Scatter Graphs

Further to my post yesterday I’ve put the attached worksheet together for my students that didn’t get Q2 on the Edexcel March 2013 non calculator paper (which we used as an internal test) correct, but will be equally useful for anyone that is teaching scatter graphs. I’m going to use it as part of my “mastery” lessons … Read more

“Mastering” the March 2013 H papers …

UPDATED 6th June 2013 There have been some interesting tweets and blogs recently about students inability to recall prior learning after a period of time and some people would suggest that students should (or shouldn’t) move on with their learning once they have “mastered” a topic or keep working on it, until they have  “got … Read more

Weekend bullet-point blog

Well! It looks like Summer is here, so I’m trying to enjoy it while it lasts! This week gone in a whirl, so in my usual fashion here’s my week in bullet points: HAPPY =  Results are out and we have already SMASHED FFT D targets. Yes we’ve beaten them by a long way and still have … Read more

Edexcel Results Plus – Template available Thursday

TEMPLATE FOR MARCH RESULTS WILL BE AVAILABLE THURSDAY After every exam session I produce an excel workbook that takes the Edexcel Results Plus data and puts it all onto 1 page  instead of the usual masses of paper that you’d get if you use the online version. This weeks results will be no exception. It … Read more

Exam questions by topic

I know it isn’t what really happens, but in the deepest darkest months of the year it sometimes feels like “Teach – test – mark – teach – test –mark”. This is not a gripe about assessment or the amount we test out students as I genuinely think that we have the right balance, but … Read more

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 we can obtain from them of each individuals performance is superb. This information is from their ResultsPlus service, which I know many schools use. However, we have found that their online system was quite cumbersome … Read more

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