Yesterday’s maths conference organised by La Salle Education was amazing … so much so that I am exhausted from the adrenaline rush of the excitement, and haven’t even started to catch up with tweets and emails as I went out to dinner with my husband when I got home. (If you do want a copy … Read more
4 weeks down and it has been a roller coaster ride. Actually let me add to that: it has been a roller coaster ride with an upward trajectory! For those of you that started new jobs this September I am sure some of you will empathise and others won’t be able to relate at all, … Read more
Very naughty! This morning my timeline was flooded with tweets from various newspapers screaming the headlines that students are to sit longer maths exams. Now if you are a parent and this sent you into a blind panic let me just say: “this isn’t “new” news!” and shame on the journalists for making it such – … Read more
This week our new Education Secretary wrote an open letter to the unions (OPEN LETTER TO UNIONS) and the key line is “teachers join the profession to teach and we have a common interest in reducing – where we can – unnecessary work that takes teachers time away from teaching”. Now the thing is, this … Read more
Over the next few weeks I will be at a couple of things where there will be more maths teachers than you can shake a stick at, so …. what do you call a collection of maths teachers? … ooh get me! I’m sure there is a little bit of literacy in there somewhere?!? Well I … Read more
I got in a couple of hours ago from a parish meeting and having open evening last night which was a late one means that I am currently sat here zombie-like and procrastinating. You know that feeling where you have loads to do, but can’t see the wood for the trees … well, that! Just … Read more
During the month of September most schools have “open evening” … it turns out that at Alcester Academy its “open week” in addition to Tuesday being the normal open evening. I absolutely love this idea – I do think you get more of a feel from a school, during the day when it’s running normally … Read more
In my day job we’ve always used Edexcels maths GCSE (we did have a dabble in the early days with the OCR Graduated Assessment modular thingy) but as “JustMaths” I’m quite open to helping any of the boards in supporting teachers in whatever way I can, which is why I’m sharing some information sent to … Read more
Saddo that I am, I am sat comparing the previous versions of OCR’s Sample Assessment Materials with those that have just been released by them as part of their specification – they were the first to announce their accreditation for the new Maths GCSE and so far looking at the Higher papers, the differences are subtle. A couple of questions have … Read more
It is hump day! yay! We are now officially closer to Friday than the start of the week. So much to tell you but got waylaid this evening with an urgent request doing someone a favour, so it’ll have to wait until the weekend. I have however been thinking about “stuff” – driven by the fact that … Read more
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