I’ve written before about the pressure of making the right/wrong tiering decision -> here but an email I received this week (more about that below) coincided with something I found in the board meeting papers from Ofqual last week that made me go … hmmmmmmmmmmmm then grrrrrrrrrr. The specific piece is shown below and is … Read more
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
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
I’ve been a little quiet on the “teaching” blog front recently because we’re all so pre-occupied with the new GCSE. I am sooooo looking forward to when it is no longer “new” and we, as teachers get more of a grip on what a grade 5 etc looks and feels like. It is so very … Read more
File for October maths calender and also solutions for September found below: October -> monthly-maths-october September Solutions -> monthly-maths-september-solutions
File for September and also solutions for August: Monthly Maths – September Monthly Maths -August – SOLUTIONS I’m ready to get back to work, I know everyone is different but for me the point when I haven’t a clue what day of the week it is means I need to get back! Short and sweet this … Read more
I started writing this late last night but never posted it so I’ve come back to it this afternoon having been into school and seen the students open their results (and no I didn’t cry this year!) so please forgive the way my tenses change throughout the post. Once again, I’m unable to sleep but … Read more
I saw a pic this week of an adaptation of the “maths” periodic table and so me, being me I asked if Claire would be happy for me to share …. yay!! She was!! … and has even done a little intro … so Ladies & Gents … from Claire Mazurkiewicz (on Twitter as @MrsMazzy) … Read more
I thought I’d share another great idea that has come from another subject – this time courtesy of GeographyBlog (on twitter as @Geoisamazing) So I put a shout out for ideas as to what statements could go on a maths versions. Let’s just say there were lots – whilst there was concensus on most of … Read more
During my first (of two) sessions at OCRs maths conference at Queen Mary University last week, the matter of students not having enough “resilience” when learning maths came up. There were lots of nods and general agreement to the comment, at which point I shared this idea (I was “winging” this bit, but to be … Read more
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