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
Hi, I now blog so infrequently about my teaching that I feel I need to say “hello” … part of the reason, if I’m being BRUTALLY ( I don’t think I have a “non-brutal” honesty button) is that it feels weird when people I work with acknowledge the fact that I’ve written a blog post. … Read more
Mock season is upon us. People everywhere are drowning in papers. Amidst all this marking I asked the above question on Twitter, with regards what people say to the students when they are lining up waiting to go into their exam. The original question was prompted by my gaffer but it’s also something that I’ve … Read more
I’m on a train. Time to think. Sorry in advance … We make hundreds, if not thousands of decisions every day as a teacher. Some of them are conscious decisions and some less so. One of the things I know is that I spend lots of time thinking about where to start to pitch the … Read more
I’ve been doing these maths calendars now for over 2 years and they seem to be well received, however I’m conscious that they’ve been aimed at the middle attaining students so I’m going to start including one that is just “number” skills based for those students that could do with practicing their basic skills. So … Read more
I’ve been trying to get back into regularly blogging for a while now … I can assure you that it’s not for the want of trying ( I have about 17 posts in my “draft folder”) that now I’ve written this may get to see the light of day … so apologies if there is … Read more
At BCME over the Easter break, just before the open meeting of the Teaching Committee (TC) of the MA (oh yeah … exciting/scary news -> as of April I’m now the chair of the TC and am a little scared about following in Rachael Horsmans shadow! She’s done such fab job!!) … anyway, back to … Read more
Further to my other post about teaching fractions I thought I’d share something that may be of use for revision “fractions” as a complete topic. Whilst writing the previous post I came across something that I used with a previous teaching group (I’ve tidied it up from its previous incarnation when it was just for … Read more
I didn’t get around to sharing the holibob homework this time … busy, busy, busy!!! So to make up for this I’ve changed them into some worksheets that you may find useful for any revision session that you’re doing over the holiday period. I’m not going to get into the rights or wrongs of whether … Read more
And so it begins … the final countdown … For the last few years we’ve done a countdown to the exam in the form of weekly papers that we’ve sent direct to parents – along with markschemes and examiners comments and this year is no different. I try to use questions they will not have … Read more
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