A conversation on Thursday got me thinking, about what assessments we’d move to with our new year 9 from September. It’s not my decision, but as with all these things I have a viewpoint (you wouldn’t expect anything less would you!). Let me explain what we do now with regards testing: We do an initial … Read more
It’s Maths Week on TES, and they are having regular Q&As with ministers – the one earlier this week with Liz Truss, (its just my opinion, so don’t shoot me!) didn’t answer any of the big questions. It felt a little hollow and a bit like going through the motions to tick a box about … Read more
The first thing I did as I just walked into the door this evening after a parish council meeting is check out the TES live chat with Liz Truss. I am starting to wonder if its me, and maybe I’m a little bit dim. Surely I’m not the only person that thinks the following just doesn’t add … Read more
This is a flying by the seat of my pants post! I am off to fulfil my duties and about to put on my “Councillor Muldowney hat” on for my local parish council this evening, but couldn’t ignore the fact that Liz Truss is answering questions on the TES site this evening. I have tried … Read more
I’ve now spent an hour looking for a post I was sure I’d written and still cant find it. I am almost positive I’ve written it – the good thing is that I have rediscovered the activity and am going to use it next week with year 11. Yay!! Less planning tomorrow, which is a … Read more
I’ve just spent a very satisfying two hours digging at my lottie – now don’t get me started as I can be an “allotment bore”. I’d forgotten how nice it was to get out in the fresh air, but despite that, I felt guilty not doing any work (obviously not that guilty, or I’d be working and not blogging!). I’m not … Read more
I’m usually a golf widow on Saturday mornings, but today was different and we’d spent the morning having a “sort out”, which is how I found myself at the local waste collection site (more commonly known as “the tip”!) with the boot of my car full of stuff that we’ve finally got around to deciding we no … Read more
Yes I know there’s a spelling mistake! … but need to get this off my chest. IT IS NOT OK TO SAY YOU ARE CRAP AT MATHS! Ok so maybe you couldn’t solve quadratics at school, but no matter what you do for a living, EVERYONE USES MATHS, EVERY SINGLE DAY. FACT! Get over it, and … Read more
I am having the day off work today … ok, so that’s not quite true, but I’m not busting a gut to get anything done, just pottering and doing other stuff around the house as well as doing “a bit” when the fancy takes me. So here’s a bit of an update (and if you’re … Read more
I am lucky enough to have a set 1 in year 11 – I’m not going to discuss the merits/drawbacks of ability streaming – and I’ve been teaching them for 3 years now with practically no changes of students in that time, so you can imagine we’ve grown to know each other pretty well. In the early … Read more
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