Sunday, January 31, 2010
First Day of school tomorrow
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All fired up.. lessons planned.. preparation done.. Let's go!
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Rubrics
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I sat through another round of someone extolling the benefits of rubrics/analytic marking keys/explicit marking keys. There was no doubt a l...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
And the 2009 IOTY winner is...
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Julia Gillard , Federal minister for education. Julia is awarded the Idiot Of The Year 2009 for her potential to damage confidence in public...
Saturday, January 23, 2010
What mathematics do students need before high school?
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I was at my master's summer school unit and caught up with my high school mathematics teacher. We started talking about what was needed ...
Friday, January 22, 2010
BST - Bloody Stupid Transparency
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There's a new acronym in town. We have the GST, the tax we had to have. Now we have the BST. The Bloody Stupid Transparency we had to ha...
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Smacking is good for children under 6
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Here's a non-PC article quoting research that smacking (not abuse of) young children is beneficial. 2600 children were sampled and it s...
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Advice for kids in a new year
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Ok , So it's a new year.. new teachers.. new situations. What can a student do to fare well in a new year. 1. Come with a great attitude...
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Misleading league tables
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Today is a sad day. A whole year's effort that can be summed up by a parent saying our results based on league tabled published in the W...
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