Good morning, my name is Mr Still. I am very pleased to be your son or daughter’s Maths teacher. Your contribution to our class is invaluable and I would like to thank you in advance in anticipation of your support. My aim is …
As with almost all good teaching, the starting point was planning. I reviewed the class lists, investigating the pupils prior attainment (KS2 and Y7), attitudes to learning and maths strengths and weaknesses. I followed up on the “educational flags” and sought feedback on the …
Culture eats strategy for breakfast. Peter Drucker After two days getting our Academy ready for today, our pupil’s returned. The atmosphere was positive. Reflecting on the past two days, a mix of vision and values and policy and practice, with …
Meet Snipping tools big brother Snip (a pretty slick BETA release). I am a daily user of the Snipping Tool, the scissors lasso thing for quick rectangular (and free-form snips which I have never used), window and full screen captures or snips with handy after-snip highlighter …
I am not rushing to the defence of the exam boards, the perennial “results day” articles* rarely fail to direct some meagre attack or critique towards them. This year, the exam boards have put forward their own infomercials, here and here, to reassurance their various audiences. Furthermore, …
If you are a Curriculum Leader and have not yet seen the proposed Assessment Objectives (AOs) for your subject, then I recommend you do so. These AOs should act as the signpost rudder for your new KS3 curriculum, to ready …
The backstory – our children, Harry (6) and Freya (4) both enjoy being in charge of the tv remote. TV has become very much on demand viewing with both children preferring to watch their recorded shows (series link offers hours of …
I had seen the name “Daniel Kahneman” via TED some time ago, though knew little about him or his work. I then saw a handful of retweets signposting a Guardian interview with Kahneman and clicked through. Perked by the Guardian article I bumbled around …
