Big Q: my HoD is worried that given the #edexcel grade boundary hike last yr (esp at G6) more schs might put more kids in for F rather than H, and this will hike grade boundaries yet again. He is considering moving to #AQA. I know it should be fair, but poss isn’t? Thoughts please! #mathstoday

In #mathstoday I’ve been desperately trying to find some short videos I remember on the maths needed in various careers, aimed at KS3/4 (rather than A Level which I can find on AMSP @meimaths.bsky.social ) I’m sure one featured Grove Lodge Vets in Brighton. Any ideas anyone pls? Or similar?

substack.com/home/post/p-... Couldn’t agree more with this

In #mathstoday I discovered that the @cambridgeocr.bsky.social Add Maths FSMQ and paper 2 of @aqaeducation.bsky.social L2 Further Maths are both pm of June 15th, with Physics GCSE in the morning. Now I know not many candidates will sit both but surely there will be some? Seems like poor planning!

In #mathstoday my further mathematicians told me it was their favourite A Level as "it makes us realise how everything links up" 😁😁 #ALevelMaths

Can I just check please, has skew now gone from Edexcel @ALevelMaths ?

Really enjoyed my session at #MathsConf39 today and it was lovely to see so many people there. @justmaths.bsky.social @mathsjem.bsky.social @mrsdenyer.bsky.social @mrmattock.bsky.social @rjs2212.bsky.social @nathanday.bsky.social @brunoreddy.bsky.social @tessmaths.bsky.social and lots 1st times too!

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My #MathsConf39 workshop choices: 1 - Emma Lockhart 2 - @morrismaths359.bsky.social 3 - @mathsjem.bsky.social‬ 4 - Georgina Green 5 - @runningstitch314.bsky.social Join me with @lasalleed.bsky.social, get your ticket here: completemaths.com/community/mathsconf39

In #ALevelMaths today we looked at why inverse matrices work, which I am very happy about. I haven’t taught this before and was getting cross at the seemingly random stuff to learn! I didn’t do matrices until my degree and that was a loooong time ago. #MathsToday

I read a great blog the other day, presumably recent as I found it through a weekly digest. It talked about breaking down tricky topics and used the hormones in the menstrual cycle as an example. Now I can't find it - any ideas please? My son is studying this and there was a great diagram! Thnx

Stats - about to teach the dreaded Large Data Set - I’ve not done it for a few years. Anyone got any ideas on what students can do with it usefully on laptops please? #ALevelMaths

#ALevelMaths please get involved in helping to produce some A-Level transition matrices for AQA A-Level maths.

AMSP regional roles - particularly interested in people based in Sussex, come and work with Sussex Maths Hub! mei.livevacancies.co.uk#/job/details...

OCR Additional Maths - where are the best places to find practise and resources please? Lots for L2 Further but less for this! Thanks #ALevelMaths #MathsToday

@mathsjem.bsky.social just reading your latest blog and I do sympathise with your stance on graphical calcs at A Level. We changed to @numworks.bsky.social and a benefit is it has a free identical phone app, so you could just have a school set to lend out for exams to save them buying?

Up next is @axiommaths.bsky.social - packed room on a hot day… @ncetm.bsky.social

Sussex Maths Hub Subject Leaders Conference kicks off with Emma McCrea talking Curriculum @oaknational.bsky.social First time ever we have had Maths Leaders from East and West Sussex and Brighton and Hove all in one room! @ncetm.bsky.social

#ALevelMaths question please Mod graphs I know they need to sketch y = mod(2x+3) Do they still also need to do y= 2mod(x)+3? Used to be in C3 but very vague in pure 2 textbook, can't see any questions like the latter? Thanks

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This opportunity available all around the country. Look up your local maths hub!

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Help please - my son has asked me to teach him OCR Additional Maths. It’s not widely taught any more, and I can’t find many resources - anyone got a recommendation for a good textbook please so I can just make sure I cover everything and he has something to work from? #ukmathschat

If a square is a special rectangle with 2 pairs of equal sides also equal to each other, is a parallelogram a special trapezium with 2 pairs of parallel sides? I'd like arguments both ways please! Thank you #mathstoday

I’ve just spent the last 2 hours teaching my 15 year old boy to sew a pair of enormously baggy corduroy trousers. I’m very happy.

@justmaths.bsky.social just read your latest blog Mel - good to see you back (yes moving schools is HARD!) Can’t see it posted on here but will try to link…

Help please. Does anyone have this series of books? We used to in a previous school and I always really liked them, but now can't get hold of them. Anyone know if they are available as pdfs? #mathstoday

@krisboulton.bsky.social really loving the Unstoppable Learning blog however I’m getting stuck in a never ending loop trying to get at supposedly free content via the app - I was hoping I could at least read the basics for free but it’s becoming so frustrating, it would be a shame to give up.

My latest article about the "Forgotten Third", but also the "Fading three-quarters" (not that I expect that phrase to catch on nearly so well!). Read it on LinkedIn or on my blog #maths #mathsteacher #mathsky www.linkedin.com/posts/peter-... educatingmrmattock.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...

it's still b.link/bestguessgcse and b.link/bestguessalevel

I know Adam C (used to be @robotmaths on X - is he on here?) has a web page where he really usefully collected all predicted papers - anyone know where this is please?

Edexcel 1H analysed, Key topics up www.1stclassmaths.com/_files/ugd/9...

I am feeling heartbroken today @missdcox.bsky.social was one of the great ones, someone who was quietly supportive from afar and I will treasure my last message for its poignancy. But we should celebrate Dawn and her impact on Education; I have learnt so much from her. I’ll miss her ❤️❤️

It's revision time! But do you have a revision curriculum? New blog - Creating a revision curriculum Putting structure and clarity into the lessons before the exam (based on an old classic blog!) missdcoxblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/29/c...

Question please: Comic Sans. Is there any proper research saying it is or isn't better for dyslexia? Some teachers love it, some hate it, what is the objective view? Thanks!

Normal distribution... why do the test statistics in my textbook answers not match the ones on solutionbank? Is the book wrong? (Old edition) or is there another way to do these? I agree with SB. (Stats Edexcel y2 Ch3 Mixed Ex) Thanks #ALevelMaths

#ALevelMaths starts question please. In Binomial dist. questions like this one, are students penalised for using X again in part b) instead of a new random variable letter? Thanks

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In #MathsToday I worked with some amazing Maths and Science teachers on @ncetm.bsky.social Coherence workgroup, and learned about Shift-Exe (as we are now calling it) on the new Casio calc thanks to @cclay8.bsky.social It's a game changer, esp for Science where they want answers as decimals

#ALevelMaths anyone use Numworks calc @numworks.bsky.social ? It seems to be able to work out nCr for negatives and fractions. How? Presumably by using (n(n-1))/2! etc? But it seems wrong to use the nCr notation?

Great to hear Femi of @ezracollective.bsky.social bigging up youth clubs and teachers at the #BRITs as they picked up their award for Best Group

[...] we must all take responsibility for teaching maths in our own subjects – providing students with greater opportunities to connect maths to real world examples." But I'd also like to echo that simply not being negative about maths should be a core thing that all educators take care to do.

If I had to pick out one paragraph to vehemently agree with it would possibly be "The development of maths within students cannot and should not be laid exclusively at the feet of the maths teacher, and much like the now widely accepted approach that all teachers are responsible for literacy, [...]

Very refreshing to see something like this being written by a geography teacher. There's a lot here of relevance to teachers of _any_ subject in schools, and also do educators beyond formal learning including, yes, #museums and #galleries. 🏛️🎓

Great blog from @durringresearch.bsky.social and honorary maths teacher Ben Crockett (are you on here Ben?) on why positive attitudes to maths are so important researchschool.org.uk/durrington/n... #MathsToday

Is the maths museum in New York worth visiting?

In #MathsToday I gave my y10 son the same hw I give to my y11s. He did this (xx1 + yy1 = r^2 for eqn of tangent) which I have never seen before, but he learnt it from a friend doing AddMaths. We've just proved it. He's taught me something!