I’ve been meaning to post this since before Christmas as I know lots of you will be searching for help (as I was) in order to put something together for SMSC for your maths department. We’ve done a whole school audit and we went a stage further and put together our departmental statement/policy … call … Read more
So thoughts are turning to the new term and I am genuinely excited. Tomorrow evening I may feel differently!?!? We have a new member of staff joining the department who will be responsible for numeracy, which means together with myself, Seager, Will (who is also teaching his Science specialism) and two Assistant Heads we are … Read more
Here we go again … This type of headline scares me … you can’t see the entire article but you’ll get the gist. There is no denying … actually I’m going to edit myself … there is no denying that some reports would present findings that culminate (either matter of factly or go “around the houses”) … Read more
This will be the last post of 2014 and oh boy what a year is has been! I’ve done the #nurture thing for the last two years and reading back on the previous efforts makes me cringe. I can’t believe how much has changed but also how much of me “as a teacher” … warts … Read more
In the Times today were a couple of articles about the new Maths GCSE, both of which add more wariness (is that a word?) about the changes that we are facing as maths teachers. The first had the headline “Rival’s GCSE practice papers too easy, claim exam boards” and I’ll leave it to your imagination … Read more
Have I told you that this is MY BLOG? I thought I’d just say it before I take a deep breath and say the next bit … **paper bag close at hand just in case I hyperventilate** Next week I will be letting Simon Singh (I KNOW!!!) loose on the blog for a special guest … Read more
I’m just putting this out there … I really struggle with objectives, outcomes and success criteria in maths. Don’t even try to explain the differences to me … others have tried and it just ain’t sinking in. Over the last few years I’ve had lots of discussions about them, and seriously, I swear I was listening … Read more
Back in September my thoughts were on all the exciting stuff like getting the classroom and corridor sorted and today I sat back and reflected on how much it’s changed. In the “after” photo you may be able to spot the efforts of some tweeps who I’d like to thank (Thank you each and every … Read more
OK … so the blogging bit is usually “mine, all mine! … *cue maniacal laugh* but for our 301st post I’m letting Seager have a go. Bless him, he’s been out for the day in London and had an horrendous journey home so I’m letting him loose. Here goes: Just back home (at 8.45pm!!!) from the … Read more
In 2 weeks’ time I will have been blogging and tweeting for 2 years (does that mean I can start with the “terrible twos” and start having tantrums?) My very first post was ummmmm … let’s just say … very short and looking back at one that came shortly after (Making a difference) the memories of the … Read more
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