Homework & AFL #2

12 October 2013 | BlogResources

We’re having a focus on assessment for learning at the minute, which means we been relooking at what we do in terms of policies and practice (snore, snore, snore!). As a result I’ve been looking at ways to try to make the marking of students work both manageable and meaningful for the students … its a ... Read more

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Maths Network Meeting?

7 October 2013 | Edexcel

In our day jobs, we’ll be hosting another maths collaborative network meeting next month for schools within about 20 miles of us … it would have been quite easy to accept that with the growing academisation across the county and the demise of LA support at subject level, one of the casualties was going to ... Read more

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Teaching fractions

6 October 2013 | 1 - NumberBlogResources

is a bit like marmite … you either love it or hate it. Especially at secondary schools, when the students already have a firm idea on where they stand on the subject and the usual response is “I ‘ate fractions!!” It’s a topic that I usually can’t get too excited about, but it’s one in ... Read more

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If only you knew ..

30 September 2013 | Blog

.. how we’ve used early entry, Mr Gove. You would know that we haven’t used it to cheat your league tables (which, just-so-you-know show the school at which we work to be “most improved school in the country” in Jan 2013) … we’ve used it to give our students a better chance in the life they have ... Read more

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Trial & Improvement

24 September 2013 | 2 - AlgebraBlogResourcesTeaching

Been meaning to post about this since I did the exam marking in the summer, but have been seriously busy (haven’t we all?) and just as I’m about to revise T&I with some of my one to one students its prompted me to finish the post that was started so long ago. To some of ... Read more

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Why 40?

24 September 2013 | BlogTeaching

I was demonstrating to some of our students today, all of the resources that are available to them on our VLE and one of the things is the Top 40 resource that we’ve put on there for them to use … and inevitably (I’ve learnt that the conversation goes that way!) we got into a ... Read more

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Number Properties Whodunnit

22 September 2013 | 1 - NumberBlogResources

Been planning lessons this weekend and have put the attached together (and solution) which I am going to use with all my year groups over the next few weeks – either as a starter or the main activity – depending on the group. So my lower years/abilities will get it as the main course and my higher years/abilities ... Read more

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I know, I know!!

20 September 2013 | BlogEdexcelTeaching

Its Friday night and most of you don’t want to even think about work … but I want to pick some brains about how other schools deal with the teaching at KS5.  I have tried to explain what we do, twice now and even got myself confused so am going to refer to the four teachers as ... Read more

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JustMaths Online

16 September 2013 | Resources

Wow! Fize has been busy … apparently he’s had to do some “coding” to get the teachers resources folders looking the way I wanted them … and yes I am THAT particular… So … there are two levels of login: 1) for students. This gives them access to worksheets, worked solutions and  Seagers’ tutorials. I’m saying it ... Read more

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How do you define context?

15 September 2013 | BlogTeaching

I received an email today from Suzann Wells (from Samuel Whitbread Academy) about one of the June 2013 worksheets – the Box Plots one to be specific. Following this I have spent the last couple of hours trying to get my head around what defines context in terms of an exam answer, and how it is sometimes open ... Read more

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