This is “take 2” in writing this post so lets crack on (part 1 can be found here!) … In the below I’ll show you what I usually do every year but it doesnt cover ALL the functionality thats available. Maybe I’ll come back as and when I use the other stuff but for now … Read more
I’ve had to add this paragraph after writing the below post. I came on here to write about using Pearsons “resultsplus” data/webapge and how we’ve used it over the last few days … I’ve got screenshots and EVERYTHING (including some excel workbooks to share with you!!) to do an instructional blog … I then started … Read more
Me again. Today the exam boards published the advance information for the November exam series. You can find them using the links below: AQA OCR Pearson / Edexcel (click on Nov 22 Support) I’ve also put together some student friendly versions which aren’t 20 + pages long. There are two versions: Can be printed on … Read more
The advance information from the exam boards has been published and so we are truly on the final stretch to the first Summer exams since 2019. If you are looking for the information for your specific exam board they can be found here (make sure you use the one for the correct exam board as … Read more
So long time no speak! Lifes been busy don’t you know! Actually it’s more than that … the world has changed and so have I. I’ve wanted to get on here and “just write” like I used to pre-covid but every time I’ve thought about it I’ve stopped myself for fear of upsetting someone or … Read more
We are facing uncertain times – if you do nothing else tomorrow at work tell your headteacher that they are appreciated – for some (most!) of them this week will have been amongst some of the toughest times they will have faced and it doesn’t look like it will get any easier soon. In fact … Read more
This is the second in a series of posts about literacy in maths. I mentioned in my previous post that this post would explain more about tier 1, 2, and 3 words and also include some further analysis in relation to the higher tier papers. If you are looking for a place to start in … Read more
I’ve written before about “the final countdown” that we have in place in the lead up to the exams so I’m not going to go over old ground and will cut to the chase! I’m also not going to have a rant about people making so called “predicted papers” … It worries me that certain groups of … Read more
If you’ve come here looking for me to bang on about how wonderful statistics is … you’ve come to the wrong place – not that I don’t love stats but now is not the time! I’ve been doing some analysis of the first 4 sittings of the new maths GCSE’s for all the boards and … Read more
I have a confession …. I bloody love a two-way table!! There! I’ve said it! … Lots of you will see this as just a topic we teach and then move on from but for me, along with Venn diagrams and dare I say it … frequency trees (for me they aren’t a topic in … Read more
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