a blog post I’ve written for the National College for Teaching and Leadership – I have agreed to be a case study to try to encourage other career changers […]
Blue jobs
I sometimes wonder what on earth some people are thinking and how some of the things I read about on blogs and twitter, would be received in my personal life. I’ve been […]
The Power of the Collective
Collaboration: working with each other to do a task and to achieve shared goals. It is a recursive process […]
Trying to get it wrong
I am lucky enough to have a set 1 in year 11 – I’m not going to discuss the merits/drawbacks of ability streaming – and I’ve been teaching them for 3 years […]
Bread and butter practice!
This morning I’ve finished marking my year 11 mocks (well! I say finished … I mean I’ve marked the non […]
What’s the link ..
between rocking horses and maths teachers?
Well … let me tell you my story: 6 years ago, […]
Bullet Point Blog – Twaddle & gumph!
Just a quickie post in a bullet point “stylee” ..
– Manic week, not made any better by being germ ridden! (read that as: “have a cold”). […]
Vectors Whodunnit
I’ve been teaching vectors with year 11 this week and whilst I have a snakes and ladders game that I use […]
Hump day blog post
So far, this week has been a bit hectic (when isn’t that the case?) and also a little bit frustrating; last night I spent nearly four hours putting together a schedule […]
