This week is proving very turgid for some reason. I attempted a little humour when attempting to teach stem & leaf diagrams to 10.2.2 but it backfired on me, partly because it was bad humour and partly because some of the boys were more focused on leaving for a rugby match. What is the purpose of stem & leaf diagrams? They are absurd and I have never seen them used in real life. This is basically what I told the class and they nearly downed tools and refused to work. I won't make that mistake again.
On the plus side I had an observation lesson with 7.2.1 in the computer room and it went well. We did some sequences using excel. This works well if they understand how excel works but took them a while to get the hang of it.
My running has been terrible since Gosport. I didn't get out to the track again tonight
