Parish Council meeting tonight (don’t ask!!), 2 sets of books to mark and 2 lesson obs to type up but I find that I am reading and re-reading a letter from Glenys Stacey. Teaching really is the job that just never stops giving. The latest chapter in the New 1-9 GCSE involves Glenys writing THIS LETTER … Read more
I do try to be impartial about the different exam boards (trust me I try!!) and previously I’ve let you know what support OCR are offering (blog post -> HERE). I’ve also been contacted by Andrew Taylor at AQA just before Christmas (sorry it’s taken me so long to blog about it!) to let me … Read more
We’ve been planning … I don’t mean that I’m planning for my classes though. Big Gasp! Of course I’m doing that too! What I’m talking about is putting together our “Plan of Attack” for the new GCSE’s. Between us (I mean the 3 of us at JustMaths) we’ve decided that we’re going to go “all … Read more
When DFE/Ofqual published some letters in relation to the new GCSE’s I had a vision of someone sat in an office, rubbing their hands, cackling and laughing because it was Christmas Eve. Surely no one would think that you could sneak this stuff under the radar? Think again! Not even the festivities would stop some … Read more
Earlier this week I wrote a post and mentioned that I’d be more than happy to share what other exam boards are doing to support us through the changes to the GCSEs and in true fashion I was contacted by Neil Ogden from OCR giving me the low-down on what they’re up to and loads of … Read more
Now that the last “big” or should that be the “biggest” maths exam board has been accredited looking at the specimen papers can begin, so hopefully you’ll find this post useful. Someone once said to me that part of the decision-making process will be about how close the exam boards interpret the technical spec published … Read more
In a previous post here about “frequency trees” I said that I was more than happy to stand corrected by AQA, so I am on my feet and have been very much corrected … Who’da thunk it!! Today it was pointed out to me that “frequency trees” are explicitly mentioned as a requirement in the DFE programme of … Read more
BLOG 2 OF SEVERAL I’ve been looking over the draft specification and sample assessment material from Edexcel (sorry guys, your turn!) and immediately came across this (paper 3 question 19): My initial reaction was that it is probably covered in the programme of study under the section that reads “interpret and construct tables, charts and diagrams” … Read more
BLOG 1 of SEVERAL … So the draft specifications have been published for the new GCSE, which meant that whilst the footie was on last night I was working through the sample assessment materials (I know! I am soooo rock n’ roll!!). It did however turn out to be an interesting and hysterical evening, with … Read more
At the back end of 2013 the government published their proposed programmes of study for both KS3 and KS4 Maths, and then subsequently opened a consultation to these proposals which closed on 3rd February 2014. I have previously posted a summary of the content changes in terms (here’s the link) in terms of what is moving from … Read more
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