As the saying goes: “every day is a school day” and last weekend at a meeting of the Teaching Committee of the Mathematical Association (the MA!) I found out about the primary maths challenge which is aimed at students in years 5 and 6. It is held every November with bonus rounds usually in the … Read more
If you don’t know about this you should do – Mr Barton has been doing some podcasts and they are brilliant. He has spoken to the “big names” from 3 of the exam boards and listening to them has been brilliant – it’s nice to hear people talking about Maths education. No! It really is … Read more
So I’ve shared the fact that we had “the call” (Part 1) and was observed (Part 2). Now time for the feedback session. You may remember (I know it sounds odd) that myself and Seager met with the lead inspector to get feedback on our lessons together. As we walked in it felt OK (we … Read more
oh come on … of course it’s not a genius idea. Right … brace yourself. For the record this is not a primary v secondary school debate – we’re all in this together and the fact is primary teaching is becoming ever more accountable, if that is even possible. The idea of resits in year … Read more
Sorry I got distracted this week and have builders in at home so most evenings have been spent cleaning up after them before I’ve been able to get down to doing some work, so the blogging has had to wait! This is a long post so there will HAVE to be a part three at … Read more
We got Ofsted’ed at work last term. ARRRRGGGGGHHH That’s better!! It’s been horrible not being able to blog about the events given my “Blogging Tourettes” … you won’t believe how therapeutic it is to be able to mention it. Before I go on I should make it clear that this, and the next couple of … Read more
In true fashion … don’t be expecting answers. Just more questions and things for you to consider. Back to school tomorrow and if you’re like me you haven’t done all the things you meant to do this holiday. The holidays started with the tree going up on the day I finished work and it is … Read more
Just a quickie … There are 3 of us behind JustMaths – Myself, Seager who is usually the “butt” of my jokes and then there is Fize. He rarely gets a mention but he works hard at keeping the back end of the site working and trust me when I say it’s been creaking recently! … Read more
The below are all the HIGHER TIER questions collated by topic from: AQA – Sample Assessment Material and Practice set 1 and 2 OCR – Sample Assessment Material and Practice set 1 Pearson Edexcel – Sample Assessment Material, Specimen set 1 and Specimen set 2. WJEC Eduqas – Sample Assessment Material Please note that these questions … Read more
Yay. We made it. Term one is done and dusted but what a term it has been! The academic year started with the school where we moved to last September expecting a visit from Osfted – as a school that “requires improvement” already being an academy if they didn’t like what they saw we knew … Read more
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