I like to think that I’m “down with the kids” when it comes to technology. I have never used a paper planner – in fact I hate paper! All I seem to do with it, is move it from my desk to my bag, and then it spends weeks making trips home with me, until … Read more
Maybe this post should have been called “What I’d like to really say” .. I know today is going to be tough so wish me luck … So the last day is here and all across the country most schools will gather their staff together for the obligatory leaving speeches and where I work is no … Read more
You SHOULD be aware that the new GCSE will be first examined in June 2017 so working backwards from that in the traditional sense of a two year course means that teaching would start in September 2015 BUT it isn’t that simple. It never is! You would have thought that this was common knowledge, however … Read more
In our school’s newsletter tomorrow there is a section about leavers and promotions, so as of then, the students will be made aware. To be honest I’ve told my groups already as I wanted to tell them myself and for them not to hear it on the grapevine, so to speak – I felt I … Read more
So … 32 new hubs have been announced and let’s just say I was underwhelmed with the response to this evenings #mathscpdchat where they were the main discussion topic. A post on the NCETM – unless their maths is wrong suggests that there will be 35 hubs in all, yet only 32 have been announced … (“hub maths … Read more
This weekend I have been running up my own proverbial backside, and seriously haven’t stopped. It was so mental (and if ONE more person mentions how much they are getting done in “gain time” I swear they will get both barrels!) I had to plan todays lesson during period 1 which has always been the … 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
Two things. One of which is a hint if you mark using Epen (if you don’t know what that is, you can assume that you aren’t using it!), and the second is an observation. (1) If you press CTRL ALT and the “left arrow key” you can rotate your screen and then pop your laptop on … Read more
Those of you who have been reading this blog for a while, will have a flavour of me, as a teacher and I rarely do downbeat or feel sorry for myself (don’t worry I’m not going to start now) … but we all have times when you want to throw in the proverbial towel, even if only … Read more
Several months ago we were asked to be part of a Teachology conference, which we gleefully accepted. Seager does this kind of thing all the time but this was the first time that I’d been involved (apart from the filming for Edexcel .. “google” it as I am waaaaay too embarrassed to even watch the … Read more
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