So it wasn’t a dream – when I wrote THIS POST. On the one hand we’ve got answers and I applaud that, but on the other hand I’m not convinced this has been thought through in terms of its implications. Let’s take a step back to September when the original grade equivalencies were set out … … Read more
I am gutted that I can’t make the Maths Conference that is going on this weekend in London – I’ve been invited to another “thing” … don’t get too excited, it’s just I don’t know how much I can and can’t say about it yet but if I get the “green light” I will let … Read more
Last weeks guest posts from Julia Smith ( To Infinity and beyond ) and Ian Hollis ( Why I turned up for Saturday School ) went down a storm so I cheekily emailed Darren Macey at OCR to see if he fancied a visit to my blog … he said yes!! (and who wouldn’t? … have you noticed the blog has had … Read more
You’ll be pleased to hear I’m not going to write about “that” question … I’m going to write later in the week about both papers after tomorrow mornings paper is done and dusted. Of course after tomorrow, we move to focusing on Stats and Further Maths and then finally we can breathe! Sooooooooo ….. I may … Read more
This isn’t the blog post I wanted to write so I’ll have to come back later … sorry! For the first time in three years of blogging and tweeting have I doubted myself. After an episode on twitter I’ve spent the last 15 hours wondering if my chronicling of the accreditation process is being seen … Read more
The twitter conversation in the PREVIOUS POST got me thinking and my curiosity was sparked when a colleague tweeted saying that, today was his first time of doing Saturday revision in 18 years. He sent me the below and I offer it as a counter argument as to why some people are doing extra stuff for their … Read more
Today there were some tweets about how many teachers are doing extra revision sessions so @tessmaths started doing a bit of a “straw poll” and it would appear that the vast majority of tweachers who replied (note that the sample will more than likely have been biased) were doing sessions this weekend. The views on … Read more
So here is my “Hit List” of revision topics > HIGHER HIT LIST for paper 2 …. Remember we use the 1MA01 series from Edexcel so this list doesn’t apply to any other board! And as always you are entitled to your opinion … but this is what we’re going with. Overall the first paper was … Read more
This week, as a department we did a bit of a “book look” and this opened up a discussion about presentation and layout of books within Maths. Whilst we’re all adhering to the school marking policies and doing all that we should – it was obvious that there are some variations in terms of presentation across the … Read more
I have previously written about the background behind the National Reference Tests and the fact that Ofqual had considered making them “compulsory for all” IN THIS POST well the good news is that it looks like this isn’t going to happen after all. I have read the PUBLICATION TODAY from Ofqual providing an overview of the new reference tests and … Read more
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