Below you will find two versions of the monthly maths calendar : Decembers “normal” version: – > Monthly Maths - December 2018 Decembers “number skills” version: – > Monthly Maths - December 2018 - Number Skills The original post containing the sheets for November can be found -> here and the solutions [...]
Hi, I now blog so infrequently about my teaching that I feel I need to say "hello" … part of the reason, if I'm being BRUTALLY ( I don't think I have a "non-brutal" honesty button) is that it feels weird when people I work with acknowledge the fact that [...]
Mock season is upon us. People everywhere are drowning in papers. Amidst all this marking I asked the above question on Twitter, with regards what people say to the students when they are lining up waiting to go into their exam. The original question was prompted by my gaffer but [...]
Let me start by saying that I know that what I’m about to share is by no means perfect but it’s a massive step towards where we need to be which is why I thought I’d share to get you thinking about your own scheme of work (schemes or learning?? [...]
Several months ago I was asked if I fancied doing a session at ResearchEd Rugby and after some genuine soul-searching where I couldn’t for the life of me get over the fact that I may have something to share I decided to say yes. Unbeknownst to me the MA Council [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 ... [...]
