“Exams” exams ??
Dear Teachers, I hope you’re keeping well and that your TAGs have been put to bed or at the least you can see the end is in sight! Just a note to say that you’re all doing an amazing job but also to ask if any of you guys got [...]
June 2021
August 2020
The worst boy band ever??
So today marks a massive achievement for us at JustMaths and the Kanga Boys (Kangaroo Maths = Steve Lomax and Matt Nixon) … we took delivery of the first edition of the Ready? Set? Go! The Crossover "thing". I have written about the ideas behind it here and also how [...]
April 2020
ITT Support …. Session 1
Morning! Just a quick post to share some resources … following the realisation that ITT students were not going to be able to finish their final teaching placement a few weeks ago, I put out a tweet. I'd been thinking about how nervous most teachers get after just six weeks [...]
March 2020
May be of use …
We are facing uncertain times - if you do nothing else tomorrow at work tell your headteacher that they are appreciated - for some (most!) of them this week will have been amongst some of the toughest times they will have faced and it doesn't look like it will get [...]
October 2019
Command Words (2 of 4)
This is the second in a series of posts about literacy in maths. I mentioned in my previous post that this post would explain more about tier 1, 2, and 3 words and also include some further analysis in relation to the higher tier papers. If you are looking for [...]
Command Words (1 of 4)
I know! I know! I know! Its been a while but I’ve been busy don’t you know? To which I can almost hear you, dear reader saying “Haven’t we all?” … This is the first of two three four blog posts about the language used in exams … I’ve split [...]
July 2019
Digital Detox
At the end of every year, in the first week of the summer holidays I like to get away. For me it’s a way of resetting the clock and spending some much-needed time with my (long-suffering!?!?!) husband – we could just stay at home and lock away the world but [...]
A little every day – July 2019
Below you will find two versions of the monthly maths calendar : Julys “normal” crossover version: – > Monthly Maths - 31 - July 2019 - Crossover Julys “number skills” version (shown below): – > Monthly Maths - 31 - July 2019 - Number Skills The original post containing [...]
A little every day – June 2019
Below you will find two versions of the monthly maths calendar : Junes “normal” crossover version: – > Monthly Maths - 30 - June 2019 - Crossover Junes “number skills” version (shown below): – > Monthly Maths - 30 - June 2019 - Number Skills The original post containing the [...]
June 2019
Practice Papers to prepare for paper 3 Summer 2019
Following my previous post, below you will find topic lists of things that haven't made an appearance in papers 1 and 2 (all boards) and also “Bumper” practice papers for AQA and OCR of which there are 2 versions : “suitable for both tiers” albeit the start will just be [...]
