Last night my blog hit a milestone for which I have been waiting over the last few weeks - it has been a long time coming and certainly has not been a driving force behind my posts, but it has …
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EDEXCEL IGCSE CPD: Agenda
I am hosting a small CPD day on 09/11. Here is the agenda. IGCSE teachers’ CPD Day The John Lyon School 09/11/18 Agenda: 09.00-09.30 Arrival and coffee. Meeting is based in small conference room in the Red House. Parking …
NEAs at A level: What’s the big secret?
Enough time has passed since August for me to write this post objectively. I am concerned at the lack of transparency around the moderation of A level NEAs. I won't name my board - I assume all boards are the …
ResearchEd 2018. My day…
It is extraordinary that well over 1000 teachers will give up their Saturday to listen to CPD, even when the quality is as high as this. Yet Tom Bennett's ResearchEd does it right: tickets are cheap, speakers are generous with …
Apprentices? You’re hired, Year 8
I love the summer term. In year 8 we run an Apprentice Project - plenty of Business English, targetted group work and a competition, first in the classes and then in the grand final. The brief this year was to …
Are exams a fair test for all?
Each year we prepare our students for the public examinations which will shape their futures. Each year, it seems, we feel let down by the exam boards which create the mechanisms by which our children are tested. Exams are not …
Hamlet 4:4 To examine or not to examine?
If you look at the hashtags #hamlet or #ocrenglishliterature at the moment you will see a number of very upset students, teachers and parents. The gist is straightforward: since exams are not meant to post trick questions, why did OCR …
The joys of summer
I blogged for http://www.teachwire.com on the issues of HOD in the summer. PLease foillwo the link and read if you are interested.... Peel, Summer term issues. Teachwire Read More "The joys of summer"
Sample internal exam papers for Lwr 6th: OCR Elit A level.
Now that we no longer enter students for AS level, we are setting a strong internal exam in the Lower Sixth to aid our predictions for university entrance. Texts covered: Chaucer, Ibsen and Gatsby Here are my 4 papers. The …
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How does Shakespeare use Plutarch as his source to discuss the nature of political power, both in his own age and in general, in Julius Caesar?
This year I have introduced a Shakespeare essay prize for my Lower 6th. The idea is that any topic is open to the students and that they are exploring well beyond their current studies as laid down by the syllabus. …
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