Last month Edexcel released their second set of specimen papers and in between other things when I’ve wanted to switch off I’ve been doing some maths and putting together worked solutions. I’ve put the solutions (along with previous solutions and copies of all the SAMs and specimens published to date) in the extras tab online … Read more
If you’re looking for a way to offer some extra-curricular enrichment for those students already interested in Maths – or even show other students exactly what is possible in the field of Mathematics – have you thought about promoting the Society of Young Mathematicians (SYMS) ? How about putting a bit in your next school … Read more
Last night I had a twitter conversation about the new GCSE and it’s really resonated with me because I’ve spent the last couple of nights thinking about how getting through the sheer content of the scheme of work is taking loads of time. Actually it’s not that there is so much “more” content per se, … Read more
With our year 9 and 10 this year we are following the Edexcel 2 and 3 year schemes work (it seemed as good a place as any and I know the work that has gone into checking/double checking & triple checking it by the maths team – the format is also something we are used … Read more
Not “that” kind of quickie. Mucky minds people! This is a quick blog post as it doesn’t really fit into any of the other three posts that I currently have word documents open for … expect a deluge later today. I’ve also had a nightmare with a memory stick that means I’ve lost a load of … Read more
Ladies & Gentlemen, boys & girls I take great pleasure in presenting to you a blog by Billy Adamson who has created some impressive wall pictures (they are massive too … so eyecatching and creative!) based on the #mathsinoneword twitter “thang” he created recently. Amazing! The collaborative beauty of Twitter Well, erm, …, hi, hello … Read more
So it appears that my recent post about not grading topics has made a few people sit up and listen. Lots of people mentioned it to me yesterday but it was usually quickly followed up with “but how do we predict outcomes? What do we tell parents/SLT/students?” I don’t have all the answers but some … Read more
… than you can shake a stick at! So another #mathsconf5 has been and gone and my twitter line is full of people buzzing from the weekend. As I brushed my teeth on Friday afternoon before leaving to catch my train I had a vision of a Star Trek convention and it felt all a … Read more
Busy, busy, busy … waiting, waiting, waiting … so much I want to blog about but so little time! If you haven’t noticed, this month saw a visit by a load of UK Maths teachers to Shanghai as part of the “UK-Shanghai Maths Exchange” (does what it says on the tin basically!). I’ll cut to … Read more
Well hello … good to see you again. It’s been a few days as I’ve been busy – mentally busy with: open week, open evening, year 7 baseline tests and marking, all topped off with a few meetings too. Anyway I thought I’d seen the peak of madness when I wrote my recent post about … Read more
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