Heads down
Students today are bombarded with “stuff” that involve all their senses, and something I read today (which for the life of me I can’t find now!) has got me thinking about […]
July 2014
Homework …
Back in the Summer I was all “keeno” and determined that I wasn’t going to let homework get the better of me … oh how wrong was I? It hasn’t worked […]
Exam marking
Two things. One of which is a hint if you mark using Epen (if you don’t know what that is, you can assume that you aren’t using it!), and the second […]
June 2014
A reminder ..
Those of you who have been reading this blog for a while, will have a flavour of me, as a teacher and I rarely do downbeat or feel sorry for myself (don’t […]
Our day out ..
Several months ago we were asked to be part of a Teachology conference, which we gleefully accepted. Seager does this kind of thing all the time but this was the first […]
Nitty Gritty
Just a quickie … I’ve been putting together another “nitty gritty” worksheet this morning and have decided to put them all in one post rather than hidden in other posts where […]
Ofqual survey …
Last week I posted about the Ofqual survey and this evening I’ve spent some time completing it. I was going to critique each of the questions, but I’ll let you have […]
Phew! and breathe!
Friday was the last “big” maths exam and I breathed a huge sigh of relief as it felt that as if the moment we’d (I mean me and my year 11’s) been […]
Best Guess Paper 2014
THIS IS FROM 2014 AND NOT THE MOST RECENT BEST GUESS PAPER –
Faith restored
A bit of a “feel good” post for the weekend … and absolutely NOTHING to do with maths!!
Tomorrow is Fathers Day (EDIT – Actually just found […]
