Jacob Merrill
@islesofwhatif.bsky.social
Phase Leader/Y4 teacher from Norfolk. I create and post open-ended maths tasks for KS2 (7-11) that promote creativity/curiosity http://islesofwhatif.com Trustee for @atmmathematics.bsky.social Views my own.
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I'm also part of this 'podcast thing'... Do have a listen!
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open.spotify.com/show/3cJF2EX...
@atmmathematics.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
open.spotify.com/show/3cJF2EX...
@atmmathematics.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
open.spotify.com/show/3cJF2EX...
@atmmathematics.bsky.social
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Bit nervous to share but, it’s here!
Available to pre-order. If you use MINCHIN35 you should get 35% (if you fancied!)
A huge thank you to everyone who has supported, inspired & challenged me over the past however many years l've been posting playful activities online 🙌
#playinupperprimary
Available to pre-order. If you use MINCHIN35 you should get 35% (if you fancied!)
A huge thank you to everyone who has supported, inspired & challenged me over the past however many years l've been posting playful activities online 🙌
#playinupperprimary
April 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Bit nervous to share but, it’s here!
Available to pre-order. If you use MINCHIN35 you should get 35% (if you fancied!)
A huge thank you to everyone who has supported, inspired & challenged me over the past however many years l've been posting playful activities online 🙌
#playinupperprimary
Available to pre-order. If you use MINCHIN35 you should get 35% (if you fancied!)
A huge thank you to everyone who has supported, inspired & challenged me over the past however many years l've been posting playful activities online 🙌
#playinupperprimary
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Fractions always a topic where visuals can help.
However need children to decide the questions. E.g “What if we had …….. "
Polypad is great for working with children rather than asking them to watch a 'fixed’ PPT animation.
Love Polypad.
@polypad.bsky.social @davidporas.bsky.social
However need children to decide the questions. E.g “What if we had …….. "
Polypad is great for working with children rather than asking them to watch a 'fixed’ PPT animation.
Love Polypad.
@polypad.bsky.social @davidporas.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Fractions always a topic where visuals can help.
However need children to decide the questions. E.g “What if we had …….. "
Polypad is great for working with children rather than asking them to watch a 'fixed’ PPT animation.
Love Polypad.
@polypad.bsky.social @davidporas.bsky.social
However need children to decide the questions. E.g “What if we had …….. "
Polypad is great for working with children rather than asking them to watch a 'fixed’ PPT animation.
Love Polypad.
@polypad.bsky.social @davidporas.bsky.social
This task provoked some interest at my conference session this week so I thought I'd share to see if anyone fancied having a go.
Polypad interactive to assist with attempts (you can drag copies of the triangles): polypad.amplify.com/p/cR6OglvIOO...
#mathstoday #ukmathschat
Polypad interactive to assist with attempts (you can drag copies of the triangles): polypad.amplify.com/p/cR6OglvIOO...
#mathstoday #ukmathschat
April 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This task provoked some interest at my conference session this week so I thought I'd share to see if anyone fancied having a go.
Polypad interactive to assist with attempts (you can drag copies of the triangles): polypad.amplify.com/p/cR6OglvIOO...
#mathstoday #ukmathschat
Polypad interactive to assist with attempts (you can drag copies of the triangles): polypad.amplify.com/p/cR6OglvIOO...
#mathstoday #ukmathschat
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Really enjoying exploring with triangles in #MathsToday #FPTC2025 with Jacob Merrill
April 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Really enjoying exploring with triangles in #MathsToday #FPTC2025 with Jacob Merrill
Looking forward to seeing people at FPTC conference this week.
I'll be exploring how exploratory variation might illuminate beauty and power through the surprising use of equilateral triangles.
Why not try one of the tasks online? islesofwhatif.com/2023/10/03/t...
@atmmathematics.bsky.social
I'll be exploring how exploratory variation might illuminate beauty and power through the surprising use of equilateral triangles.
Why not try one of the tasks online? islesofwhatif.com/2023/10/03/t...
@atmmathematics.bsky.social
April 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Looking forward to seeing people at FPTC conference this week.
I'll be exploring how exploratory variation might illuminate beauty and power through the surprising use of equilateral triangles.
Why not try one of the tasks online? islesofwhatif.com/2023/10/03/t...
@atmmathematics.bsky.social
I'll be exploring how exploratory variation might illuminate beauty and power through the surprising use of equilateral triangles.
Why not try one of the tasks online? islesofwhatif.com/2023/10/03/t...
@atmmathematics.bsky.social
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Look at this! Taken from Satisfraction, the new book from @profsmudge.bsky.social which is available to order now.
atm.org.uk/Shop/Satisfr...
atm.org.uk/Shop/Satisfr...
April 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Look at this! Taken from Satisfraction, the new book from @profsmudge.bsky.social which is available to order now.
atm.org.uk/Shop/Satisfr...
atm.org.uk/Shop/Satisfr...
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Next week I'll be at the @mathematicala.bsky.social @atmmathematics.bsky.social joint conference (exciting!) along with my conference buddy @mathforge.org
If you're also going, would you like to join our conference buddy gang? The deal is we meet up at the end of each day and compare notes.
If you're also going, would you like to join our conference buddy gang? The deal is we meet up at the end of each day and compare notes.
April 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Next week I'll be at the @mathematicala.bsky.social @atmmathematics.bsky.social joint conference (exciting!) along with my conference buddy @mathforge.org
If you're also going, would you like to join our conference buddy gang? The deal is we meet up at the end of each day and compare notes.
If you're also going, would you like to join our conference buddy gang? The deal is we meet up at the end of each day and compare notes.
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Gardening gang loved tending to the stumpery this week. Beautiful crocus, narcissus, snowdrops, and primroses are mingled in with ferns.
@herefordshirewt.bsky.social @gardenersworldmag.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @minilebowski.bsky.social
#lovestc #perseverancestc #unitystc
@herefordshirewt.bsky.social @gardenersworldmag.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @minilebowski.bsky.social
#lovestc #perseverancestc #unitystc
March 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Gardening gang loved tending to the stumpery this week. Beautiful crocus, narcissus, snowdrops, and primroses are mingled in with ferns.
@herefordshirewt.bsky.social @gardenersworldmag.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @minilebowski.bsky.social
#lovestc #perseverancestc #unitystc
@herefordshirewt.bsky.social @gardenersworldmag.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @minilebowski.bsky.social
#lovestc #perseverancestc #unitystc
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Popped into the K class and saw this...
pattern blocks on pattern blocks
pattern blocks on pattern blocks
March 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Popped into the K class and saw this...
pattern blocks on pattern blocks
pattern blocks on pattern blocks
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So true.
Long may the @atmmathematics.bsky.social messaging of learning mathematics by making and doing mathematics be broadcast.
It was reaffirmed in "Better Mathematics"
Long may the @atmmathematics.bsky.social messaging of learning mathematics by making and doing mathematics be broadcast.
It was reaffirmed in "Better Mathematics"
February 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
So true.
Long may the @atmmathematics.bsky.social messaging of learning mathematics by making and doing mathematics be broadcast.
It was reaffirmed in "Better Mathematics"
Long may the @atmmathematics.bsky.social messaging of learning mathematics by making and doing mathematics be broadcast.
It was reaffirmed in "Better Mathematics"
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Love this debut from Portuguese writer #InesViegasOliviera.
“The Duel” is a profound and thoughtful tale of letting go of past conflicts and seeing beyond the hate. Two men duel but one just keeps walking. Change in palettes show the change in thought and outlook. Quietly great #PicturebookPage
“The Duel” is a profound and thoughtful tale of letting go of past conflicts and seeing beyond the hate. Two men duel but one just keeps walking. Change in palettes show the change in thought and outlook. Quietly great #PicturebookPage
February 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Love this debut from Portuguese writer #InesViegasOliviera.
“The Duel” is a profound and thoughtful tale of letting go of past conflicts and seeing beyond the hate. Two men duel but one just keeps walking. Change in palettes show the change in thought and outlook. Quietly great #PicturebookPage
“The Duel” is a profound and thoughtful tale of letting go of past conflicts and seeing beyond the hate. Two men duel but one just keeps walking. Change in palettes show the change in thought and outlook. Quietly great #PicturebookPage
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My next book - a journey through child development from prenatal to age three - will be called Wonderment…and for good reason.
There’s not a lot that arouses awe in us as adults. After a point we’ve mostly seen it all. We’ve been there and done that.
Thread 🧵
There’s not a lot that arouses awe in us as adults. After a point we’ve mostly seen it all. We’ve been there and done that.
Thread 🧵
February 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
My next book - a journey through child development from prenatal to age three - will be called Wonderment…and for good reason.
There’s not a lot that arouses awe in us as adults. After a point we’ve mostly seen it all. We’ve been there and done that.
Thread 🧵
There’s not a lot that arouses awe in us as adults. After a point we’ve mostly seen it all. We’ve been there and done that.
Thread 🧵
Three triangles. Many tasks. One goal: to show how playful explorations of these mathematical objects can transform perspectives. Simple words can hold beauty and power in a poem, can simple mathematical objects hold the same? KS2/3 workshop
@atmmathematics.bsky.social @mathematicala.bsky.social
@atmmathematics.bsky.social @mathematicala.bsky.social
February 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Three triangles. Many tasks. One goal: to show how playful explorations of these mathematical objects can transform perspectives. Simple words can hold beauty and power in a poem, can simple mathematical objects hold the same? KS2/3 workshop
@atmmathematics.bsky.social @mathematicala.bsky.social
@atmmathematics.bsky.social @mathematicala.bsky.social
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Maths has such an appalling record of putting people off the subject for life, that we should build appreciation for maths into everything we ask learners to do.
February 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Maths has such an appalling record of putting people off the subject for life, that we should build appreciation for maths into everything we ask learners to do.
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This article by Skemp written in 1983 & reproduced in @atmmathematics.bsky.social MT journal 293 is still extremely pertinent: “if we were to teach music the way we teach maths we would only succeed in putting most of them off for life.” >>
February 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This article by Skemp written in 1983 & reproduced in @atmmathematics.bsky.social MT journal 293 is still extremely pertinent: “if we were to teach music the way we teach maths we would only succeed in putting most of them off for life.” >>
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www.early-years-reviews.com/play-matters
We have some news. An update. You are not going to want to miss this.
Play Matters will be out on March 18th 2025 🥳🥳🥳🥳
“Play Matters” – A Groundbreaking Free Guide to Champion the Power of Play in Early Childhood.
#PlayMatters
We have some news. An update. You are not going to want to miss this.
Play Matters will be out on March 18th 2025 🥳🥳🥳🥳
“Play Matters” – A Groundbreaking Free Guide to Champion the Power of Play in Early Childhood.
#PlayMatters
February 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
www.early-years-reviews.com/play-matters
We have some news. An update. You are not going to want to miss this.
Play Matters will be out on March 18th 2025 🥳🥳🥳🥳
“Play Matters” – A Groundbreaking Free Guide to Champion the Power of Play in Early Childhood.
#PlayMatters
We have some news. An update. You are not going to want to miss this.
Play Matters will be out on March 18th 2025 🥳🥳🥳🥳
“Play Matters” – A Groundbreaking Free Guide to Champion the Power of Play in Early Childhood.
#PlayMatters
I do like that my cats follow me everywhere, but when you discover the ultimate spot for hide and seek and the cat leads the children straight to you, it feels a little unfair.
Perhaps I'm taking the game too seriously.
Perhaps I'm taking the game too seriously.
February 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I do like that my cats follow me everywhere, but when you discover the ultimate spot for hide and seek and the cat leads the children straight to you, it feels a little unfair.
Perhaps I'm taking the game too seriously.
Perhaps I'm taking the game too seriously.
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**HERE is our new
Early Childhood Maths Home page: we hope things are easier to find & you enjoy furkelling! earlymaths.org
Early Childhood Maths Home page: we hope things are easier to find & you enjoy furkelling! earlymaths.org
ECMG
Early Childhood Maths Group
earlymaths.org
January 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
**HERE is our new
Early Childhood Maths Home page: we hope things are easier to find & you enjoy furkelling! earlymaths.org
Early Childhood Maths Home page: we hope things are easier to find & you enjoy furkelling! earlymaths.org
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January 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Residential done for another year. Wind, rain, sleepless nights, exhaustion, but still worth it. More important than ever for children to experience sights beyond the classroom. Especially when they look like this.
January 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Residential done for another year. Wind, rain, sleepless nights, exhaustion, but still worth it. More important than ever for children to experience sights beyond the classroom. Especially when they look like this.
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Our new piece on these @atmmathematics.bsky.social KS1 assessment tasks in @tesmagazine.bsky.social
@accomplishedu.bsky.social
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
@accomplishedu.bsky.social
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
Why games beat tests for primary maths assessment
The end of the Sats requirement in key stage 1 opens up a world of opportunities for more engaging ways to assess pupils, say these experts
www.tes.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Our new piece on these @atmmathematics.bsky.social KS1 assessment tasks in @tesmagazine.bsky.social
@accomplishedu.bsky.social
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
@accomplishedu.bsky.social
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
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Hello Bluesky, we're NRICH! We offer FREE curriculum-linked resources for students aged 3-18, designed to nurture curious, resourceful and confident learners of school mathematics.
We can't wait to get involved and talk all things maths with you 😀
We can't wait to get involved and talk all things maths with you 😀
January 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Hello Bluesky, we're NRICH! We offer FREE curriculum-linked resources for students aged 3-18, designed to nurture curious, resourceful and confident learners of school mathematics.
We can't wait to get involved and talk all things maths with you 😀
We can't wait to get involved and talk all things maths with you 😀
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The chair of ATM’s General Council, Helen Madeley has written an update on the ‘five into one’ mathematics classroom facing association development.
atm.org.uk/News/update-...
atm.org.uk/News/update-...
Update on the future of ATM
atm.org.uk
January 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The chair of ATM’s General Council, Helen Madeley has written an update on the ‘five into one’ mathematics classroom facing association development.
atm.org.uk/News/update-...
atm.org.uk/News/update-...
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So… on a number line like this I know you could mark the number 0.5 and you could mark where the number ½ is, but where would you mark 50%? Or does 50% not fit on a number line?
January 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
So… on a number line like this I know you could mark the number 0.5 and you could mark where the number ½ is, but where would you mark 50%? Or does 50% not fit on a number line?