Josh Wright
@jwrightmaths.bsky.social
Maths teacher (Secondary and FE). Dabble in MFL and Digital Skills. Lover of the language of Maths. Obsessed with diagrams and manipulatives.
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I made a thing!
December 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I made a thing!
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Had a weird dream about factoring last night...
x², 6x and -16 are three terms. You can choose any pair or all three and it will factorise.
a) x² + 6x
b) 6x - 16
c) x² - 16
d) x² + 6x - 16
#MathsToday
x², 6x and -16 are three terms. You can choose any pair or all three and it will factorise.
a) x² + 6x
b) 6x - 16
c) x² - 16
d) x² + 6x - 16
#MathsToday
December 22, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Had a weird dream about factoring last night...
x², 6x and -16 are three terms. You can choose any pair or all three and it will factorise.
a) x² + 6x
b) 6x - 16
c) x² - 16
d) x² + 6x - 16
#MathsToday
x², 6x and -16 are three terms. You can choose any pair or all three and it will factorise.
a) x² + 6x
b) 6x - 16
c) x² - 16
d) x² + 6x - 16
#MathsToday
@teakayb.mathsy.space Spotted in Tottenham Court Rd Waterstones
December 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM
@teakayb.mathsy.space Spotted in Tottenham Court Rd Waterstones
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Another Mathematical Objects podcast episode is out! Find out about the interesting maths behind a slice of pizza: aperiodical.com/2025/12/math...
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December 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Another Mathematical Objects podcast episode is out! Find out about the interesting maths behind a slice of pizza: aperiodical.com/2025/12/math...
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#Mathstoday
Maths right until the end of term. For the year 8 and 9 at least it was Christmas maths. The year 11 just did Surds Revision xD
Maths right until the end of term. For the year 8 and 9 at least it was Christmas maths. The year 11 just did Surds Revision xD
December 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
#Mathstoday
Maths right until the end of term. For the year 8 and 9 at least it was Christmas maths. The year 11 just did Surds Revision xD
Maths right until the end of term. For the year 8 and 9 at least it was Christmas maths. The year 11 just did Surds Revision xD
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It's done! And ahead of schedule... (for once!)
A fully revised 2026 version of the Risps PDF eBook is now available for free, from
www.risps.co.uk
and from Payhip.
payhip.com/b/RGKPF
An early Ch-risp-mas present?
With best wishes of the season,
Jonny
A fully revised 2026 version of the Risps PDF eBook is now available for free, from
www.risps.co.uk
and from Payhip.
payhip.com/b/RGKPF
An early Ch-risp-mas present?
With best wishes of the season,
Jonny
December 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
It's done! And ahead of schedule... (for once!)
A fully revised 2026 version of the Risps PDF eBook is now available for free, from
www.risps.co.uk
and from Payhip.
payhip.com/b/RGKPF
An early Ch-risp-mas present?
With best wishes of the season,
Jonny
A fully revised 2026 version of the Risps PDF eBook is now available for free, from
www.risps.co.uk
and from Payhip.
payhip.com/b/RGKPF
An early Ch-risp-mas present?
With best wishes of the season,
Jonny
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So glad people are seeming to find this useful so far. Please drop any feedback anywhere you like and if you enjoyed it, share it about!
#MathsToday
#MathsToday
Hi all
The monster is here! 1100 words on the language of standard form, for you all to enjoy!
open.substack.com/pub/jwrightm...
#MathsToday
The monster is here! 1100 words on the language of standard form, for you all to enjoy!
open.substack.com/pub/jwrightm...
#MathsToday
Standard Form
Warning, it's a long one...
open.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
So glad people are seeming to find this useful so far. Please drop any feedback anywhere you like and if you enjoyed it, share it about!
#MathsToday
#MathsToday
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Before I take a break for the holidays I wanted to post one last blog for 2025 about a mathematical curiosity.
You can read it here: educatingmrmattock.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-ma...
You can read it here: educatingmrmattock.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-ma...
A mathematical curiosity?
In writing my new book 'Practising Maths' I referenced a lovely result (you will have to buy it to see how) that sums such as 1 + 2 + 1, 1 ...
educatingmrmattock.blogspot.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Before I take a break for the holidays I wanted to post one last blog for 2025 about a mathematical curiosity.
You can read it here: educatingmrmattock.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-ma...
You can read it here: educatingmrmattock.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-ma...
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Can confirm that marking #ALevelMaths papers from back to front is a game changer. I mark question-by-question, so starting with the harder ones at the back and finishing with the quick ones at the front is simply glorious 🙌 #MathsToday
In #MathsToday this week it is mock week. I will be trialling marking my #ALevelMaths papers from back to front, because the last couple of questions are always the hardest to mark (compared to the first few, which are usually easy/multiple choice) I will update on my findings 😁
December 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Can confirm that marking #ALevelMaths papers from back to front is a game changer. I mark question-by-question, so starting with the harder ones at the back and finishing with the quick ones at the front is simply glorious 🙌 #MathsToday
So glad people are seeming to find this useful so far. Please drop any feedback anywhere you like and if you enjoyed it, share it about!
#MathsToday
#MathsToday
Hi all
The monster is here! 1100 words on the language of standard form, for you all to enjoy!
open.substack.com/pub/jwrightm...
#MathsToday
The monster is here! 1100 words on the language of standard form, for you all to enjoy!
open.substack.com/pub/jwrightm...
#MathsToday
Standard Form
Warning, it's a long one...
open.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
So glad people are seeming to find this useful so far. Please drop any feedback anywhere you like and if you enjoyed it, share it about!
#MathsToday
#MathsToday
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#MathsToday Used this task with a group of Y10 students. They struggled to view the task structurally, even when their arithmetic produced the result 241.
But they gained some insight with 7x12 – 6x12.
But they gained some insight with 7x12 – 6x12.
December 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
#MathsToday Used this task with a group of Y10 students. They struggled to view the task structurally, even when their arithmetic produced the result 241.
But they gained some insight with 7x12 – 6x12.
But they gained some insight with 7x12 – 6x12.
One more double lesson left, then services and form activities. We've got this people, nearly there!
#MathsToday #WeeklyWins
#MathsToday #WeeklyWins
December 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
One more double lesson left, then services and form activities. We've got this people, nearly there!
#MathsToday #WeeklyWins
#MathsToday #WeeklyWins
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Hi all
The monster is here! 1100 words on the language of standard form, for you all to enjoy!
open.substack.com/pub/jwrightm...
#MathsToday
The monster is here! 1100 words on the language of standard form, for you all to enjoy!
open.substack.com/pub/jwrightm...
#MathsToday
Standard Form
Warning, it's a long one...
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Hi all
The monster is here! 1100 words on the language of standard form, for you all to enjoy!
open.substack.com/pub/jwrightm...
#MathsToday
The monster is here! 1100 words on the language of standard form, for you all to enjoy!
open.substack.com/pub/jwrightm...
#MathsToday
Hi all
The monster is here! 1100 words on the language of standard form, for you all to enjoy!
open.substack.com/pub/jwrightm...
#MathsToday
The monster is here! 1100 words on the language of standard form, for you all to enjoy!
open.substack.com/pub/jwrightm...
#MathsToday
Standard Form
Warning, it's a long one...
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Hi all
The monster is here! 1100 words on the language of standard form, for you all to enjoy!
open.substack.com/pub/jwrightm...
#MathsToday
The monster is here! 1100 words on the language of standard form, for you all to enjoy!
open.substack.com/pub/jwrightm...
#MathsToday
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In #MathsToday I sold tanh(x) as a 'hard northern function' by demonstrating how better it models the side of pendle hill than arctan does. None of this rolling south down hills stuff (I teach near the south coast).
I had to show them a picture of Pendle Hill but it kept them entertained.
I had to show them a picture of Pendle Hill but it kept them entertained.
December 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
In #MathsToday I sold tanh(x) as a 'hard northern function' by demonstrating how better it models the side of pendle hill than arctan does. None of this rolling south down hills stuff (I teach near the south coast).
I had to show them a picture of Pendle Hill but it kept them entertained.
I had to show them a picture of Pendle Hill but it kept them entertained.
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Wrote these for my yr12 pures over the weekend off the back of an assessment. They were struggling with making decisions about how to use information, so made everything revolve around two points. Also threw in some ‘find k’ vs ‘find in terms of k’. #MathsToday
December 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Wrote these for my yr12 pures over the weekend off the back of an assessment. They were struggling with making decisions about how to use information, so made everything revolve around two points. Also threw in some ‘find k’ vs ‘find in terms of k’. #MathsToday
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'Christmaths Carols' has had a big upgrade for this year.
Now featuring 12 different songs, and recordings with my slightly dodgy piano and vocals!
interwovenmaths.com/christmaths
I'm looking forward to having a big sing-along with them in school later this week.
Now featuring 12 different songs, and recordings with my slightly dodgy piano and vocals!
interwovenmaths.com/christmaths
I'm looking forward to having a big sing-along with them in school later this week.
December 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
'Christmaths Carols' has had a big upgrade for this year.
Now featuring 12 different songs, and recordings with my slightly dodgy piano and vocals!
interwovenmaths.com/christmaths
I'm looking forward to having a big sing-along with them in school later this week.
Now featuring 12 different songs, and recordings with my slightly dodgy piano and vocals!
interwovenmaths.com/christmaths
I'm looking forward to having a big sing-along with them in school later this week.
#MathsToday
Hi all. To those who are subscribed to my Substack, fair warning. My end of term post on Standard Form is a bit of a behemoth (~1100 words)...those who've seen my workshop on this won't be surprised.
If you want it in your inbox tomorrow morning, jwrightmaths.substack.com
Hi all. To those who are subscribed to my Substack, fair warning. My end of term post on Standard Form is a bit of a behemoth (~1100 words)...those who've seen my workshop on this won't be surprised.
If you want it in your inbox tomorrow morning, jwrightmaths.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
#MathsToday
Hi all. To those who are subscribed to my Substack, fair warning. My end of term post on Standard Form is a bit of a behemoth (~1100 words)...those who've seen my workshop on this won't be surprised.
If you want it in your inbox tomorrow morning, jwrightmaths.substack.com
Hi all. To those who are subscribed to my Substack, fair warning. My end of term post on Standard Form is a bit of a behemoth (~1100 words)...those who've seen my workshop on this won't be surprised.
If you want it in your inbox tomorrow morning, jwrightmaths.substack.com
Any other #WeeklyWins to share folks?
December 14, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Any other #WeeklyWins to share folks?
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#WeeklyWins
* School is DONE for the year! Yay!
* Many of my Ako (form) class crossed the stage at Y9 Prizegiving, including one of the four House Cups and the the Top Y9 Award.
* Reliever has been sourced for my surgery leave in Jan. Gutted to be missing the start of year but it is what it is.
* School is DONE for the year! Yay!
* Many of my Ako (form) class crossed the stage at Y9 Prizegiving, including one of the four House Cups and the the Top Y9 Award.
* Reliever has been sourced for my surgery leave in Jan. Gutted to be missing the start of year but it is what it is.
Almost there everyone, time to post your #WeeklyWins!
• Assessments done for most classes with minimal tears
• Couple of classes have done really well with the GCHQ challenge
• Fun behind the scenes updates for next term
Enjoy your weekend folks!
• Assessments done for most classes with minimal tears
• Couple of classes have done really well with the GCHQ challenge
• Fun behind the scenes updates for next term
Enjoy your weekend folks!
December 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
#WeeklyWins
* School is DONE for the year! Yay!
* Many of my Ako (form) class crossed the stage at Y9 Prizegiving, including one of the four House Cups and the the Top Y9 Award.
* Reliever has been sourced for my surgery leave in Jan. Gutted to be missing the start of year but it is what it is.
* School is DONE for the year! Yay!
* Many of my Ako (form) class crossed the stage at Y9 Prizegiving, including one of the four House Cups and the the Top Y9 Award.
* Reliever has been sourced for my surgery leave in Jan. Gutted to be missing the start of year but it is what it is.
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#WeeklyWins
Yr 13 really excelled in inclined planes (one could say they were inclined to like them...)
Meeting got moved so I had time to organise the resource prep for the next set of mocks well ahead of time
My yr 9 made it through a whole lesson last p on a Fri with only 2 detentions.
Yr 13 really excelled in inclined planes (one could say they were inclined to like them...)
Meeting got moved so I had time to organise the resource prep for the next set of mocks well ahead of time
My yr 9 made it through a whole lesson last p on a Fri with only 2 detentions.
Almost there everyone, time to post your #WeeklyWins!
• Assessments done for most classes with minimal tears
• Couple of classes have done really well with the GCHQ challenge
• Fun behind the scenes updates for next term
Enjoy your weekend folks!
• Assessments done for most classes with minimal tears
• Couple of classes have done really well with the GCHQ challenge
• Fun behind the scenes updates for next term
Enjoy your weekend folks!
December 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
#WeeklyWins
Yr 13 really excelled in inclined planes (one could say they were inclined to like them...)
Meeting got moved so I had time to organise the resource prep for the next set of mocks well ahead of time
My yr 9 made it through a whole lesson last p on a Fri with only 2 detentions.
Yr 13 really excelled in inclined planes (one could say they were inclined to like them...)
Meeting got moved so I had time to organise the resource prep for the next set of mocks well ahead of time
My yr 9 made it through a whole lesson last p on a Fri with only 2 detentions.
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#mathstoday #weeklywins
- Last full week done
- really happy with how my algebra tiles lessons have gone
- some very encouraging assessment scores from my Y7 and y9 classes
- Last full week done
- really happy with how my algebra tiles lessons have gone
- some very encouraging assessment scores from my Y7 and y9 classes
December 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
#mathstoday #weeklywins
- Last full week done
- really happy with how my algebra tiles lessons have gone
- some very encouraging assessment scores from my Y7 and y9 classes
- Last full week done
- really happy with how my algebra tiles lessons have gone
- some very encouraging assessment scores from my Y7 and y9 classes
Almost there everyone, time to post your #WeeklyWins!
• Assessments done for most classes with minimal tears
• Couple of classes have done really well with the GCHQ challenge
• Fun behind the scenes updates for next term
Enjoy your weekend folks!
• Assessments done for most classes with minimal tears
• Couple of classes have done really well with the GCHQ challenge
• Fun behind the scenes updates for next term
Enjoy your weekend folks!
December 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Almost there everyone, time to post your #WeeklyWins!
• Assessments done for most classes with minimal tears
• Couple of classes have done really well with the GCHQ challenge
• Fun behind the scenes updates for next term
Enjoy your weekend folks!
• Assessments done for most classes with minimal tears
• Couple of classes have done really well with the GCHQ challenge
• Fun behind the scenes updates for next term
Enjoy your weekend folks!
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Hi everyone, the next blog in my series on significance looks at estimation: how to introduce it, keep it relevant, and, of course, the language behind it. Enjoy!
open.substack.com/pub/jwrightm...
#MathsToday
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#MathsToday
Estimation
Hi folks!
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December 9, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Hi everyone, the next blog in my series on significance looks at estimation: how to introduce it, keep it relevant, and, of course, the language behind it. Enjoy!
open.substack.com/pub/jwrightm...
#MathsToday
open.substack.com/pub/jwrightm...
#MathsToday
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Gaining an understanding of powers before moving on to laws of indices. #ukmathschat #ukmathsteachers #mathstoday
December 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Gaining an understanding of powers before moving on to laws of indices. #ukmathschat #ukmathsteachers #mathstoday