First things first. I have been feeling the love with the recent competition to win 3 school subscriptions to JustMaths Online and last night put the names into a “bucket” (there wasnt a hat in the house big enough!!) having sat and cut my printed spreadsheet up into slips (don’t ask!) and drew out three … Read more
Just a quick post … OK … I’m sat shaking my head as I know that it’s just not going to be the case … So this evening I thought I had better do some “actual” lesson planning and so I jumped onto the Edexcel emporium – there are other exam boards available and I … Read more
Usually when we get a peak in stats I get a text from Seager saying ” who have you upset this time?” but I am lost for words … the response to THIS POST and this tweet NEW POST: Countdown to the Big Fat 50. Giveaway!! See post : http://t.co/O4zghYVyrp RT to be in with … Read more
UPDATED POST: COMPETITION NOW CLOSED .. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR ENTERING … FEELING THE LOVE! So the end is nigh … and wow what a summer! For some of you now is probably not the time to say that we don’t got back until the 7th but to be honest I’m ready to go … Read more
I’ve had an epiphany. It was painless. After the last episode of Chinese Teachers and it was very predictable (bear with me I promise I will get to the “epiphany”) … the crux of the programme is that the Chinese teaching style won. The most worrying comment within the whole programme was when, just before … Read more
… in a land far, far away. Actually it’s not that long ago, unless you consider 5 years a long time and it isn’t that far away either! For the last week or so many schools will have analysed their results and will be looking for reasons for any drop in key measures especially when … Read more
This is just a quickie post, because believe it or not I do have a life. Actually I wrote it this morning and have just decided to publish it … My thought process links to a post I’m halfway through about an “epiphany” I’ve had recently about teaching … I know you JUST CAN’T WAIT! … Read more
For those of you that use Edexcel for Key Stage 5 – I have attached are some templates that you may find useful for analysing student performance at a question by question level to identify areas that they can improve. I’ve added a couple of boxes that show summaries for each question too. The process … Read more
For the uninitiated amongst you that is pronounced “Borra da” .. Think about how some dialects would say “have you got a tenner I can borra Da?” when asking their Dad for a tenner. It means “good morning” in Welsh. I know its evening … I meant to publish this earlier but my laptop went … Read more
I feel the need to tell you a story (occasionally I take liberties with my blog and this is one of those occasions … indulge me – it helps me to get stuff written down. For some reason it helps me rationalise things!) The following is a story about events that changed the life of … Read more
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