1001 albums has played a blinder this morning in suggesting Slayer for my commute. Not only am I fired up for the day now, but it was also exactly the perfect length for my drive in. Parked up just as the album finished.

The Home of Hands-on Mathematics – opening in London in November 2025! Learn more at mathsworld.com

First time watching Everton Women. Not the result we wanted but I got a blue donut so it could be worse. First time I watched the men’s team at Goodison they lost too and there weren’t even blue donuts back then 🤣💙

My daughter is doing her Sparx and she just spotted the Chrome now offers in-built AI homework cheating (see button at the top right - takes you straight to AI tools that answer the question for you). FFS.

Totally stealing the phrase “in 6 months time you can either have 6 months of progress or 6 months of excuses…”

In #mathstoday Year 10 did their first literacy task of the year to finish Period 5 on Friday. We have been looking at factors and prime factors so I read them an excerpt of Ogawa and we learned a little about amicable and perfect numbers.

Found this tricky - left it this morning but still couldn’t get it this evening without getting a second clue. Still learning… Minute Cryptic - 12 September, 2025 "Blackbeard rumoured to have submerged body part in canal?" (7) ⚪️⚪️🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 1 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

@ecrmaths.bsky.social do you still have a padlet for KS5 enrichment etc? I had a link to it before but it now gives a 404 error.

Another piece I finished a while back, but I love it so much. It’s made from very precious mouth blown glasses that I am likely to never see again once I run out. They’re so rich and clear, with such perfect textures. The lead lines in this are the fold lines from the paper crane hanging above!

Non-specialist maths teachers! 🎥 See how the Non-specialist SKTM Programme could boost your confidence & improve your teaching! 💵 Schools joining the 2025/26 @theeef.bsky.social trial get £500–£1000! 💻 Online cohort available ⏰ Apply by 12 September bit.ly/4lRxAoW #Maths #EduSky #UKMathsChat

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

Here's a slightly crazy diagram illustrating today's major Cabinet reshuffle You're welcome

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...

🔹🔷🟦 #FridayQuiz 🟦🔷🔹 🔹 Like, share and repost 🔹 Have a go and good luck! 🔹 Share your score below with a gif 🔹 Share the quiz with whoever you want! Happy #Friday! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I've done some work on collated my worked examples over the holidays. Here's the database of those I've created over the past few years. Perhaps you can make use of them in your teaching too? kshancock.co.uk/workedexampl... #UKMathsChat

I have been doing Paddy's problem solving questions every day this summer, and I have found a lot of them challenging. As well as enjoying them very much, they have helped me focus on how I teach problem-solving. Here are the top five things that I have come away with. #ALevelMaths

I know there aren't many people exploring the fediverse from the UK heritage sector, but worth a try: is anyone out there associated with a museum or gallery (etc) in Leeds? I would like to connect with such people! #museums #galleries #GLAM #GLAMEd #heritage #MathsInMuseums #museum

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Today’s thoughts from the gym: 1) I wonder if I’ll ever actually get the a point where I *want* to go to the gym rather than just feeling like I should 🤔 2) seriously dude, if you need to make *that much* noise you should probably reduce the weight a bit 😬

I’m making the change from primary teaching to secondary maths. Any recommendations of maths teachers to follow would be welcome. Thank you. #maths #newdirection

A thing I made back in 2017. Twelve pyramids joined together in two zigzags roll up into two cubes and one silver rhombic dodecahedron.

Saturday morning Pilates class ✅ The tip ✅ Local farmers market ✅ …and relax!

This bear is probably @mathninja3.bsky.social’s spirit animal

GCSE Mathematics results for 2025 broken down by county and age (source: Ofqual Analytics)

I love the way @atulrana.bsky.social describes mathematics as “humanity’s poetry of logic”. This is an aspect we miss if we focus solely on the utility of maths. There’s no other subject where the question is so frequently about what pupils “need to know” for future life, employment etc.

🔹🔷🟦 #FridayQuiz 🟦🔷🔹 🔹 Like, share and repost 🔹 Have a go and good luck! 🔹 Share your score below with a gif 🔹 Share the quiz with whoever you want! Happy #Friday! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Trans people are worth protecting. Not because we are amazing people (although we are) or because we offer a great deal to society (although we do) or because we are fine as hell (we are). We are worth protecting because we are HUMAN BEINGS, and it’s amazing how often that simple fact is forgotten.

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.

New Alg2 student asked me at open house if we were going to do the “graph project”this year. He’s been in planning his art all summer! It’s amazing how excited students are about math! robinkubasiak.substack.com/p/math-meets.... @desmos.com

Is it bad that I spent half the time watching Weapons wondering where I recognised Julia Garner from? (I recognised her as Anna Delvey from Inventing Anna, just in case you’re wondering)

I like Mark Gatiss even more after reading this.

I’m definitely getting better at these! 😎 Minute Cryptic - 17 August, 2025 "Niece's starting to be captivated by looping race: lots of Hot Wheels?" (6,3) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 I scored: 3 under par www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

every news article right now: Donald Trump says the world is flat. But is he right? We talk to a squirrel for its opinion. The squirrel: GIVE ME MY NUTS Well that settles it. Is the world flat? It's inconclusive.

This whole thread is brilliant but I particularly like this one. Mt other favourite is the cheerful martinis, in case you were wondering.

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

Granny Life Progress Report! Out of 100 squares needed, 6 are completed and 54 more are claimed and in progress! Still 40 squares left to claim if you would like to join the cellular automata community crochet math/art project at www.grannylifecrochet.com #geek #mathart #grannylife #crochet 🧶

If only there’d been some sort of advance warning that Everton were building a stadium at Bramley Moore Dock so that transport infrastructure could be put in place? 🤔

New post! As promised, I've made a new resource library for GCSE Statistics: www.resourceaholic.com/2025/08/gcse... #ukmathschat #gcsestatistics #mathstoday

Nerdy joke warning. 😁 I've been planning this since I first saw the Newton for Hyde sign.

So we have created #ResearchParty, a podcast available as both audio and video (whichever works for you) where we dig into what these books are saying, whether it might be based in research and/or evidence, & what we loved/ hated about them (and try and to guess each others', with..mixed results).

Cool fraction pattern: You can write a unit fraction as a sum of two distinct unit fractions, and we can do this mentally!

Buying the Saga Deluxe Hardcovers seemed like such a good idea when I started. I really wasn’t anticipating a 6 year gap between books. Need to schedule in a re-read over Easter or something.

Wow, apparently now beauty standards are even unobtainable for actual models www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I had a lovely morning in a local primary school doing some pi approximations so the kids can take part in Moon Pi. Recommended! Teacher sign up info is here:

I’m part of a ladies beer group. We have a social once a month. Often I find myself thinking things like “I’m not sure I’m really up for this today” and then have a brilliant night chatting and cackling with wonderful ladies I probably never would’ve met otherwise.

Of course this is my 1001 albums suggestion today. The universe has spoken.

It’s Pi Approximation Day! 🥳

My GP had no record of me having MMR immunisation as a child (possibly because the records haven’t been digitised) so I had a booster last summer to be on the safe side.