Pearson 1-9 SAM’s
I’ve been working through the papers from all the exam boards – I find it easier to use worked solutions rather than a mark […]
July 2015
“New GCSE” … Tiering ….
Looking at the SAM’s at the minute and it’s dawned on me that it’d be worth making it clear some of the following from Ofqual’ s document (
June 2015
Edexcel 5th Annual Maths Conference
I am gutted that I can’t make the Maths Conference that is going on this weekend in London – I’ve been invited to another “thing” … don’t get too excited, it’s […]
Tell me it was a dream
I’m writing this late!
I’m hoping I’ll wake up in the morning and it’s all been a dream.
Please tell me I dreamt Nicky Morgan […]
May 2015
Collaborative Network – a little proud!
A few years ago our local authority subject specialist support ceased – my limited view of the regular Head of Maths meeting was based on attending one of them where one HOD sat […]
April 2015
Midweek Update
OK so it’s not mid-week yet but I have my last ever parish council meeting tomorrow (it’s the annual general meeting so not an “actual” meeting) and I will officially no longer be Councillor Muldowney having […]
March 2015
A couple of dates …
If you haven’t heard … where have you been!! … this weekend is the 3rd Maths Conference run by La Salle Education at Aston University and it is looking like it should be fun! […]
February 2015
What to revise?
Up front I’m not getting into a discussion about “gaming” because I genuinely don’t believe that looking at past papers and trying to pick out topics is anything that any student wouldn’t be […]
January 2015
Embarassed?
Friday was an INSET day for us at school but we’d previously agreed to host the annual review meeting of the […]
Getting Ready to Teach the New GCSE
I do try to be impartial about the different exam boards (trust me I try!!) and previously I’ve let you know what support OCR are offering (blog post -> HERE). I’ve also […]
