Dan Draper
@dandraper.bsky.social
Writer: flash; short stories; audio drama; having another crack at a novel.
Maths teacher: mostly in the classroom; occasional freelance bits; some ITT roles with fancy job titles.
danieldraper.uk
Maths teacher: mostly in the classroom; occasional freelance bits; some ITT roles with fancy job titles.
danieldraper.uk
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I have to say, I find this letter completely baffling for a number of reasons:
Britain’s top scientists have written to the PM warning that the education system is holding back children and the country and expressing concern about the timidity of the government’s curriculum and assessment review @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Broken education system is holding back the young, top scientists warn PM | The Observer
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November 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I have to say, I find this letter completely baffling for a number of reasons:
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Happy Halloween!
*elbows in some self-promotion*
Got a story out in a book. It’s good.
*elbows in some self-promotion*
Got a story out in a book. It’s good.
October 31, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Happy Halloween!
*elbows in some self-promotion*
Got a story out in a book. It’s good.
*elbows in some self-promotion*
Got a story out in a book. It’s good.
Texting a special someone* and getting those nervous tummy flips hoping that this will be the one 🥰
*trying to arrange home repairs before term starts back up
*trying to arrange home repairs before term starts back up
October 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Texting a special someone* and getting those nervous tummy flips hoping that this will be the one 🥰
*trying to arrange home repairs before term starts back up
*trying to arrange home repairs before term starts back up
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You'll pry these Oxford commas out of my cold, dead, third thing hands
October 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
You'll pry these Oxford commas out of my cold, dead, third thing hands
Made it to half term! 🫠
October 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Made it to half term! 🫠
Hawking my wares again this morning!
Bog People is OUT! Hardback, ebook and audio versions are available from all over! It’s got ten great stories in it that take folk horror as their inspiration and weaves new paths through the woods! It’s got gross bits, funny bits, sad bits! It’s got a copper foil embossed spine!
October 18, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Hawking my wares again this morning!
Bog People is OUT! Hardback, ebook and audio versions are available from all over! It’s got ten great stories in it that take folk horror as their inspiration and weaves new paths through the woods! It’s got gross bits, funny bits, sad bits! It’s got a copper foil embossed spine!
October 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Bog People is OUT! Hardback, ebook and audio versions are available from all over! It’s got ten great stories in it that take folk horror as their inspiration and weaves new paths through the woods! It’s got gross bits, funny bits, sad bits! It’s got a copper foil embossed spine!
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#mathstoday
I've had in the past students finding it difficult to decide if an expression would factorise into a single or double bracket. So I created a mix of 20 questions to try and build that skill of deciding which one to use. Unsurprisingly a lot of them struggled. Better now than an exam!
I've had in the past students finding it difficult to decide if an expression would factorise into a single or double bracket. So I created a mix of 20 questions to try and build that skill of deciding which one to use. Unsurprisingly a lot of them struggled. Better now than an exam!
October 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
#mathstoday
I've had in the past students finding it difficult to decide if an expression would factorise into a single or double bracket. So I created a mix of 20 questions to try and build that skill of deciding which one to use. Unsurprisingly a lot of them struggled. Better now than an exam!
I've had in the past students finding it difficult to decide if an expression would factorise into a single or double bracket. So I created a mix of 20 questions to try and build that skill of deciding which one to use. Unsurprisingly a lot of them struggled. Better now than an exam!
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In #MathsToday I made 40 A Level teachers colour in representations of the binomial distribution.
This is your regular reminder that if you teach #ALevelMaths you should definitely try to join your local Maths Hub’s A Level Pedagogy group. There is some brilliant stuff going on all over England.
This is your regular reminder that if you teach #ALevelMaths you should definitely try to join your local Maths Hub’s A Level Pedagogy group. There is some brilliant stuff going on all over England.
October 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
In #MathsToday I made 40 A Level teachers colour in representations of the binomial distribution.
This is your regular reminder that if you teach #ALevelMaths you should definitely try to join your local Maths Hub’s A Level Pedagogy group. There is some brilliant stuff going on all over England.
This is your regular reminder that if you teach #ALevelMaths you should definitely try to join your local Maths Hub’s A Level Pedagogy group. There is some brilliant stuff going on all over England.
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In #Alevelmaths syllabus (we do AQA) are they expected to be able to deal with fractional roots / factors of form (ax+b) using the factor theorem?
October 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In #Alevelmaths syllabus (we do AQA) are they expected to be able to deal with fractional roots / factors of form (ax+b) using the factor theorem?
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Had an epiphany yesterday: teach angles questions as a series of reasons with numbers as an after thought instead of other way round.
October 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Had an epiphany yesterday: teach angles questions as a series of reasons with numbers as an after thought instead of other way round.
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Made this Circle Theorems and Trigonometry worksheet inspired by interwoven maths @nathanday.bsky.social in #Mathstoday
PPT and answers here: chelekmaths.com/most-recent-...
PPT and answers here: chelekmaths.com/most-recent-...
October 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Made this Circle Theorems and Trigonometry worksheet inspired by interwoven maths @nathanday.bsky.social in #Mathstoday
PPT and answers here: chelekmaths.com/most-recent-...
PPT and answers here: chelekmaths.com/most-recent-...
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✨New A-level resources from this week's Year 12 lessons on graphical inequalities, algebraic fractions and algebraic division. The new A-level section is slowly growing! www.draustinmaths.com/a-level
#MathsToday #ALevelMaths #UKMathsChat
#MathsToday #ALevelMaths #UKMathsChat
October 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
✨New A-level resources from this week's Year 12 lessons on graphical inequalities, algebraic fractions and algebraic division. The new A-level section is slowly growing! www.draustinmaths.com/a-level
#MathsToday #ALevelMaths #UKMathsChat
#MathsToday #ALevelMaths #UKMathsChat
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Last Friday I posted about how we have encorporated difference of two squares before factorising. We follow the @lasalleed.bsky.social scheme of work.
substack.com/@fantasticma...
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Unlocking Difference of Two Squares
Planned and purposeful journey of multiplication: building on the area model to unlock quadratic free difference of two squares.
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October 7, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Last Friday I posted about how we have encorporated difference of two squares before factorising. We follow the @lasalleed.bsky.social scheme of work.
substack.com/@fantasticma...
substack.com/@fantasticma...
I am struggling with my year 11 classes so much this year. Trying to get a bit of headspace to find out how to meet them where they are, but I’ve never known it be this draining!
October 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I am struggling with my year 11 classes so much this year. Trying to get a bit of headspace to find out how to meet them where they are, but I’ve never known it be this draining!
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Nothing pleases me more like a kudzu-covered telephone pole on a foggy day
September 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Nothing pleases me more like a kudzu-covered telephone pole on a foggy day
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October 1, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Work in progress - identify the angle in the alternate segment
Inspired by my colleague Rushni whose Year 11s were struggling to do such a thing.
comments/questions/thoughts welcome
#MathsToday
Inspired by my colleague Rushni whose Year 11s were struggling to do such a thing.
comments/questions/thoughts welcome
#MathsToday
September 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Work in progress - identify the angle in the alternate segment
Inspired by my colleague Rushni whose Year 11s were struggling to do such a thing.
comments/questions/thoughts welcome
#MathsToday
Inspired by my colleague Rushni whose Year 11s were struggling to do such a thing.
comments/questions/thoughts welcome
#MathsToday
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#Mathstoday
Year 10 found expressions for shaded areas.
Made this last year for an extension but it was nice spending a bit longer on it.
Year 10 found expressions for shaded areas.
Made this last year for an extension but it was nice spending a bit longer on it.
September 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#Mathstoday
Year 10 found expressions for shaded areas.
Made this last year for an extension but it was nice spending a bit longer on it.
Year 10 found expressions for shaded areas.
Made this last year for an extension but it was nice spending a bit longer on it.
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[at my second rodeo] listen up you ignorant sack of shit
September 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
[at my second rodeo] listen up you ignorant sack of shit
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In #MathsToday I did this as a starter on estimation.
With the aim of getting pupils to consider which counters are the 'significant' ones.
With the aim of getting pupils to consider which counters are the 'significant' ones.
September 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
In #MathsToday I did this as a starter on estimation.
With the aim of getting pupils to consider which counters are the 'significant' ones.
With the aim of getting pupils to consider which counters are the 'significant' ones.
If I got answers to questions based on solely my own aspirations and thoughts and notes I would be in a right mess. Most of what I’ve thought and aspired to has been Very Dumb. Not to be a ‘21st century skill’ shill, but you need to be able to curate your own thoughts/actions, not plug a 1/2
September 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
If I got answers to questions based on solely my own aspirations and thoughts and notes I would be in a right mess. Most of what I’ve thought and aspired to has been Very Dumb. Not to be a ‘21st century skill’ shill, but you need to be able to curate your own thoughts/actions, not plug a 1/2
#MathsToday Introduced the idea of a domain with a few examples and then used this. It worked well! I felt it helped them get a ‘feel’ for things rather than getting stuck in computation. I want to build in some generalisation next lesson to have any square with a vertex on the origin. 1/2
September 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#MathsToday Introduced the idea of a domain with a few examples and then used this. It worked well! I felt it helped them get a ‘feel’ for things rather than getting stuck in computation. I want to build in some generalisation next lesson to have any square with a vertex on the origin. 1/2
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In #MathsToday we used this ncetm checkpoint and followed it up with this Don Steward beauty donsteward.blogspot.com/2013/12/near... for Functional Skills level 1 #FEMaths
September 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
In #MathsToday we used this ncetm checkpoint and followed it up with this Don Steward beauty donsteward.blogspot.com/2013/12/near... for Functional Skills level 1 #FEMaths