Further to my other post about teaching fractions I thought I’d share something that may be of use for revision “fractions” as a complete topic. Whilst writing the previous post I came across something that I used with a previous teaching group (I’ve tidied it up from its previous incarnation when it was just for … Read more
I didn’t get around to sharing the holibob homework this time … busy, busy, busy!!! So to make up for this I’ve changed them into some worksheets that you may find useful for any revision session that you’re doing over the holiday period. I’m not going to get into the rights or wrongs of whether … Read more
Over the last few months we’ve been working really hard to deliver something for maths teachers and students alike to use following the students completion of past papers…. Before that though .. a little background … I’ve always gone through the papers after a test in a number of different ways – most usually involve … Read more
I’ve been thinking about …. the timings of mocks in year 11. I’ve always worked in schools where we test them in maths at some point during the first 2 to 3 weeks of year 11 with a view to giving us a baseline (these have been done in lessons so don’t impact other subjects … Read more
Here you go … calendar: Monthly Maths – November 2017 The original post containing the sheet for October can be found here and the CORRECTED Solutions (for October 2017) are available here – > Monthly Maths – October 2017 -SOLUTIONS
The above was me last week!! You can’t have failed to notice that last week, in a speech about primary assessment Justine Greening announced that the government “will not introduce statutory mathematics and reading resits on children’s arrival in year 7.” It seems that sense (for once) has been seen and all the kerfuffle that … Read more
I was away last night having travelled to Margate as I had a 9am meeting – come to think of it, so far Seager has managed to wangle local visits!! hmmm … oh well … I’ll chuckle to myself this Friday when he is off “oop North” to do some stuff with Amir at Dixons … Read more
Is that too much to ask? You may remember that I put a FOI request into Ofqual following their letter to Pearson adjusting grade boundaries upwards ( my blog was here -> ( FOI Request )? Well I’ve had a response … actually scrap that … I’ve had a non-response. To be honest all I … Read more
I’ve been thinking a lot about the need for “fluency” (whatever that means!) and how not having a firm grasp of the basic number facts and relationships sometimes holds students back from accessing higher order topics. I think that there is a definite difference between “sums” and “maths”. Now, don’t be getting all academic on … Read more
If you are teaching Maths in FE then resits are very close to your heart. Students now have to continue to study Maths if they haven’t achieved a grade C in Maths when they move to post-16 education. If they get a D they have to do GCSE and below a D they have to … Read more
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