Day 333 - Whimpers And Vexation

Monday March 15th

Week 2 of my second placement and I felt ready for it. I enjoyed my little morning drive up there and as I get to know more of the children and staff, it feels like a welcoming place to come to every day.

Used football with Year 7 today. They did paired activity, calculating goal difference for the last 6 seasons, finishing with a calculation to add extra points for superior goal difference. The intention was to show changes in each of the tables when the new points were added up. Unfortunately it didn't make any difference and so the lesson ended with a whimper, not a bang.

Year 9 continue to vex me. They are badly behaved but it's not that. I have tried a few different things to get them engaged but nothing is working (so far). Today, I tried mobile phone plans and reading straight line graphs to judge the best plans. Nothing.