Saddo that I am, I am sat comparing the previous versions of OCR’s Sample Assessment Materials with those that have just been released by them as part of their specification – they were the first to announce their accreditation for the new Maths GCSE and so far looking at the Higher papers, the differences are subtle. A couple of questions have … Read more
I am ticking things off this list left, right and bloomin’ centre … I am a veritable list-ticking ninja this weekend! One of the things we’d usually do in gain time in the Summer term, is to check if the maths part of the school website needs updating ready for September (obviously we’re playing catch … Read more
A message for all you heads of department out there: if you haven’t used something for five years or more the odds on you needing it are close to nil! so stop saying “we might need it” … Listen to me when I say “NO YOU WON’T!!” – to be honest I don’t think the issue … Read more
… primary school teachers … I’ve been approached by Primary Teacher Update magazine to see if I know any primary school teachers who lead in maths. They are looking for people to write practical articles on the subject … could that be you? .. If so drop me an email mel@justmaths.co.uk and I’ll pass on … Read more
Many, many months ago I set up a dropbox to share my twitter questions and answers that I tweet out as @ReviseJustMaths and this grew into me sharing loads of other resources too – basically it’s just a small (that doesn’t mean that there isn’t loads of stuff in there!) selection of the stuff that’s available on JustMaths … Read more
Back in the Summer I was all “keeno” and determined that I wasn’t going to let homework get the better of me … oh how wrong was I? It hasn’t worked and at times I’ve felt like screaming especially when drowning under tests and books. There have been occasions, being brutally honest, when homework has been the last … Read more
Last week I posted about the Ofqual survey and this evening I’ve spent some time completing it. I was going to critique each of the questions, but I’ll let you have a look yourself and I think I covered most of my issues with it in my previous post, so let me show you what is really … Read more
In my adult working life of a little over 22 years (I had part-time bar/waitressing jobs whilst at school/university but am not including those!) I have had 5 jobs and so have been through leaving jobs four times. The first time was quite surreal as I’d already started out in the corporate world whilst we still … Read more
Last week my two year 11 classes that I teach as part of my day job started their exams, and so our lessons are very much hit and miss in terms of whether there will be 32 of them or 2 (there was only 2, for one of my lessons today). The entire year group are now following a revision … Read more
I’ve been asked for some ideas about mental maths and this got me really thinking about the range of abilities I’ve encountered and also how a students’ confidence is affected when they aren’t as quick doing “sums” than others in the group. You will be pleased to hear I’ve come to a conclusion (I don’t have … Read more
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