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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I've written before about "the final countdown" that we have in place in the lead up to the exams so I'm not going to go over old ground and will cut to the chase! I'm also not going to have a rant about people making so called "predicted papers" … It worries [...]
