Blog 10 - justmaths

A letter to Ofqual

7 August 202618 November 2016 by Mel Muldowney

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H v F … What if we make the wrong decision?

7 August 20262 November 2016 by Mel Muldowney

A couple of weeks ago, whilst wrapped up with my quilt, suffering with a bout of manflu I used the opportunity to have another look at the SAMs, specimens and practice papers alongside marking and collating the results from my year 10 class following their recent assessments. Additionally, I spent this down-time looking at the similar … Read more

#Teacher5adayBuddyBox

7 August 202627 October 2016 by Mel Muldowney

A few weeks ago I had a phone call to say that a parcel had arrived for me in reception. I’d thought it was just something my hubbie had ordered from eBay and could wait – the new beard trimmer he had ordered a week or so before (that we were both desperate for!) had … Read more

A little every day – November 2016

7 August 202626 October 2016 by Mel Muldowney

The file for the November maths calendar and also solutions for October found below: November -> monthly-maths-november October Solutions -> monthly-maths-october-solutions

Couldn’t let it pass by without …

7 August 202625 October 2016 by Mel Muldowney

The above was me last week!! You can’t have failed to notice that last week, in a speech about primary assessment Justine Greening announced that the government “will not introduce statutory mathematics and reading resits on children’s arrival in year 7.” It seems that sense (for once) has been seen and all the kerfuffle that … Read more

They know that I know!

7 August 202619 October 2016 by Mel Muldowney

We’ve just finished our first assessment cycle (well .. one more paper to go with year 9’s tomorrow!) and we’ve done the whole RAG’ing of questions and reviewed the papers so when someone asked me last week if we re-test students it really made me think. The answer is no we don’t but I definitely … Read more

Being systematic

7 August 202611 October 2016 by Mel Muldowney

I love teaching my year 9 group. I’ve taught them for 2 years now and in the main, they are really up for having a go at most things I give them and they usually try their best. There are times when they’re a little loud but they are such a fun group to teach. … Read more

A little every day – October 2016

7 August 20261 October 2016 by Mel Muldowney

File for October maths calender and also solutions for September found below: October -> monthly-maths-october September Solutions -> monthly-maths-september-solutions

Year 7 Resits – Calling all bloggers!

7 August 202629 September 2016 by Mel Muldowney

Whilst we are waiting for the promised consultation on the year 7 resits (now being called progress tests!) I am going to try to persuade as many “bloggers” (I still don’t consider myself one of those … I’m a teacher!) as I can, to write a blog post (or should that be “another” post because … Read more

Mid Week Update

7 August 202628 September 2016 by Mel Muldowney

I was away last night having travelled to Margate as I had a 9am meeting – come to think of it, so far Seager has managed to wangle local visits!! hmmm … oh well … I’ll chuckle to myself this Friday when he is off “oop North” to do some stuff with Amir at Dixons … Read more