Below you will find two versions of the monthly maths calendar : Novembers “normal” version: – > Monthly Maths – November 2018 Novembers “number skills” version: – > Monthly Maths – November 2018 – Number Skills The original post containing the sheets for October can be found -> here and the solutions (for October 2018) are available … Read more
Below you will find two versions of the monthly maths calendar : Octobers “normal” version: – > Monthly Maths – October 2018 Octobers “number skills” version: – > Monthly Maths – October 2018 – Number Skills (Note that the original post containing the sheets for September can be found -> here and the solutions (for September 2018) … 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
There are a couple of ideas that I’ve seen recently that have provided me with inspiration to develop something that I’ve been pondering for a while and so I thought it only right and proper to give credit where its due. We’ve always done something on the morning of the exam … I say … 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
I love getting into other schools – which is a good job really as I’ve been into lots recently either doing collaborative network meetings or general support visits (I never profess to have all the answers and if people get only 1 golden nugget then its worth the visit!). I also love it because I … Read more
There was a time when the best thing I’d find in the pockets of a coat or jacket would be a fiver (result!) or a load of shrapnel – I’ve found all sorts of things after nutty nights out I can tell you! But, nowadays it seems that every pocket of every item of clothing … Read more
As usual I’m sharing excel workbooks that you can use to analyse your cohort level data from Edexcels ResultsPlus … unfortunately these ones don’t have the “multiprint” option (…yet! … I’m working on it!) but I’ve put a blank version in the workbook too as we’ve always printed the blank versions off and got students … Read more
This is gonna be quick … I promise! But thought I’d share … I see part of my job in year 7 is to get students comfortable just playing around with numbers. Yes, I want there to be no fear about making mistakes but I also want students to be numerate and as I say … Read more
This is the second post looking at the percentage of questions that were on both tiers in the first live sitting of the exam – part 1 included the stats from Pearson/Edexcels papers and this one is for OCR. As previously, I should remind you that “at least 20%” on both tiers must be from … Read more
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