I want to reflect on my first ever La Salle Education mathematics conference yesterday – #Mathsconf13 – at King Edward VII school in Sheffield. The main reflection for me was the fact that about 400 mathematics teachers from across the… Continue Reading
The Commission on Inequality in Education published its report last week on behalf of the Social Market Foundation. (Click on the image below to download the full report) Its authors are Nick Clegg, ex Deputy Prime Minister and ex-leader of… Continue Reading
Two down, one to go. At least now we may have a vague idea of what topics to direct our students towards as they prepare for the third and final GCSE paper on Tuesday next week. I’ve put together a… Continue Reading
So the waiting is over and we’ve seen the first of the new GCSE papers. What did you all think? My school uses EDEXCEL so what follows is based on my reading of paper 1 of the EDEXCEL GCSE. This… Continue Reading
I looked in detail in an earlier post at what the Conservative manifesto said about education (particularly secondary). I thought I would compare and contrast the three main English parties and their education commitments from their manifesto’s. I’ve tried to… Continue Reading
Over the last three days the three major English parties have launched their manifesto’s for the forthcoming General Election. As a teacher I’m obviously particularly interested in what they have to say about education – particularly in the secondary sector… Continue Reading
So it appears we will have a General Election on June 8th. The perceived wisdom is that the election is going to be dominated by Brexit and the type of Brexit each of the parties wants to see (or not… Continue Reading
I’m playing around with different revision ideas. This isn’t entirely my idea – I’ve seen variants of this online but thought I’d trial it with a set I want to use with a Year 9 group I teach to help… Continue Reading
I’m teaching a probability unit currently with a low ability Year 8 group. I really enjoy teaching probability and try and teach this sort of age and ability group it through games. I’d been looking for some alternatives to the… Continue Reading
Unlike some of you fine people out there I still have 3 days left to work before a well earned Easter break before the madness that will be the final term as we run up to the GCSE and GCE… Continue Reading