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
Results day … Right! I have so much I need to blog about – serves me right for doing “part” blogs that need continuing (it just isn’t sitting right with my “finisher-completer” OCD thing I have) so I’m apologising for the stream of posts over the next few days. Sorry! Anyway, first things first…. I … Read more
I thought I’d get in before the deluge of tweets and blogs about grade boundaries, grade inflation, higher versus foundation (and so on) starts this week (no doubt there will be “some sort” of media frenzy!) and I thought I’d have my say early. I am going to try to avoid the hype if I … Read more
I’ve split this post into two parts .. you know how I love to “rabble on”. This part looks at the most recent (since 2012) government documents relating to their (read that as Gove’s) drive for a single exam board and the second is looking at it in the wider sense with a bit more … Read more
People!! Let’s remember its TV. Before this week’s #ChineseTeachers started I checked my crystal ball and could see it all going horribly wrong but with a hint of a light at the end of the tunnel and I’m thinking that is what we got. I’m not sure what the intention of the whole project was … Read more
Read the following with a massive pinch of salt! (and also forgive any typos .. I will correct in the morning! I still have a floor to mop this evening!!) If you needed a reason (as if we need more of them!) as to why PISA and the other international benchmark tests cannot be taken … Read more
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