The unit practice paper certainly presented the pupils with a serious challenge. Many of the pupils found understanding / decoding the actual question more difficult then maths required to solve it. As their teacher, I learnt that “decoding questions” is a skill …
I am sitting on my own in front the television in the living room. My laptop settled upon a cushion. I am spring cleaning today’s emails. The news reporter’s voice is clear, but his words are at the back of my consciousness. My …
Les limites existent seulement dans l’esprit de ceux qui ne savent pas rêver. Phillipe Petit What did I know of Helena Marsh? Very little, if I am honest. Very little beyond the impression I made of her based on her Twitter …
The Wellington Academy serve its immediate community. Around 40% of our intake are children of service families. The Academy has military representatives on its governing body and a growing number of staff come from a service background. The Academy also operates …
I would like to thank Marc Davies for the invitation to attend this years FFTaspire Conference. I have today, put on record my appreciation to the FFTaspire team. I noted their teams openness and receptiveness to our feedback (occasionally frank …
Back in the summer I read an article that made its way over from America and onto Twitter – “The summer homework assignment that went viral.” I bookmarked the article and added a note to my diary for next May. …
This is just a short post. Or repost with a little added reflection. I have a huge amount of admiration for those that people that put themselves out for the benefit of their professional community. I can think of numerous …
A new term, a new unit – expressions and formulae. What am I expecting the students to know already? What knowledge will I be checking for in the first couple of lessons. Students should already know how to… Use basic algebraic …
