Let’s just say its been an “interesting” week and leave it at that – you can surmise all you want as to what that actually means, and depending on your general outlook and pre-disposition you will be thinking either (a) “oooh interesting is good and sounds exciting!” or (b) “interesting sounds like a cynical way of … 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
It’s that time again. Every break I spend a couple of days winding down then switch off completely for a few days and before I know it the end of the holidays are here and I have a mad mild panic thinking about everything I should have done … and this holiday has been no different. … Read more
I know! I know! I know! I am meant to be on holiday but it takes me a couple of days to wind down … and the pressure of exams looming for year 11’s never seems to go away even when away from school I find myself thinking about what else we could be doing! … Read more
I’m adding a “pre-script” to this post that supports my rant below – the school at which we work has been recognised for the value added to students progress between key stages 2 and 4. Trinity is in the top 20% nationally (here) so we are not all about just getting that grade C!!! **If … Read more
Late last night the whole “level 5 is a C”, “oh no its not” thing started. I find the way the media can get everyone so outraged is amazing – we read it in the paper or hear it on the news and it MUST be fact. Now if you’re like me (and bless your little cotton socks if you are!) you’ll take … Read more
I seem to swing from always blogging about resources, or always about the wider world of maths or always about teaching ideas … I need to get a balance! I suppose the same could be said about my work-life thing-a-me-jig! In the absence of not posting my usual mid week blog post on Wednesday (I … Read more
A few things have happened recently that I want to shout about, but as I’m such a shy retiring person (!!!) I thought I’d fly it in under the radar and do it whilst most of you are throwing out some “zzzz’s”. (1) A while ago I asked Tom Riley @riley_ed if he’d like to review JustMaths Online … Read more
This post has been in the offing for a while – I am just finalising it and then rushing off to yet another flamin’ meeting! Roll on the weekend when I have time to catch up on everything – a teacher’s lot is one of constantly putting the big jobs off until the weekends until you have big chunks … Read more
Actually I’m not bothered if you are a man or a woman! Oh how wrong that sounds! But it’s better than my original idea for the post which I’ll reveal below … the only requisite is that you are a maths teacher. Most of you will know that I tweet past paper questions and answers … Read more
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