It's all a bit quiet at school at the moment, with not a lot of incidents to report. It's just a lot of report writing and exam preparation. All very dull. Hence my blogging efforts have been equivalent to some of my year ten boys' efforts at Maths. You could argue they're trend setters, blazing a trail of previously unheard of levels of laziness but I think they just CBA*. To bring you up to date here are the main news stories of the past month or so.
Coaching
Coaching has reached the Maths department like a dose of Swine Flu. The idea is that we all watch someone watching someone else teach so that we can become effective reflecters on our practice. It sounds a lot of nonsense but gives you a bit of encouragement of watch other teachers teaching. Yesterday I got see a lesson on equations, which gave me food for thoguht on how to approach this topic.
Exams
My year elevens sat their final Maths exam on Monday. We had a breakfast revision session immediately prior to this and I was alarmed by the number of pupils who came in saying they hadn't done any revision: 'sir don't say anything but I haven't done any revision.' I followed the girls instruction and ignored her completely.
Camp
It's getting close to the camping season. Once again I'm off to Scotland with the year nines. Last year was highly entertaining and I've every reason to expect the same again this year, though I think I'll avoid the hair straighteners this time.
Inter-form challenge
My form continue to lead the way in year eight as being the most-successful form. Our most recent competition was designing a poster discouraging the dropping litter. Some of my boys took the Fascist approach of 'Drop it and Die' with guns being pointed at heads. In some ways it's distrubing, but at least they were doing it ironically. I think.
*Can't Be Arsed
