Did you ever watch Time Team? I’m sure it made proper historians cringe, but for those of us with an amateur interest it gave a fascinating insight into exactly that sort of thing. (View Post)

I solved the problem last week with one of my Y13 classes by not telling them there was a test before the lesson. They seemed to think that was not in the spirit of the game. (View Post)

I want them to have a strategy of revision… (View Post)

The numbers missing from my lesson seem to be much lower; I’m even getting fairly regular full houses. Unless there is a test due that day, for some reason… (View Post)

That reminds me: I showed a class this xkcd today I then said it was as if an opera buff would assume that most people could only name a few operas by composers such as Mozart or Wagner. They said “w… (View Post)