Day 1 of the holidays: ILL

I don't really post anymore, but I would like to carry on writing books at some point in the future. Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.

When ‘low’ level disruption is explained to non-teachers, it is often dismissed as: kids talk too much haha. The reality is that it is common for a teacher to be interrupted several times, deliberately, by multiple students to the point that a simple explanation is impossible.

🖌️🎨 Spice up your #maths classroom! 😃 What does your teacher name look like in mathematical lettering? Craft a cool display title or door plaque in seconds! Try it: mathswhiteboard.com/MWB/mathemat... Share your in the comments... @mathsjem.bsky.social #TeacherTools

Hi everyone! Please share this to any secondary Maths teachers 😊: I have created a Christmas Maths exam paper in the style of Edexcel for my year 11 class for a bit of fun. Please feel free to use it too: www.tes.com/teaching-res...

11/23 is Fibonacci Day apparently 🤓

A great total to have if you want to split a bill evenly in a restaurant.

5 mile run today, such a fantastic morning for it, even needed my sunglasses. #edurunners

I love breaking the unspoken rule about fraction diagrams (all pieces congruent, not just equal in area). Here are a few of my favourite non-standard representations. A one radian sector fills half the unit square, the curves y = x² and y = √x enclose 1/3 of the square. Can you come up with more?

So @missfreda.bsky.social and I have discussed this and decided Paul McCartney’s Frog’s Chorus needs to get trending. ‘We all stand together’. An anti-fascist anthem if ever there was one ✊🐸 youtu.be/6PMiP90ntZ8?...

#StreetsofLondon still hits hard after 50 years. 🥹 #40HitsOf1975 #40HitsFrom1975

I just saw Rod, Jane & Freddie in the background of the Elton John performance there. #40hitsof1975

"russia can destroy a building, but never the memories or the feeling of home. So for me, this apartment will always look like this." Anastasiia got a tattoo with the coordinates of her family home, destroyed by a russian strike in Zaporizhzhia💔

Focus on self-care, self-love, and self-compassion first—because you can’t pour from an empty heart, heal from a place of exhaustion, or give what you don’t give yourself. When you nurture your own well-being, you become stronger, kinder, and more present for everyone around you.

I watched dementia consume my grandmother's fierce intellect. I felt I had failed her. Today we know nearly half of dementia cases can be prevented. The tools exist—we must use them. Read an excerpt of my new book in @wsj.com. Gift link:

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Iteration mathshko.com/2025/10/10/i...

Made this Circle Theorems and Trigonometry worksheet inspired by interwoven maths @nathanday.bsky.social in #Mathstoday PPT and answers here: chelekmaths.com/most-recent-...

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

Arbitrary and necessary mathematics. One of those most important ideas to consider when planning and delivering maths lessons. Here's my one-slide summary based on Dave Hewitt's article here: www.lboro.ac.uk/media/media/...

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