8 June 2018 | AQABlogOCR
Following paper 2 today I’ve been busy putting these papers and lists together using exam board questions (I’m not an examiner so I want my kids practicing “real” questions at this stage) … based on conversations/emails with Seager so once again this is a joint effort … someone on Twitter made a comment about those ... Read more
5 June 2018 | BlogFrom the Coal FaceNEW GCSE 9-1ResourcesTeaching
There are a couple of ideas that I’ve seen recently that have provided me with inspiration to develop something that I’ve been pondering for a while and so I thought it only right and proper to give credit where its due. We’ve always done something on the morning of the exam … I say ... Read more
4 June 2018 | JustMaths ConferenceOCROfqual
Now that the first Maths GCSE paper is finished we’ve got some time to breathe before paper 2, which means that tomorrow when you go into work you’ll have time to do something proactive … so why not book your ticket to join us (and 250 other maths teachers) for the second JustMaths conference ... Read more
3 June 2018 | NEW GCSE 9-1Resources
Here you go … calendar for JUNE 2018: Monthly Maths – JUNE 2018 The original post containing the sheet for May 2018 can be found -> here and the solutions (for May 2018) are available here – > Monthly Maths – MAY 2018 – Solutions I have already uploaded to JustMaths Online!
24 May 2018 | BlogResources
NOTE THAT THESE PRACTICE PAPERS RELATE TO SUMMER 2018 PAPER 2 ONLY I’ve written about the “between papers” practice papers we used last year in a previous post so this evening I’ve been busy putting these together for Edexcel based on the list of topics that Seager sent me which of course I’ve checked … ... Read more
23 May 2018 | PersonalTeaching
Every year that I teach goes in a blur. It feels like I’m on a 6 to 8 week cycle with the bottom of the wash basket** only being seen once a cycle (**insert any household task that only gets done in the holidays!) and then the next thing you know its a new year ... Read more
22 May 2018 | ResourcesTeaching
I’ve been doing these for a while now and they seem to be well received so I’ve done some NEW ones for the next half term break – I’ll be printing them onto A3 with the solutions on the reverse for them to check their own work and giving them out to my year 10’s ... Read more
17 May 2018 | Uncategorized
In less than a week paper one will be done. I’m going to look into my crystal ball **coming all over “Mystic Meg”** and say there will be a twitter storm about either a certain question or a mistake on the paper or about how they were too hard/too easy and then teachers will start going ... Read more
16 May 2018 | BlogResourcesTeaching
We have learning walks at work where everyone (I think!) is encouraged (it’s probably ”expected” but I haven’t done it!) to pop into other people’s lessons on a regular basis – to be honest it sounds worse than it actually is and ever since my NQT year when I hated people coming in I don’t ... Read more
13 May 2018 | BlogFrom the Coal FaceIntervention
I’ve been trying to get back into regularly blogging for a while now … I can assure you that it’s not for the want of trying ( I have about 17 posts in my “draft folder”) that now I’ve written this may get to see the light of day … so apologies if there is ... Read more
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