I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how to manage student talking when they are working – I suppose it’s a result of my quite laid back attitude that I have to work hard at bringing students back on task with a certain group. Most of the time this group are talking about the work … Read more
.. the disappearing entry on the DFE timelines. This evening I got a tweet from Miss Mews (@MissMews1) asking what was happening with the year 7 resits as they had disappeared from the DFE website … so off I went … oh hang on … lets take a step back for some of you. Nicky … Read more
Just a quickie that I thought I would share. I’ve been thinking about ways to motivate my “boy-heavy” year 10 group and for them to see the point of homework. I have an issue, in that I haven’t yet found something that engages them enough to “want” to do the work involved. I don’t want … Read more
Back in March I wrote a blog post about what we did and didn’t know about the new GCSE. However, if Ofqual get their way it looks like it will need updating … and just when I thought we were starting to know where we are … a week ago Ofqual announced a consultation about … Read more
Here you go … next months calendar. I’ve been emailing this out to parents of our year 11 AND 10 students … seems to have gone down well! The original post containing the sheet for April can be found here and the Solutions (for April) are available here – > Monthly Maths – April – … Read more
I’ve been a bit remiss with this blogging lark, for which you must forgive me. It’s that time of year when the focus has to be our year 11’s … actually I had a few days away at Easter and since we’ve been back at work I’ve been busy putting together our alternate timetable for … Read more
… this is interesting rather than useful, but I’ve been getting lots of emails about assessment (I’ve just got below 150 for the first time since we set up JustMaths!!) for the new 9-1 GCSE and all I can do is tell you what we’re doing in our day jobs. Oh I’d better warn you … Read more
Confirmed by Ofqual today. Links to the actual consultation decision document which details the outcome for legacy resits at BOTH GCSE and A LEVEL where a subject has been overhauled. Basically our current year 11 will get two “bites at the cherry” – this is something our colleagues in FE felt strongly about and is … Read more
Once again I find myself screaming at my ‘pooter : “OI F**KWIT … MATHS IS DIFFERENT”. I can almost hear you saying to yourself “oh no! She’s gone off on one again”. Well, yes, yes I have. This morning I’ve been reading about remarks and the consultation from Ofqual which closed earlier this month. It … Read more
r.e. Teacher Recruitment. Dear Nicky Morgan, Following this week’s budget and your subsequent Education White Paper both you and Nick Gibb are obviously in demand. To be honest I’m not sure who got the sh1tty end of the stick when choosing between BBC Question time or Newsnight on the other side – that must have … Read more
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