Discovering the 2025 "student friendly" mark schemes and worked papers on AQA All About Maths has cheered me up this afternoon 🥳 Will make going through the mock much easier #ALevelMaths #MathsToday

I'm leaning into booklets for A Level Further Maths this year. Not for lessons as such, but for intervention (eg students working through support booklets whilst sitting in extra lessons) and for revision of previous topics. I like the way an empty box invites an answer #ALevelMaths #MathsToday

Feeling weirdly nostalgic for curly fries, curry sauce and cheese, with welly fudge and pink custard, washed down with an artificially flavoured cup drink 😅 (which cost about £1 in total) www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Im looking for decent animations for some typical mechanics problems. Greatest height reached, rods on point of tilting etc.I rely too much on sketching each scenario/hand gestures! Curriculum time is too tight for practical demos and videos rarely show the nuances of the problem in the way I’d like

I'm sad because my book about metamorphic rocks used in roof tiles got slated.

Depluralise a movie: One Thing I Hate About You

Already up! b.link/bestguessgcse b.link/bestguessalevel

Slept in my Blur t-shirt, and now I've been rudely awakened by the dustmen.

🏫 Teachers of AQA L2 Further Mathematics - we’ve got a new pilot you’ll want to hear about! Working with Casio, we’re offering schools a year-long programme of professional development, resources and a loan of a set of graphical calculators. Learn more and apply ➡️ buff.ly/fZ9DXAc #MathsEdu

Is this like the Bluesky equivalent of Grok? Ew 🤢 Can't we have the ability to send photos in DMs, like every other platform, instead?

Obsessed with the fact that there is a large peak at 10/10 and a smaller peak at 8/10 for "perfect" 🤔😅 Is it sarcasm?

I really like this graph. Pondering how I could use it in a maths lesson... #MathsToday

So, these humanoid robot AI teachers that Melania Trump is touting... Could a teacher, hypothetically, get one and send it to meetings/briefings in their place? Asking for a friend... 😅 share.google/bFbefP0GMdKV...

Happy Easter holidays for those whose term ends today 🥳🌷🌞 We made it! For those who still have a week to go (or who don't get a break)... I hope next week goes well - you got this ✊️ Sunnier, lighter days are coming...

In #MathsToday, the ducks that appeared in my classroom have been multiplying. There were 2... then another 2... and now there are 10 😅🦆

Had a further maths student appear at my classroom door today with a beaming smile on her face, as she had done one of the second chance papers and got 100% (having dropped quite a few marks the first time around) 😁 #MathsToday

In #MathsToday I find that my #ALevelMaths students often try to use the SUVAT equations for non-constant acceleration questions (when they should use calculus instead) so I have invented a twist on the classic game "Is it cake?"... which I'm calling "Is it SUVAT?" 😅🍰

Got the (anonymous) comments through from the latest Learner Voice survey today; my favourite was from a Y1 further maths student who just wrote, "It's alright". Thinking of getting it laminated on a sign to display at future open evenings, to show the level of enthusiasm of some of our students 🤣

In #MathsToday I tried @theteacherwins.bsky.social's idea of getting the students to take turns answering an #ALevelMaths question, to focus on clearly setting out their steps, so that the other person could pick up from where they got up to. It went really well, and they seemed to enjoy it!

I’m starting at a new school, I’m new to A level do you have any others you’d recommend? Or any suggestions so I’m resourced and ready for sept?

Is anyone else being constantly reposted by "Gaza awareness" bots? Is there a better solution than just blocking them all?

This time last year, I had a handful of year 13 #ALevelMaths students who were in the danger zone of getting a U (maybe getting E on a good day) So I started giving them daily videos to watch by @tlmaths.bsky.social to break their revision down into manageable chunks. There was a tick sheet...

It's nearly here... Fri, 20 Mar 2026, 2:46 pm Point of Inflection Day (aka Spring Equinox) explain it to your students using the updated 2026 powerpoint: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5waw7...

Love this! Going to ask ours to do the same...

A level maths revision websites please

In #MathsToday my #ALevelMaths students were telling me about a Pi Day party they had at the weekend, complete with an integration quiz. They were so animated about it... I love teaching students who are unironically excited about being nerds 🥰😁 This lot are going to love university.

"Arguably, setting only really benefits the teacher." Arguably, that is a sufficient reason.

Someone blocked me for posting this 🤣

Things I have said so far today: 1) "It's lovely out there, should have brought my sunglasses" [2 hours later] 2) "Is that hailstone?"

If you're doing that Friday Five thing, polite request to please use the hashtag. I've got it muted, but loads have slipped through this week and it's really annoying 😅

In #MathsToday my Further #ALevelMaths students were doing coupled differential equations (modelling the concentration of salt water in a system of connected tanks, and predator-prey models) The students refer to the two types as "tanks" and "dead rabbits". I've given up trying to stop them 🤣

In #MathsToday a student was standing in front of the board when some others were trying to look at it, so I told him he made a better door than a window. Most of the class didn't have a clue what I was on about. One said his grandma says it. Am I just old? 😅

"Kid Succeeds Despite Parents Not Paying For Education Shocker" 🙄 Who knew that students could do well in exams even if their school is free?

In #MathsToday I have used the AQA shadow papers to create some "second chance" papers for my Further #ALevelMaths students, to give them the opportunity to have another go at questions they previously got wrong in the mocks, but feel they could now do. Selling it to them as their redemption arc 😅

Exciting news for teachers of AQA #ALevelMaths, Further Maths and #CoreMaths - there are now shadow papers available for the 2025 series, on myAQA (the password protected bit) 🥳 Same questions, but slightly different numbers and answers. Good for mocks or retests/follow up to mocks.

My parents have been tidying out their loft. I am now in possession of: 1) A time capsule my brother and I made with some friends in the year 2000 (not to be opened until 2050) I don't remember the exact contents, but I seem to recall a tamagotchi, a packet of maltesers, and a copy of Sugar magazine

Agree with this. Could split it a number of ways: pure vs applied, or "basics" vs advanced, incorporating some of the things currently in L2 further maths or GCSE statistics for the second qualification.

I've never really fancied trying LinkedIn... it strikes me as basically Strava but for people being insufferable about their careers instead of their marathon training 😅 (I say this as someone who is, on occasion, insufferable on Strava...)

Happy International Women's Day to all the wonderful Maths women - cis and trans - here on Bluesky 😀 #MathsToday

The down-side of having a pretty good immune system that nobody talks about: All of the drugs in your medicine cupboard are about 9 years out of date 😅🤧🤒

Would love to get this series seen by primary colleagues folks, if you like it please consider passing it along!

I'd put all the formulae in the formula booklet, tbh. When will a student ever need to use a formula and not have immediate access to a book or Google to look it up? (It winds me up that they have to remember Yates' Correction, for no reason whatsoever!)

A new A level task. Really enjoyed watching the students think about this one: kshancock.co.uk/aleveltasks.... #MathsToday

Looking to benefit from experience of #mathstoday crew. Just started in a secondary after working in Pri and middle. V high PP. Teaching groups include tiny bottom sets. Ss struggle with basic skills, attendance & focus. Rewarding & challenging work but interested to know what's worked for others?

In #MathsToday it's #CoreMaths preliminary material day! I'm not actually teaching Core this year, but had a little nosy anyway. I see that for student loans, AQA has now included info on RPI/interest... very topical!

Marking #ALevelMaths mocks again, using the start-at-the-back method. Nothing will ever beat the rush of finishing with a run of quick easy markers 😄 #MathsToday

Here's a neater version.

#MathsToday does anyone know of a basic numeracy package that monitors progress, diagnoses gaps etc that could be used with KS3/4? If it could be run by a non specialist even better.

My primary school had precisely three (3) videos that were shown, on rotation, on a wet lunchtime: 1) The Land Before Time (best film ever 🦕🦖) 2) Homeward Bound (heartwarming and uplifting 🐈‍⬛🐕) 3) Watership Down (children returned to afternoon lessons traumatised and depressed 🐇💀)