I agreed to get involved with the GLOW hub GCSE working party, looking at the new GCSE with other teachers (you may have seen the exam questions by topic I put together as part of this?); on Friday we had our second meeting and a few things came out of it: We were looking at … Read more
If you don’t know about this you should do – Mr Barton has been doing some podcasts and they are brilliant. He has spoken to the “big names” from 3 of the exam boards and listening to them has been brilliant – it’s nice to hear people talking about Maths education. No! It really is … Read more
Sorry I got distracted this week and have builders in at home so most evenings have been spent cleaning up after them before I’ve been able to get down to doing some work, so the blogging has had to wait! This is a long post so there will HAVE to be a part three at … Read more
In true fashion … don’t be expecting answers. Just more questions and things for you to consider. Back to school tomorrow and if you’re like me you haven’t done all the things you meant to do this holiday. The holidays started with the tree going up on the day I finished work and it is … Read more
Just a quickie … There are 3 of us behind JustMaths – Myself, Seager who is usually the “butt” of my jokes and then there is Fize. He rarely gets a mention but he works hard at keeping the back end of the site working and trust me when I say it’s been creaking recently! … Read more
Yay. We made it. Term one is done and dusted but what a term it has been! The academic year started with the school where we moved to last September expecting a visit from Osfted – as a school that “requires improvement” already being an academy if they didn’t like what they saw we knew … Read more
The National Reference Tests (NRTs) made the headlines again last week in this article on the TES website about how the results from the new tests which are designed to indicate whether GCSE grades should be allowed to rise are unlikely to be used until 2019 and suggests that exam results across the country are likely … Read more
Before I go on, let me tell you about Friday evening. I met an old colleague (we went “out, out” to watch Alan Davies BTW) and I told her about my day and mentioned how in my naivety as a newbie teacher I used to say that I was never going to turn into the … Read more
Do you ever have one of those days? Well I’m having one of those weeks! I’ve come to the conclusion that teaching means living your life in blocks of 6-8 weeks. I find myself saying “oh I’ll do it in the next holidays”. This just can’t be right. There has to be a better way … Read more
Please visit this post -> HERE for an updated version of all the questions on the foundation tier. Thanks
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