Fluency
I’ve been thinking a lot about the need for “fluency” (whatever that means!) and how not having a firm grasp of the basic number facts and relationships sometimes holds students back […]
September 2016
Date for your diary
I was meant to send out a reminder to the next Edexcel collaborative network meeting at Alcester Academy this morning but had a disaster to avert. It’s one of my “super […]
Teach GCSE Resit in FE?
If you are teaching Maths in FE then resits are very close to your heart.
Students now have to continue to study Maths if they haven’t achieved […]
Code Breakers
We’ve been thinking about the questions we want students to work through when we get them doing some “actual” work with our “super group” (we team teach a mahoosive group in […]
Elegantly simple
In all the years that I have known Seager he still manages to pull “a blinder” that takes me by surprise and today was one of those days. I’d asked him […]
TeachMeet Core
I have a confession … I’ve never been to a TeachMeet. Is that wrong? Oh ok … actually I’ve been to one but […]
the Super 60
UPDATE: COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED!
We have been overwhelmed with the response and thank […]
August 2016
Ofqual letter to Pearson
You wouldn’t expect me to let this pass without comment would you? Oh yeah you probably haven’t a clue what I’m talking about.
On the 12th August […]
Door handle planning
I’ve started thinking about lesson planning. I know! (don’t hate me! I’m not saying it to make you feel guilty) but I have news that means I have to get ahead […]
