This is the post I wanted to write yesterday. When the GCSE was reformed back in 2017 me and Seager spent hours, weeks, even months thinking about what teaching “our kind” of students aiming to get them that magic grade 4 would look like. You may be new here and not be aware that we … Read more
This post is intended to be used for us to signpost people to a “sort of” set of instructions on how to access and generate the R.A.G. paper functionality that we’ve developed – an overview is also available on the R.A.G. tab at the top of this webpage. Essentially, the idea is all around providing … Read more
I’ve had to add this paragraph after writing the below post. I came on here to write about using Pearsons “resultsplus” data/webapge and how we’ve used it over the last few days … I’ve got screenshots and EVERYTHING (including some excel workbooks to share with you!!) to do an instructional blog … I then started … Read more
So I’ve fallen out of the habit of posting my random thoughts on here … life is busier than it’s ever been but I’m feeling like I’m slowly getting into a routine with all the stuff that’s going on and it feels like as good a time as any to get back into this on … Read more
It’s not as drastic as the title suggests … in fact for many it’s not even something that warrants a blog post but for me it’s a biggie. But first a little tangent explaining my relative absence to the world of blogging. I started writing this blog nearly eleven years ago as a way to … Read more
EDIT: I’ve come back to this and want to apologise for this brain dump … I wasn’t sure what I was going to write about when it started. It just happened. Blogging Tourettes … Tonight I can’t sleep. It’s the night before GCSE results day and for the last two years we’ve gone into results … Read more
Me again. Today the exam boards published the advance information for the November exam series. You can find them using the links below: AQA OCR Pearson / Edexcel (click on Nov 22 Support) I’ve also put together some student friendly versions which aren’t 20 + pages long. There are two versions: Can be printed on … Read more
Long time no write/speak/read … whatever! Apologies if you’re expecting some maths related stuff … this is as far away from maths as you can get but I promise you its related to teaching. Anyway, strap yourself in .. grab a cuppa and settle down to read something that may make you laugh, shouldn’t make … Read more
The advance information from the exam boards has been published and so we are truly on the final stretch to the first Summer exams since 2019. If you are looking for the information for your specific exam board they can be found here (make sure you use the one for the correct exam board as … Read more
So long time no speak! Lifes been busy don’t you know! Actually it’s more than that … the world has changed and so have I. I’ve wanted to get on here and “just write” like I used to pre-covid but every time I’ve thought about it I’ve stopped myself for fear of upsetting someone or … Read more
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