Is it only teachers who still own analogue clocks? Catching up with last week’s #TheyBehaveForMe podcast. These are mine…

If October 3rd is Mean Girls Day, when is Median Girls Day and when is Mode Girls Day?

Good morning & welcome to Whiskers Wednesday Every sunrise brings a new beginning. Embrace it with positivity, courage, and an open heart. Today holds endless possibilities, step into it with a smile.

Sad, tonight, sat in Widnes with my family, watching the Panorama about asylum seekers, and seeing the presenter being racially abused while here, interviewing people in the street. Proud, however, to see so many former teachers helping arrivers. (We recognised them!)

Post a happy TV theme that you like. youtu.be/KLQS6xo40kI?...

GENUINE fact (not a "bit"): The date is 5^2 / 3^2 / 45^2 It is probably the last time in your lifetime where all three numbers are square (the next one being 1/1/2116)

Next week has a "Pythagorean" day on 9-16-25... so check out my "Pythagorean Party!" blog w/ technology activities & visuals to celebrate pythagorean theorem & related concepts. karendcampe.wordpress.com/2025/07/30/p... #MTBoS #iTeachMath #T3Learns #geometry #MathSky #MathsToday #RecreationalMath

#MathsToday If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em…

I may have gotten a little over-excited about our first HDWTT faculty meeting 📢 Topic: Directed Number 💡 Discuss go-to methods 💡 Share cognitive pinch points 💡 Explore how it underpins later maths 💡 Pro/con each technique → agree a consistent (but not exclusive) approach #EduSky #UKMathschat

A standing ovation for someone found guilty of tweeting about burning migrants alive. She was sentenced to 31 months for inciting racial hatred. The judge said “You intended to incite serious violence. What you did encouraged activity which threatened or endangered life.” Who’s calling this out?

Needed a new project so I’ve decided to make worksheets and accompanying videos to review each Unit of the GCSE Maths course. Unit 1 Higher (Number) just went LIVE on YouTube. I actually think these would be really powerful as a cover lesson. Bit.ly/gcsemathsH1Vid

#mathstoday and Year 8 grabbed every opportunity to suggest 6 7 as a solution to a maths problem. 🤨 vm.tiktok.com/ZNdqaYmno/

Want to get serious about your A level results? Get serious about maths. Students who do maths at A level do better overall in all other subjects

So happy to see my amazing GCSE class back for their first lesson of Y11. We recapped last year’s work on proportion with these really clear and well-scaffolded worksheets from @goteachmaths.bsky.social #mathstoday

It's that time of year again - your annual reminder that if you're a Maths teacher and looking for suitable resources for your classes across KS3 to KS5 then do check out www.draustinmaths.com. The site is five years old this week 🎉🎉 and in that time it's amassed over 1000 resources! 1/3

My new role starts on Monday. That came around fast. I've been thinking about transitions between lessons recently and blogged about 'The Start of The Lesson' at taylorda01.weebly.com Enjoy the final weekend of the summer holidays!

JUST FOR A CHANGE, something positive and truly creative and also a lesson in visual and mental perspectives. Not everything in life is what it seems.

open.substack.com/pub/daisychr... Great blog from @daisychristo.bsky.social

@rogershistory.bsky.social I am sharing here as I won’t share on X. But this resonates.

I know I say this every year, but with results day on the horizon, please remember that for some kids grade 1-3 is a huge achievement. It represents years of hard work and determination. It’s not a fail. It is a GCSE qualification that they can and should be celebrated for.

This is sums it up nicely, and the last two paragraphs capture the essence of why teaching is such a remarkable career.

Mathematical hooks…ways in which to introduce a concept or discussion and create interest through observation padlet.com/tessmaths1/m... #yourewelcome

A 10-year-old British girl, Bodhana Sivanandan, has made chess history by becoming the youngest female player to ever beat a grandmaster.

1 in 3 doctors were born overseas. 1 in 5 university academics were born overseas. 1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas. 1 in 2 builders were born overseas. 1 in 5 nurses were born overseas. 1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas. The media, their framing, IS the problem

Living the best life... 😊 #dog #dogday #bluesky

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you joy and happiness

Happy Approximation to Pi Day (22/7)! 🥳 Suggested ways to celebrate include eating approximations to pie, such as tarts, flans, quiches, pastries, turnovers,... 🥧

Happy Spoonerism Day to all those who belly crate.

"Questioning is the way of learning," Encourage your children to ask questions, not to accept existing answers.

Wednesday morning 4.45 miler. Lovely weather, and I startled a deer 🦌 which startled me too! Too quick to catch on camera, sadly. #Edurunners

Superb article From @jonnyuttley.bsky.social highlighting the huge opportunities from BSiL www.tes.com/magazine/ana... Why the Best Start in Life strategy is good for schools | Tes

Night night sweet dreamies Don’t exhaust yourself trying to be liked. Whether people approve or not isn’t what matters What matters is being true to who you are. When you show up as your authentic self, the right people will naturally be drawn to you. Be you—for you

Tessellation has come up in conversation in class recently, and it’s clear that kids don’t encounter this on the current curriculum like I did in the 80’s. It just occurred to me that I can use Tetris as way of explaining it next time 😆. #MathsToday

We do a disservice to novice teachers when we talk about subject knowledge because we don't distinguish between knowing how to do it, knowing the best way, knowing many ways, knowing the pinch points, knowing the stretch, knowing the support, knowing the exam points.

This is a lovely problem.

Wednesday morning 3-miler. Experimented with a new off-road route but encountered a few roadblocks…. #Edurunners

Good morning & welcome to Whiskers Wednesday If you see something beautiful in someone Tell them A moment for you could last a lifetime for them

Essential reading alert 🚨

This is a wholesome and uplifting listen.🫶 open.spotify.com/show/5stjSre...

Writing some personal goodbye messages to my Y11 tutor group this morning, and I’m reminded how much of a privilege it is to share a tiny part of the life journey of such a diverse and special group of young people.

Night night sweet dreamies You’ve shown up every day, even when nobody clapped You’ve carried quiet battles with tired hands You’ve smiled so others wouldn’t worry You’ve kept going when rest felt like a luxury You are my hero

I once won a Corbettmaths mug 🥰 but I broke the handle 😭 so now it’s just a pen pot. Oh, how I would love a new one I could actually use for my cuppa! ☕️

"Difficulties strengthen the mind as labor does the body." — Seneca

eight years ago today

TikTokTipsters profiteering on the high stakes gambling nature of GCSE exams is where we are now in 2025. Read my comments in The Observer.