You can tell I’m lost for inspiration for a blog post title when the best I can come up with is “something else” … but then again I never rarely plan what I am going to write when blogging. I genuinely do just sit here and type whatever comes to mind. Of course, I have … 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
So the countdown to Christmas has begun but I’m a real grouch when it comes to getting all festive too early. The only concession I make is in my last lesson of every term I do a “pub” quiz. I even let the students choose who to have in their teams (I know!!) BUT there … 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 first half term is done. It’s flown by. I must say that moving school the second time is much easier but I’d probably have to temper that statement with the fact that I literally ruck up, teach my lessons and leave. No briefings, no after schools, no pre-school meetings .. nada! (I’m probably missing … Read more
There was a time when the best thing I’d find in the pockets of a coat or jacket would be a fiver (result!) or a load of shrapnel – I’ve found all sorts of things after nutty nights out I can tell you! But, nowadays it seems that every pocket of every item of clothing … Read more
Just a quickie …. You may know I’m a fan of the Edexcel/Pearson collaborative network meetings – this term will be the first time in about 4 or 5 years that I’ve not been involved in the one at my “home” school but I’ll be attending lots of other ones up and down the country … Read more
Here you go … calendar: Monthly Maths – September 2017 The original post containing the sheet for August 2017 can be found here and the Solutions (for August 2017) are available here – > Monthly Maths – August 2017 v2 – SOLUTIONS
Here you go … Monthly Maths – August 2017 v2 calendar. The original post containing the sheet for July 2017 can be found here and the Solutions (for July 2017) are available here – > Monthly Maths – July 2017 – SOLUTIONS
This is being written as a separate post (a sort of sister post to this one) because this isn’t about me. OK … its partly about me … but mainly about an amazing group of year 8 students! Today proved that to me that what we do as classroom teachers matters – I’m not saying … Read more
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