Day 5 - Online school
I normally get clobbered for cover lessons this end of the week - so there is a silver lining to all this! So there it is - one week down. I started this blog series on Monday with acknowledgement of...
Day 4 - Online school
I feel like I had time to think for the first time this week. This is because my timetable is very top of the week heavy. I don't get any free periods until Thursday and Friday and so I always feel a...
Day 3 - Online School
I always get itchy feet when I talk to people in different schools around the world. So many wonderful places and things happening. When I am counting my blessings about where I am now, one of the many...
Day 2 - Online school
A bit calmer! So I think this was a little bit calmer than yesterday. I felt like I was only managing 10 simultaneous conversations instead of 20. As a family we watched M. Macron deliver his 'War on...
Day 1 - Online school
As I write I am acutely aware that many of you have been doing this for a number of weeks already. You already had my sympathies for what I could only imagine is a dificult situation but now, after my...
Compound Interest
So! I have been meaning to post something about this for a while. Please let me start with a disclaimer - I am only passing on what I have heard at workshops and am open to being corrected in the comments! ...
Exam Season
Here is a list of pages that you will want to make sure you know about. Helping students to prepare for the exams!NEW - The Calculus pack has landed - This page is the home of a series of revision packs...
This Years projects 2018
I did this last year because I think that the more we hear about and share the 'ideas' behind internal assessments, the better we get at understanding the scope of possibility. At workshops I often challenge...
Final Report to teachers
This is just a quick post to try and spread the word about the latest curriculm review report which has been published on MyIB. You will need your MyIB log in details to access this, but here is a link...
Problems with surveys
Like many of you I hope, I have completed the G2 form which is a review of the exam that students did this year in May. I think it is excellent to have the opportunity to do that and understand that the...