Bored over the festive season? We're still seeking contributions to our ridiculous saytheprime.com video project: sign up and make a 5-minute video of yourself saying a chunk of digits of the largest known prime number. Can we finish before they discover a bigger one? It's a race against maths!

It's done! And ahead of schedule... (for once!) A fully revised 2026 version of the Risps PDF eBook is now available for free, from www.risps.co.uk and from Payhip. payhip.com/b/RGKPF An early Ch-risp-mas present? With best wishes of the season, Jonny

I'm not feeling great at the moment, so I decided to spend some time doing something that would cheer me up: making a silly clock. https://christmas-clock.think.somethingorotherwhatever.com/index.html

Regarding this post from the beginning of the year (inspired by work from @n-gons.bsky.social) I realised I never shared the original file. Have a play here: www.geogebra.org/m/zez8muew

Ben Sparks made this wonderful GeoGebra app that lets you create a twisted band (Möbius strip, etc.) and cut it in half or into thirds. As someone who uses GeoGebra quite a bit: Wow! www.geogebra.org/m/v5z33vth

Correction: Unemployment rate may or may not have risen (5.1%±0.3 compared to 4.8%±0.3). BBC please mention 'error bars' or 'confidence intervals' here. Alternative: UNEMPLOYMENT MAY HAVE DROPPED BY 0.3% PERCENTAGE POINTS Better: UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS BROADLY SIMILAR TO LAST TIME WE CHECKED

I think it's time to post this again (since the thresholds have been frozen). www.geogebra.org/m/p97htgc3 [please note this for INCOME TAX only]

AMSP has opened bookings for The Maths of Data Science and AI for A level Maths teachers from 4 Feb 2026. Explore how maths powers machine learning, with hands-on activities using Desmos and Python. Open to state-funded schools, with £350 bursary to attend study days. Sign up: buff.ly/nZ8DS5D

I've been loving teaching on MEI's Maths Into AI (for students) and Maths of Data Science and AI (for teachers). They're free (+ teachers get a bursary of £350 to cover costs). Next term's for teachers is open, starts in Feb: amsp.org.uk/event/b23514... General details: amsp.org.uk/maths-into-ai/

The AMSP 'Maths of Data Science and AI' spring-term course for #ALevelMaths students is nearly full and we're likely to close applications later on today. There's still places on our course for non-A level Maths students and our teacher PD course though: amsp.org.uk/maths-into-ai/

🦂🚨🦂 New Chalkdust alert! 🦂🚨🦂 DNA origami, tracks and an interview with El Nombre feature in our AW25 issue! Plus all your favourite puzzles & columns. Read the entire new issue now at chalkdustmagazine.com

#mathstoday (well yesterday). A colleague saw me playing with this awesome GeoGebra file from @sparksmaths.bsky.social. Led to a great pedagogy discussion and sharing the file with the entire dept. I then used it with my sixth form class who now know understand why tan is the tangent ☺️ #ALevelMaths

Schools - there are still seats available for our Cambridge shows on 10th December, featuring Ben Sparks (aka @sparksmaths.bsky.social), Alison Kiddle and Oliver Dunk from Google. Bursaries are available for schools facing overwhelming transport costs. mathsinspiration.com/events/?id=204

Excitingly, Today's the opening day of MathsWorld, the new hands-on maths museum in London. I've really enjoyed visiting MathsCity in Leeds, but they've now got a London location too! Details at mathsworld.com

Tomorrow, I'm showing off MENACE at the Association for Science and Discovery Centres' Members' Forum. Tickets are free and looks like they're still available. www.sciencecentres.org.uk/events/octob...

David's blog is worth a read, but I suggest first trying to marshall your thoughts about *why* the central diagram does in fact represent independent events correctly.

This came up in the staff meeting today: how the ordinary English meaning of the word “independent” does not describe at all how a Venn diagram looks, and what to do to fix that. #MathSky www.adelaide.edu.au/mathslearnin...

We’re excited to announce that our free FE CPD Programme has been refreshed to provide even more support for teachers! Updated CPD Menu Improved Extended Courses New National Online Events New Maths Matters Newsletter Find out more: buff.ly/QF1Hc7z #FEmaths

It's been a day of First Bus fails. In Glasgow, waited 20 mins for a no. 8 to show up this morning. No show. Had to catch a no. 90 instead.

This term the AMSP is running a 'Maths into Data Science and AI' course for #ALevelMaths students. An online 11-week assessed course that introduces them to Python for data and machine learning. 1st cohort starts late September - you can sign your students up now at: amsp.org.uk/event/4d4629...

We've got a new PD course for #ALevelMaths teachers: The Maths of Data Science and AI. Learn how maths is used in machine learning/AI, get ideas for the classroom and improve your technology skills for data. 5 online sessions and a study day. You can sign-up now at: amsp.org.uk/event/192742...

This year, I'm going to reinstate Maths Video of the Week, which I send out on Teams to our A Level Maths students (I've let it lapse in recent years) The descriptions and links to the videos are all ready to copy and paste each week - feel free to use! wykecollege-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/person...

New for next year from the AMSP: 1) Free teacher CPD (+£350 subsidy) exploring data analysis, predictive modelling, and the role of maths in AI. 2) An 11-week student programme to develop practical skills in data analysis, modelling, and ethical AI. Details of both: amsp.org.uk/explore-the-...

It’s so close now! Still just time to bag a ticket for TMiP 2025, where you can meet and network with other maths communicators, upgrade your skills and learn some new tricks: talkingmathsinpublic.uk

I've been TRYIN'

Build confidence in teaching A level Further Mathematics! This course provides support on topics from the compulsory pure content in further maths through a mix of online sessions and in-person study days in  London and Manchester. Sign up now: buff.ly/SYMEj6e

Our #TMiP25 conference attendees will also learn about how skills from stand-up comedy can improve our maths comm, with experienced comedy producer Chris Head. Tickets at talkingmathsinpublic.uk

We've also got a new professional development course for teachers: 'The Maths of Data Science and AI'. This is 5 online sessions and a study day where we'll look at the concepts behing data science/AI and how you can use them in your teaching of A level Maths. amsp.org.uk/event/192742...

Our new course aimed at A level Maths students: 'Maths into Data Science and AI' is now opening for teachers to book their students onto for the autumn term. This is a one-term online assessed course. We'll be running it again in the spring. amsp.org.uk/event/4d4629...

Our TMiP event in August will be fully hybrid, with ways for remote attendees to join in with all the sessions. Our hybrid coordinator @samsighs.bsky.social will be on hand to make sure everything works, and that everyone is seen/heard! Remote tickets just £30: talkingmathsinpublic...

TMiP is the UK's network for maths communicators: whether you're a researcher talking about your research, a writer, presenter, blogger, YouTuber, workshop leader or activity provider, or anyone sharing maths, you can join our mailing list by visiting talkingmathsinpublic.uk

Breaking news - on Dec 11th we're bringing 'Much Ado About Numbers' to The Rose Theatre in Kingston, whose layout is based on the original Elizabethan Rose Theatre. Great for Year 10/11, you can provisionally book now, and pay in the autumn mathsinspiration.com/much-ado-aut...

25 years ago an acapella group called Out Of The Blue was started in Oxford. Singing with OOTB was a fundamentally formative experience for me, and has continued to shape my work, life, and friends. This weekend 25 years worth of alumni are gathering to get all nostalgic (and sing some stuff).

Achievement unlocked: my latest YouTube video has caused a discussion in the talk page of the Wikipedia article for Tic Tac Toe and they've fixed the image: commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ti... Video here: youtu.be/K29O13EUnZQ... (Thanks @11011110 for the heads up!)

Just under a week until the onllne 2025 Maths Communication Workshop taking place on 24 June and open to all. In this interactive session, @steckl.es + @sparksmaths.bsky.social cover the skills and techniques required to communicate maths effectively ➡️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/london-mathe...

Our New to Teaching A level Mathematics Summer School is back for 2025! Our Summer School is designed to deepen teachers' pedagogical content knowledge in key areas of the A level curriculum. Apply now: buff.ly/ErXXrzd

I've done a new YouTube video! Watch me and @peterrowlett.net being mystified by how people seem to be so bad at drawing pictures of the game of noughts and crosses: youtu.be/K29O13EUnZQ

I feel discerning teachers can see right through simplistic headlines like this. www.bbc.com/news/article... Here's an idea for using LLMs to generate classroom discussion: A 3 question fact check quiz (AI will try to generate one if you ask). Student instructions (don't tell the AI) in next post.

Talking Maths in Public is the UK's network for people who communicate maths to the public in any format - writing, speaking, video making, podcasting and performing, and a bunch of other ways too. Find out more and join our network at https://tmip.uk

There are still spaces on this all-day maths comm training course I'm running with @SparksMaths.bsky.social next week in Edinburgh - join us for just £15 to pick up tips on speaking/presenting, hands-on maths activities, storytelling & other useful skills: www.ticketsource.co.uk/london-mathe...

✨ Just 2 weeks until the first of our 2025 Maths Communication Workshops, taking place in Edinburgh on 11 June In this interactive session, @steckl.es + @sparksmaths.bsky.social cover the skills and techniques required to communicate maths effectively ➡️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/london-mathe...

Our #TMiP25 conference participants will also attend sessions on comedy skills with Chris Head, and an overview of the current state of maths education and how it relates to informal learning, with @SparksMaths.bsky.social. Tickets at talkingmathsinpublic.uk

If you’d like financial support with attending TMiP, we have a bursary scheme for students, early career maths communicators and the unwaged. Deadline 20th June - details at talkingmathsinpublic...

Reposting for #NationalNumeracyDay @nationalnumeracy.bsky.social Income Tax Visualisation

Sorry, not obvious maths content, but many a human would have their day improved by taking 11 minutes break and watching a musically spectacular live performance from Mark Knopfler and band, from 1996. Subtle virtuoso rock music exemplar. youtu.be/yTcsgxU9jsA?...

What would your financial literacy be like if you never saw any numbers? Actually, it might be quite good. Let's travel back 450 years to find out... www.nationalnumeracy.org.uk/news/maths-a...

So this week in the world of farm/environment/land management/ mapping has been “interesting” And by “interesting” I mean “verging on the utterly bonkers” Why? Well this week started with Natural England launching a new map naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2025/05/12/a...

Two weeks left to submit your entries for the May Animation Generation Collaboration! #MathsAnimationTMiP

Teaching A level Mathematics (TAM) is back this new academic year! It will consist of 6 in-person study days spread throughout the year, a formative lesson observation and access to course-specific teaching and learning resources. Apply now