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A little every day – APRIL 2017
Here you go … APRIL’S calendar. The original post containing the sheet for March 2017 can be found here and the Solutions (for March 2017) are available here – > Monthly Maths – March 2017 – SOLUTIONS PS: Solutions for April will be published when I do the one for May!
Seriously
Gobsmacked. That is the only word I can use to describe the announcement today that Justine Greening made via a letter to the Education Select Committee. (BTW If any of the committee are reading this I suggest you clear the diary in Autumn because I suspect you will be opening an enquiry into this Summers GCSE … Read more
What are we testing?
Ramblings of a mad woman probably but I’m trying to get my head around ways to work with our current and future cohorts to overcome issues whereby some students do this: Read the question Decide they aren’t going to be able to FINISH the question Don’t even start having a go … arggggghhhhhhh!!! I’m going to … Read more
Stepping into the void
So it’s late … I know! VERY late but I can’t sleep. This is nothing new to me so don’t be thinking I’m losing it … but it does seem worse at the minute. Too many unknowns and we are marking mocks at the minute so maybe that has something to do with it … who knows? My two most … Read more
A little every day – MARCH 2017
The file for the March maths calendar and also solutions for the February one can be found below. I’m not really here … don’t be silly … its flipping half term for some of us so I’m hopefully half way up a mountain! March 2017 -> Monthly Maths – March 2017 Solutions for February -> Monthly Maths … Read more
A little every day .. February 2017
Short and sweet … Calender for Feb can be found here -> Monthly Maths – February 2017 NOTE: I’ll update this post with the solutions for January up tomorrow as I’m a world away from home at the minute – somewhere up north!! Update: Jan Solutions can be found here -> Monthly Maths – January … Read more
Common Questions – New 9-1 GCSE
I’m just gonna say it … I think I need to get a life! I’ve been doing some work following the letter I’ve had from Ofqual in response to my own letter to them where I raised the matter of how comparability across tiers was being ensured. You can see from the below extract Ofqual … Read more
From the coalface 5
Occasionally I open up the blog to others to write a post or two … (don’t worry Seager isn’t getting another chance … EVER!). Some of the motives for doing this stem from being able to offer a different view on life at the coalface but also because I find other people’s views fascinating and … Read more
A little every day – JANUARY 2017
I did mean to get these posted last week but sometimes forget how manic the end of term is … just starting to chill out – it’s only taken 4 days! The file for the January maths calendar and also solutions for the December one can be found below: January 2017 -> Monthly Maths – … Read more
