Wet weekend in the UK! Great excuse to stay in and listen to our MT Talk podcast... The latest episode (OK we've only done two so far) is called 'Everyone can think mathematically.' open.spotify.com/episode/5r1o...

New podcast... open.spotify.com/show/3cJF2EX...

I'm also part of this 'podcast thing'... Do have a listen! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m... open.spotify.com/show/3cJF2EX... @atmmathematics.bsky.social

I mean… this is obviously right up my street! pudding.cool/2025/08/onio...

12 classics. Apparently... Free to access here... padlet.com/admin3620/su...

The latest edition of #MathematicsTeaching from @atmmathematics.bsky.social is giving me wonderful “Smash Hits” vibes with a centre spread poster 🌟 Particular highlight for me this issue is the article from @janehawkins.bsky.social on the importance of purposeful talk in maths 🗣️

More Y9 trig #MathsToday: we ditched the tables in favour of drawing multipliers directly onto the triangles. This lesson went pretty well! Still just using sin and cos, and today I kept everything in one orientation as well.

From the @mathshorizons.bsky.social report May 2025: "We believe that reasoning and problem solving are not separate strands of maths, to be visited in isolation: they are part of what it means to do maths. The curriculum should reflect this truth at every level."

My final session with @ncetm.bsky.social #Y5to8continuity WG for @nmmathshub.bsky.social. The opportunity to reflect deeply about division of fractions was such a treat - such deep thinking from WGPs. Many thanks @atmmathematics.bsky.social for the inspiring article atm.org.uk/write/MediaU...

Did you know we can visualize rewriting square roots? Here's how!

Y8 sequences in #MathsToday. This sequence of questions was great!

"Alternatively, with a more connected approach to learning, the more mathematics you learn the easier the subject gets... you have an increasing number of conceptual connections... ideas make more and more sense... and you have less and less to consciously remember." Colin Foster in MT295

Teaching advice from people who’ve never taught? No thanks! 👎 Every NCETM resource is created by people who know the realities of the classroom from first-hand experience – like our Secondary Team! 👀 #Maths #EduSky #UKMathsChat

Amazing opportunity to be our next Trust Director of English! An exciting and varied role and the opportunity to have a national profile with our large Trust. Virtual information sessions are available, details are in the advert. www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy...

Great opportunity to join the subject director team at Co-op Academies Trust. Work across a range of schools and make a genuine difference in the lives of thousands of young people. Link: www.coopacademies.co.uk/page/?title=...

👏 Huge congratulations to @johnwestwell.bsky.social, the NCETM’s Director for System Leadership, on receiving an MBE! John is the architect of the Maths Hubs Programme, now in its tenth year and supporting nearly 60% of schools in England.

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Today’s poem celebrates Fibonacci Day. It’s called ‘Word Crunching’.

Looking forward to reading this...

#MathsEdPoetry day 3 (well almost, I won't have time in the morning!) The I-we-you structure in lessons can easily become an "I", then, "I-again-but-with-minimal-pupil-interaction", then, "Off-you-go-whether-you-understand-it-or-not" structure instead. This is a pupil perspective.

#MathsEdPoetry day 2. Both the @atmmathematics.bsky.social principle "the power to learn rests with the learner" and Daniel Willingham's phrase "learning is the residue of thought" point to the idea that learning is done by the learner. It is not something that can be done to them. From MT287.

Re-posting some of my #MathsEdPoetry on here over the next few days. This is 'Think with me not for me'. First published in MT277 @atmmathematics.bsky.social

“Conceptualisation does not follow automatically from performing procedures several times, even if they are all done correctly.” From the latest @atmmathematics.bsky.social journal.

Also (though it possibly needs some rearranging) made a "Sometimes, Always, Never" on parts of a circle that I've got to say... I'm pretty chuffed with 👍 #mathschat

Okay, here we go. Functions via Chicken Run. First up, the fundamental understanding of functions: "Chickens go in, pies come out." #MathsToday #ALevelMaths youtu.be/ae50P_ajLxA?...

A hack I showed students was that if you take a prime number and add 30 to it you are likely to get another prime number. I think when I'm doing more work on factors we'll look at this some more Explain why it works and why it fails is worth exploring #mathschat