Little golden nugget
I’ve been on quite a few training courses in my time. Maybe I have been extremely lucky or unusual but they have all been fantastic, well thought out and I’ve always come away […]
January 2013
Read all about it!
WOW!!! We’ve made the news. Check it out … here …
Chuffed to bits to see lots of our resources featured. What started off as us sharing resources through the blog has shown […]
getting Gandalf into maths …
This week has been mental. Press article about why I became a teacher, developing resources,, writing some other article “thing,”, teaching, being a […]
Getting students to revise
Getting some of our students to revise is ridiculously difficult. We provide them with so many different resources and I’d like to think […]
Early entry in maths
Right! Before I start let’s make it clear this IS a contentious issue. I make no apologies for it and the only reason I offer for raising it is to spark a mature […]
Higher or foundation – who makes the decision?
I’ve just googled “Do I enter students for Higher or Foundation” – the top two, and most of the results on page 1 were in relation to Maths, but surely every other subject […]
Edexcel ResultsPlus Template for todays results
We use Edexcel as our chosen exam board at our school – both higher and foundation. Partly because the data […]
Classroom layouts and behaviour …
I am continually changing the layout of my room. It frustrates the students and if I’m brutally honest it frustrates me too. I […]
Must, should and could??
I have a formal observation next week and its got me thinking …
The year before last, our focus was on ensuring that as teachers the learning that had taken place (progress!!) […]
December 2012
#nurture1213 … Part 2 Hopes for 2013
To continue on the theme of #nurture1213, and in the same style as part 1 (in less than 120 characters) this is my list of hopes, some would say “pipe-dream” for the forthcoming […]
