Hehe well, I have near no work booked in for August or September - help! I’m good at entertaining maths talks… Commission me to: Create maths art for your office, Speak on your podcast, Compère your event, Walk your dog… I’m an expert in maths teaching and learning :) Feel free to share this 🤓💗

Wow, sad times. I opened my Halifax current account in 1995 as an student preparing to go off to uni. I was enticed by the student credit card with a £200 credit limit 😂 Mortgages, pension, savings, the lot. Might be time to finally move on then. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

#MathsToday (yesterday) I picked a few random numbers out of thin air to make this data set and it turns out you can also get the correct answer from calculating the mean. 🤦‍♀️

Earlier this week all my online Scrabble games resigned me as I hadn’t played for several days. Yesterday I didn’t even complete Wordle. That’s how busy I have been.

Reform have now lost six by-elections in a row in England, Scotland and Wales. Their national poll rating is 26% – below Labour in 1983 – and Farage’s approval rating is -37. They’re very far from the voice of the people and need to stop being treated as such.

Similar, but with books.

Yummy 😋

Marmite? Love it or Hate it? I'm collecting some (unserious) data for teaching purposes. If you have a spare minute, please fill out this anonymous opinion poll for me: forms.gle/M5C91iQxiWYC... It is a short list of (likely) polarising preference questions.

A reminder of what Nigel Farage said following the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer.

Just got back from seeing The Mandalorian & Grogu at the cinema and my favourite thing is that the legend that is Sigourney Weaver is now a part of the Star Wars family.

What a lovely arm.

Thanks, Vonnegut. 💜

It’s really frightening.

Perfect first day of the half term break: lazy morning, laundry out on the line, 5 mile run, a couple of hours on the sun lounger with a book, and then an al fresco dinner with a glass of chilled white wine. 🥰

What else could you possibly want to do this weekend?

14 year old me tried so hard to compose ballads like Beverley Craven’s. #totp

“Just a bacon seed” Jimmy Nail? 🤔 #totp

And now Queen Christina - NOT miming. 👊 #totp

She’s miming but she makes up for it with enthusiasm. #totp

ONE WEEK TO GO 🎉 Join our ambassadors for #NationalNumeracyDay on 20 May💙 Coming next week: - Live Lesson with @mrmoneyjar.bsky.social & Times Tables Rockstars - Resources from @bobbyseagull.bsky.social & Susan Okereke - A #BigNumberNatter with Denise Welch -Dr Linda on confidence & community

New! My 198th gems post. Ideas, updates and resources for maths teachers. 💎 www.resourceaholic.com/2026/05/5-ma... #mathstoday #ukmathschat #alevelmaths

How can you follow S Express with this bilge? Nil points #totp

Shoulder pad rich. #totp

Film you've watched more than 6 times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, DC, Marvel, Disney, Mixer, Spielberg, Cameron, Wachowskis or Ghibli

Peak pun-day content. @jameshandscombe.bsky.social @pippinsboss.bsky.social

Superb summary of how careful planning and consistent routines reduce a teachers cognitive load and facilitate more effective lessons. open.substack.com/pub/solinthe...

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Integrity is expensive

Happy Easter We all have some things to be grateful for #gratitude

A new study of more than 140K infants shows that Covid vaccination in pregnancy cuts the baby's hospitalization risk by about 50% in first 2 months. Babies can't get vaccinated until 6 months; protecting mom protects the baby.

In a world where many doubt their own strength, the little honeybee proves them wrong every day. It doesn't wait to be big or important—it simply does its work, quietly, consistently, and purposefully. And in doing so, it sustains life itself. Never underestimate the impact of small actions.

Stupid Gen Z title, but full of interesting statistics. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Can’t find anything to disagree witg here.

Oh boy! What a headline... Ask yourself: "What am I being asked to believe?" "Who am I being told to blame?" Take a few seconds to imagine what the Daily Mail (And Telegraph, GB News and Express) WANT you to think is going on. Let's see what's ACTUALLY happening...🧵 1/21

#MathsToday 11a1 - smashed surface area of a cylinder (revision) 7a1 - smashed dividing with mixed numbers 7b3 - smashed ordering fractions 8b2 - smashed standard form with negative powers 10a1 - smashed changing ratios 🙌 I wish more days were like this!

An important reminder

@loualltheslaps.bsky.social I only followed you because my late uncle was called Lou Takkos and he was a great guy. I miss him. Also, I like cats. 😜

Wow, that sky 🤩

⏰ TIME TO CHECK YOUR BOUNDARIES ⏰ Half term or just plodding on it’s time for some boundaries spring cleaning. Are they working 90% of the time? What’s working? What needs to change as the days get longer & activities change? Some suggestions in the photos that I found useful in primary 😊

A visual demonstration of how counting to "100" in base four works. It's great fun to pause at 33 and ask "what comes next?" (hint: it's not 40!) mathsbot.com/tools/counting

Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country? Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.

I am convinced there is no such thing as talent, at least not in the way the word is commonly used. What there is though, is a thing you love doing so much that you do it over and over and over again, until you are really damn good at it. and if you are lucky, you discover it early on

Using Cuisenaire rods to model how we can find the nth term rule of a simple linear sequence. youtu.be/s38PBKNdpBs #MiniMathsBots

Mouth twanger. #totp

Chef’s kiss for this write up… londondaily.com/british-writ...

Reasons to stay on X, the child pornography site: 1. News. No point, mainly fake rwing algorithm driven/AI generated dross 2. "Holding the nazis to account " Would you carry on buying drinks in a nazi bar? 3. "I have friends there" Time to reconsider your friends & their choices 4. See 1-3