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One of my students asked me that the other day. With particular emphasis on the "just". It's quite insulting really, although I think they meant it as a compliment. I had just told the class what I had got in my gcses and A-levels. I'd like to point out Read More...
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The secondary school I attended was a specialist science college, and so we had an in-house science magazine that came out every term. When I was in year 13, I submitted an article for it. This was a little bit weird because I wasn't taking any science Read More...
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Why is it socially acceptable to admit you're bad at maths? In fact, it's not just socially acceptable , it's encouraged . You would feel more uncomfortable announcing that you're quite good at maths than saying you're bad at it. I'm right, aren't I? Read More...
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In my faculty we have an unofficial lunchtime meeting every Thursday. What do you think happens when you put several celeverer-than-thou maths enthusiasts together in one room for forty minutes, along with some "normal" people who sit back and observe Read More...
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I'm introducing a new series to the blog called: Something That Worked. Every so often I'll post about an activity I did or a technique I used that was good. I find I often forget these good things when I should be reusing them. Hopefully by recording Read More...
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You have no idea how long I just spent deciding whether to spell practise the verb way (with an s) or the noun way (with a c) in the title. I think the expression is giving a command, so I decided to go for verb. And that's your literacy lesson for today. Read More...
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This week I've been hearing a certain word quite a lot in the maths department: "Concrete". Pupils need to be given something in a concrete form before moving to the abstract. Then, when misunderstandings come about, you can move back to the concrete Read More...
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Recently my Principal received "The Phonecall". We were told OFSTED would arrive in 48 hours. This is a scary thing for any teacher to hear, let alone an NQT. I was anxious but also quite excited. It might not surprise some of you to know that I always Read More...
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I'm losing faith in myself as a teacher. I can't get kids to shut up and listen. Hence I can't explain anything in a way they will understand. Hence they can't learn. Why won't they listen? Read More...
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I like being liked. I haven't always been liked. When I was a teenager I had a fairly big group of friends at school, but also a sizeable group of haters, I don't know why (oh wait, maybe because I was cocky, arrogant, annoying, too loud, and made jokes Read More...
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Sorry I haven't written in a while. I've been really good at driving all thoughts of school from my head at the weekends, perhaps a little too good. But I've enjoyed school this week so I thought I'd share with you what's been going on. Last week in my Read More...
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I have just read a news article from the BBC which has made me rage. (link) So they're planning to change the "Satisfactory" label to "Requires Improvement". Hmm. I've had a few discussions with fellow teachers on why we shouldn't use the word "satisfactory". Read More...
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I thought I'd already blogged about this before on NQTpi, but apparently not, it's just on my old blog. A few weeks ago at my academy we had a "No Pen Day". The idea was the whole week was focused on SEN, in particular communication difficulties. No Pen Read More...
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Predictable post, but who's complaining? I love making resolutions, and make them at every opportunity ( new school year , my birthday, lent, etc). Like most women, I'm a bit obsessed with self-improvement. I remember saying to a friend once, many years Read More...
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This is the last week of term for me. That means in a few days' time, I will have completed roughly a third of my NQT year. I have completed the first assessment point, and my mentor doesn't think I'm at risk of failing (clearly he doesn't observe me Read More...
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