This Autumn term is whizzing by, and even though it’s thought to be the toughest term of the year I won’t allow myself to start wishing my life away by waiting for the next holiday and counting down the days. This is part of the reason why I kick against starting any kind of Christmas countdown – especially in November!! However, it … Read more
I will of course be putting together my usual templates for using the ResultsPlus download data in January when the results are published, but I’ve put the attached together that can be used to input student data if you have used (or will be using) the Edexcel November papers as mocks. The reasoning being: I’ve … Read more
Not my idea, but an absolute blinder courtesy of @ListerKev (Kev’s blog) and @ASTsupportAAli who originally posted about using these for literacy here Agility – The teaching toolkit. Its working so well, I wanted to share as part of the October #blogsync 8: “Marking with Impact” … don’t get me wrong its not a panacea, but is saving … Read more
I’ve put together a “must, should, could” style worksheet for fractions, starting with “Sorted it” in relation to multiplying and dividing fractions, then “Nailed it” moves on to addition and subtraction and finally “Mastered it” includes all 4 operations but with mixed numbers. These type of worksheets are ideal for allowing students to either get loads of … Read more
We’re having a focus on assessment for learning at the minute, which means we been relooking at what we do in terms of policies and practice (snore, snore, snore!). As a result I’ve been looking at ways to try to make the marking of students work both manageable and meaningful for the students … its a … Read more
is a bit like marmite … you either love it or hate it. Especially at secondary schools, when the students already have a firm idea on where they stand on the subject and the usual response is “I ‘ate fractions!!” It’s a topic that I usually can’t get too excited about, but it’s one in … Read more
Been meaning to post about this since I did the exam marking in the summer, but have been seriously busy (haven’t we all?) and just as I’m about to revise T&I with some of my one to one students its prompted me to finish the post that was started so long ago. To some of … Read more
Been planning lessons this weekend and have put the attached together (and solution) which I am going to use with all my year groups over the next few weeks – either as a starter or the main activity – depending on the group. So my lower years/abilities will get it as the main course and my higher years/abilities … Read more
Wow! Fize has been busy … apparently he’s had to do some “coding” to get the teachers resources folders looking the way I wanted them … and yes I am THAT particular… So … there are two levels of login: 1) for students. This gives them access to worksheets, worked solutions and Seagers’ tutorials. I’m saying it … Read more
I posted a blog a few weeks ago in which I collated a load of homework ideas from Twitterworld – here’s the post – (thank you to all the amazing tweeters, who made suggestions) one of the ideas from @sarahestocker, that I said I was going to try was getting students to design worksheets for other students … Read more
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