Hey you! … yep, I’m back as promised. This time I’ve cracked open the Edexcel Foundation Paper 2 examiner’s report. As you know (well, I’m assuming you know but why else would you read this shiz??) … it’s a calculator paper and it would seems that the theme this year is “having a calculator is … Read more
The advance information from the exam boards has been published and so we are truly on the final stretch to the first Summer exams since 2019. If you are looking for the information for your specific exam board they can be found here (make sure you use the one for the correct exam board as … Read more
This is the second in a series of posts about literacy in maths. I mentioned in my previous post that this post would explain more about tier 1, 2, and 3 words and also include some further analysis in relation to the higher tier papers. If you are looking for a place to start in … Read more
I know! I know! I know! Its been a while but I’ve been busy don’t you know? To which I can almost hear you, dear reader saying “Haven’t we all?” … This is the first of two three four blog posts about the language used in exams … I’ve split it because otherwise it’d be … Read more
If you’ve come here looking for me to bang on about how wonderful statistics is … you’ve come to the wrong place – not that I don’t love stats but now is not the time! I’ve been doing some analysis of the first 4 sittings of the new maths GCSE’s for all the boards and … Read more
Following paper 2 today I’ve been busy putting these papers and lists together using exam board questions (I’m not an examiner so I want my kids practicing “real” questions at this stage) … based on conversations/emails with Seager so once again this is a joint effort … someone on Twitter made a comment about those … Read more
NOTE THAT THESE PRACTICE PAPERS RELATE TO SUMMER 2018 PAPER 2 ONLY I’ve written about the “between papers” practice papers we used last year in a previous post so this evening I’ve been busy putting these together for Edexcel based on the list of topics that Seager sent me which of course I’ve checked … … Read more
Me and the boys met this week to start thinking about specific details for the June conference at Alton Towers – during this meeting I just sat thinking “what will Seager get us doing this time?”. Every school I’ve been in does those teacher skits at the end of the year and I hate them … Read more
I have a confession …. I know haters are gonna hate … but I’m going to tell you anyway! I’m not actually in the UK I’m sat in a hotel bar in the French Alps as I’ve managed to wangle the first week of term off as a holiday! It wasn’t as simple as saying … Read more
You can tell I’m lost for inspiration for a blog post title when the best I can come up with is “something else” … but then again I never rarely plan what I am going to write when blogging. I genuinely do just sit here and type whatever comes to mind. Of course, I have … Read more
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