Jenny Cains
@jennycains.bsky.social
Secondary Maths teacher, Assistant Maths Hub Lead (Secondary & Post-16), Core Maths Specialist Lead and general lover of all things Core Maths
When your children are finally old enough to help cut out your tarsia jigsaws 😁🥳
October 19, 2025 at 6:29 AM
When your children are finally old enough to help cut out your tarsia jigsaws 😁🥳
Matt is such a great ambassador for the GLOW Maths Hub. We’re so lucky to have him as an LLME.
If you’re Teaching A Level Maths in Gloucs/Worcs, make sure you sign up for his Developing A Level Pedagogy work group.
If you’re Teaching A Level Maths in Gloucs/Worcs, make sure you sign up for his Developing A Level Pedagogy work group.
Day 1 of @ncetm.bsky.social training for Developing A Level pedagogy completed #ALevelMaths. An honour to be asked to lead a 10 minute session on observing learning to all the A Level LLMEs.
Based in Gloucs/Worcs? Then come to the workgroup that I'll be leading. Info: amsp.org.uk/event/73f968...
Based in Gloucs/Worcs? Then come to the workgroup that I'll be leading. Info: amsp.org.uk/event/73f968...
October 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Matt is such a great ambassador for the GLOW Maths Hub. We’re so lucky to have him as an LLME.
If you’re Teaching A Level Maths in Gloucs/Worcs, make sure you sign up for his Developing A Level Pedagogy work group.
If you’re Teaching A Level Maths in Gloucs/Worcs, make sure you sign up for his Developing A Level Pedagogy work group.
Started the binomial expansion today with Year 12. Introduced it a different way to normal and it actually worked really well 😁 also started randomly assigning partners at the start of each lesson using playing cards - definitely recommend this for collaboration outside of friendship groups ♥️♠️♦️♣️
September 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Started the binomial expansion today with Year 12. Introduced it a different way to normal and it actually worked really well 😁 also started randomly assigning partners at the start of each lesson using playing cards - definitely recommend this for collaboration outside of friendship groups ♥️♠️♦️♣️
This book is fab! Even if you’ve been teaching A Level a while, you’ll still get so much from it 😁
Just a reminder that if you are about to start teaching #ALevelMaths, this book is available from the Mathematical Association @mathematicala.bsky.social online shop. In my completely unbiased opinion, it's really quite useful.
August 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This book is fab! Even if you’ve been teaching A Level a while, you’ll still get so much from it 😁
Exciting day in the GLOW region as we’re hosting our annual MathsFest event for Secondary teachers across Gloucs & Worcs #letstalkmaths
June 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Exciting day in the GLOW region as we’re hosting our annual MathsFest event for Secondary teachers across Gloucs & Worcs #letstalkmaths
C’mon Ofsted - bring it on 💪🏼
May 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
C’mon Ofsted - bring it on 💪🏼
In #mathstoday we used questions from the old Foundations of Advanced Mathematics papers to revise cumulative frequency in #coremaths 😁
May 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In #mathstoday we used questions from the old Foundations of Advanced Mathematics papers to revise cumulative frequency in #coremaths 😁
In #mathstoday, inspired by @colinfoster77.bsky.social’s Mathematical Etudes, we’ve been combining mathematical thinking and fluency practice 😁 lots of rich conversations all round. Not bad for the last day of a very long term! 😴
April 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
In #mathstoday, inspired by @colinfoster77.bsky.social’s Mathematical Etudes, we’ve been combining mathematical thinking and fluency practice 😁 lots of rich conversations all round. Not bad for the last day of a very long term! 😴
In #mathstoday this odd one out task worked really well and allowed us to recover quite a lot of important vocabulary 😁
April 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
In #mathstoday this odd one out task worked really well and allowed us to recover quite a lot of important vocabulary 😁
Guess what we’ve been doing in #mathstoday 😁 💨
April 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Guess what we’ve been doing in #mathstoday 😁 💨
Need some help from #coremaths peeps - trying to create bar models for tax & NI from the 2025 Paper 1 Prelim. Thoughts? Does it work? NI seems to but tax is messy. Not sure how to make the £100,000-£125,140 one any better. All feedback welcome! @reflectivemaths.bsky.social @ecrmaths.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Need some help from #coremaths peeps - trying to create bar models for tax & NI from the 2025 Paper 1 Prelim. Thoughts? Does it work? NI seems to but tax is messy. Not sure how to make the £100,000-£125,140 one any better. All feedback welcome! @reflectivemaths.bsky.social @ecrmaths.bsky.social
In #mathstoday there was much excitement from my Y7s when I told them the starter was a hidoku puzzle from @mathequalslove.bsky.social. Today’s was obviously Pi themed 🥧 😁
March 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
In #mathstoday there was much excitement from my Y7s when I told them the starter was a hidoku puzzle from @mathequalslove.bsky.social. Today’s was obviously Pi themed 🥧 😁
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We used the excellent start.sketchometry.org in y9 #MathsToday. This has come on so much since I last used it - gesture-based constructions, ideal on a phone or tablet.
sketchometry
start.sketchometry.org
March 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
We used the excellent start.sketchometry.org in y9 #MathsToday. This has come on so much since I last used it - gesture-based constructions, ideal on a phone or tablet.
In #mathstoday, my #coremaths students were examining misleading graphs - spotting errors & suggesting improvements.
March 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
In #mathstoday, my #coremaths students were examining misleading graphs - spotting errors & suggesting improvements.
While the small people are occupied in the soft play, it’s time to get to grips with next week’s @ncetm.bsky.social subject knowledge session for non-specialists. We’re hitting algebra 🥳 I ❤️ this programme and the confidence it helps our so, so valuable non-specialists develop #mathscpd
February 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
While the small people are occupied in the soft play, it’s time to get to grips with next week’s @ncetm.bsky.social subject knowledge session for non-specialists. We’re hitting algebra 🥳 I ❤️ this programme and the confidence it helps our so, so valuable non-specialists develop #mathscpd
Slightly late but in #mathstoday (on Friday) I used double sided counters to introduce adding negatives to my Y7s and it was amazing. They loved it, I loved it. Never teaching directed number without them again. 🔴🟡
February 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Slightly late but in #mathstoday (on Friday) I used double sided counters to introduce adding negatives to my Y7s and it was amazing. They loved it, I loved it. Never teaching directed number without them again. 🔴🟡
One of GLOW’s amazing Local Leaders of Maths Education delivering another powerful workshop for A Level teachers in the Gloucs/Worcs region. Well done @mr-man-maths.bsky.social!
In #ALevelMaths today, our @ncetm.bsky.social GLOW Maths Hub workgroup planned, delivered and reflected on a lesson for my Year 13 group on modelling with trigonometry at North Bromsgrove High School.
Pupils were brilliant, the participants enjoyed it, and all of us are now inspired from this!
Pupils were brilliant, the participants enjoyed it, and all of us are now inspired from this!
February 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
One of GLOW’s amazing Local Leaders of Maths Education delivering another powerful workshop for A Level teachers in the Gloucs/Worcs region. Well done @mr-man-maths.bsky.social!
In #mathstoday my Year 7s tackled the Mitten Hidato puzzle from @mathequalslove.bsky.social and absolutely LOVED it!
February 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
In #mathstoday my Year 7s tackled the Mitten Hidato puzzle from @mathequalslove.bsky.social and absolutely LOVED it!
In #MathsToday it was time to introduce one of my favourite topics 😍 #coremaths
January 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
In #MathsToday it was time to introduce one of my favourite topics 😍 #coremaths
In #MathsToday we used salt & vinegar crisps to introduced the Product Moment Correlation Coefficient 😋 #alevelmaths #coremaths
January 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
In #MathsToday we used salt & vinegar crisps to introduced the Product Moment Correlation Coefficient 😋 #alevelmaths #coremaths
Thank you, @alexjw.bsky.social! It’s already more uplifting over here than the other place 😁 more teaching maths, fewer bots #teachmaths
@jennycains.bsky.social hey maths people please welcome Jenny to Bluesky #teachmaths
January 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Thank you, @alexjw.bsky.social! It’s already more uplifting over here than the other place 😁 more teaching maths, fewer bots #teachmaths