The Maths Bazaar
@themathsbazaar.bsky.social
Teacher, trainer, maths explainer
Sharing GCSE and A Level Maths resources
Promoting Casio calculators, Faber Books, the Teacher Art Pass
He/him
Sharing GCSE and A Level Maths resources
Promoting Casio calculators, Faber Books, the Teacher Art Pass
He/him
You’ve got to love work computers. Despite being a PC running Microsoft Windows, asking it to open a Word document causes an existential crisis, and when it does eventually crank itself up, it then shows you every word documents you’ve ever used on the machine and asks you if you want to save them.
February 11, 2026 at 8:44 AM
You’ve got to love work computers. Despite being a PC running Microsoft Windows, asking it to open a Word document causes an existential crisis, and when it does eventually crank itself up, it then shows you every word documents you’ve ever used on the machine and asks you if you want to save them.
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Excited to be using our new exercise after half term. That's a reason to look forward to come back. And it hasn't even started yet.
#ALevelMaths #Maths
#ALevelMaths #Maths
NOW AVAILABLE! Bonus content for the TLMaths A-Level Maths textbook: Choosing Integration Methods. Free to download from TLMaths.com. Full worked solutions are provided (as well as just the answers) for use at home or in the classroom. #ALevelMaths @danihosford.bsky.social
TLMaths
NEW A-Level Maths Textbook Bonus Content! An exercise on Choosing Integration Methods with full worked solutions!
Click on the A-Level Maths Textbook below...
TLMaths.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Excited to be using our new exercise after half term. That's a reason to look forward to come back. And it hasn't even started yet.
#ALevelMaths #Maths
#ALevelMaths #Maths
Here's a Wednesday #ALevelMaths actvity for Further Pure teachers, which I think I invented, and discovered a new curve!
What is the locus of points equidistant from (2,2) and the line y=-x?
My group did a coordinate approach, and also one involving rotating a curve through 45 degrees.
What is the locus of points equidistant from (2,2) and the line y=-x?
My group did a coordinate approach, and also one involving rotating a curve through 45 degrees.
February 11, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Here's a Wednesday #ALevelMaths actvity for Further Pure teachers, which I think I invented, and discovered a new curve!
What is the locus of points equidistant from (2,2) and the line y=-x?
My group did a coordinate approach, and also one involving rotating a curve through 45 degrees.
What is the locus of points equidistant from (2,2) and the line y=-x?
My group did a coordinate approach, and also one involving rotating a curve through 45 degrees.
Raf is thinking of "rip off a Band-Aid" but that's an Americanism, and he doesn't want to say "rip off an Elastoplast" because that's a trade name
But no one ever rips off a bandage. You unpin it, or take the gauze tape off the side, and then gently lift it off the wound.
@rafaelbehr.bsky.social
But no one ever rips off a bandage. You unpin it, or take the gauze tape off the side, and then gently lift it off the wound.
@rafaelbehr.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Raf is thinking of "rip off a Band-Aid" but that's an Americanism, and he doesn't want to say "rip off an Elastoplast" because that's a trade name
But no one ever rips off a bandage. You unpin it, or take the gauze tape off the side, and then gently lift it off the wound.
@rafaelbehr.bsky.social
But no one ever rips off a bandage. You unpin it, or take the gauze tape off the side, and then gently lift it off the wound.
@rafaelbehr.bsky.social
I didn't have Sir Martin Oliver, @ofstednews.bsky.social Chief, perpetuating "harvest time" myths about the school year, on my bingo card. What's next? Schools are based on Victorian factories and workhouses?
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
February 10, 2026 at 8:00 PM
I didn't have Sir Martin Oliver, @ofstednews.bsky.social Chief, perpetuating "harvest time" myths about the school year, on my bingo card. What's next? Schools are based on Victorian factories and workhouses?
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Named in the Epstein files:
US businessman Leslie Wexner of Victoria’s Secret, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Bath & Body Works
Well of course nothing about those three companies could possibly have led us to believe he was a wrong'un
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
US businessman Leslie Wexner of Victoria’s Secret, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Bath & Body Works
Well of course nothing about those three companies could possibly have led us to believe he was a wrong'un
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Democratic congressman Ro Khanna names six men appearing in unredacted Epstein files – live
Khanna, who co-sponsored the Epstein transparency act, named six people including Victoria’s Secret tycoon Leslie Wexner on the House floor
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Named in the Epstein files:
US businessman Leslie Wexner of Victoria’s Secret, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Bath & Body Works
Well of course nothing about those three companies could possibly have led us to believe he was a wrong'un
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
US businessman Leslie Wexner of Victoria’s Secret, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Bath & Body Works
Well of course nothing about those three companies could possibly have led us to believe he was a wrong'un
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Well at least it's not "Sleepwalking into Tesco epidemic, says UK joblessness boss"
February 10, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Well at least it's not "Sleepwalking into Tesco epidemic, says UK joblessness boss"
#MathsToday #A-LevelMaths I sent myself the challenge today of creating a parabola in #Geogebra, constructing a chord through the focus, showing the tangents met on the directrix (spoiler alert) and tracing the locus of the midpoint of the focal chord. So easy! Everyone should give it a go.
February 10, 2026 at 5:40 PM
#MathsToday #A-LevelMaths I sent myself the challenge today of creating a parabola in #Geogebra, constructing a chord through the focus, showing the tangents met on the directrix (spoiler alert) and tracing the locus of the midpoint of the focal chord. So easy! Everyone should give it a go.
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Are you married, civil partners or in a long term unmarried relationship?
7.15pm tonight @itvMLshow what are the financial benefits or marriage and how do you max them? It can be worth £100,000s to some
Do watch or set the betamax
7.15pm tonight @itvMLshow what are the financial benefits or marriage and how do you max them? It can be worth £100,000s to some
Do watch or set the betamax
February 10, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Are you married, civil partners or in a long term unmarried relationship?
7.15pm tonight @itvMLshow what are the financial benefits or marriage and how do you max them? It can be worth £100,000s to some
Do watch or set the betamax
7.15pm tonight @itvMLshow what are the financial benefits or marriage and how do you max them? It can be worth £100,000s to some
Do watch or set the betamax
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📘 Teaching or studying A Level Maths?
I have taken a look at examiner feedback on questions focused on mathematical modelling with exponentials and logarithms.
Read the blog👇
🔗 www.ocr.org.uk/blog/a-level...
#UKMathsChat #ALevelMaths #MathsToday
@cambridgeocr.bsky.social
I have taken a look at examiner feedback on questions focused on mathematical modelling with exponentials and logarithms.
Read the blog👇
🔗 www.ocr.org.uk/blog/a-level...
#UKMathsChat #ALevelMaths #MathsToday
@cambridgeocr.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 12:48 PM
📘 Teaching or studying A Level Maths?
I have taken a look at examiner feedback on questions focused on mathematical modelling with exponentials and logarithms.
Read the blog👇
🔗 www.ocr.org.uk/blog/a-level...
#UKMathsChat #ALevelMaths #MathsToday
@cambridgeocr.bsky.social
I have taken a look at examiner feedback on questions focused on mathematical modelling with exponentials and logarithms.
Read the blog👇
🔗 www.ocr.org.uk/blog/a-level...
#UKMathsChat #ALevelMaths #MathsToday
@cambridgeocr.bsky.social
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“As part of our thought experiment series, Adam Creen asks: what if the TES just got a grip?“
February 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM
“As part of our thought experiment series, Adam Creen asks: what if the TES just got a grip?“
Slow news day at the Times. Someone wore a dress 7 months ago and 1 person isn't happy. Hence:
"A former Labour MP has infuriated environmental campaigners by wearing a Dolce & Gabbana dress decorated with grey squirrels"
They couldn't even get anyone else to comment
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
"A former Labour MP has infuriated environmental campaigners by wearing a Dolce & Gabbana dress decorated with grey squirrels"
They couldn't even get anyone else to comment
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Baroness attends red squirrel conference — in grey squirrel dress
The life peer’s £955 dress from Dolce & Gabbana featuring the scourge of the native species has been called a ‘faux pas’
www.thetimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Slow news day at the Times. Someone wore a dress 7 months ago and 1 person isn't happy. Hence:
"A former Labour MP has infuriated environmental campaigners by wearing a Dolce & Gabbana dress decorated with grey squirrels"
They couldn't even get anyone else to comment
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
"A former Labour MP has infuriated environmental campaigners by wearing a Dolce & Gabbana dress decorated with grey squirrels"
They couldn't even get anyone else to comment
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
So much of this article is total drivel
Teachers earning just over £50k pay 10% into their pension before tax, so don't get anywhere near the 40% band
www.thetimes.com/money/tax/ar...
Teachers earning just over £50k pay 10% into their pension before tax, so don't get anywhere near the 40% band
www.thetimes.com/money/tax/ar...
February 10, 2026 at 3:12 PM
So much of this article is total drivel
Teachers earning just over £50k pay 10% into their pension before tax, so don't get anywhere near the 40% band
www.thetimes.com/money/tax/ar...
Teachers earning just over £50k pay 10% into their pension before tax, so don't get anywhere near the 40% band
www.thetimes.com/money/tax/ar...
For those professing ignorance on Bad Bunny, I can reveal that Enid Blyton originally wrote about Binkle and Flip in 1967, and even came up with the original lyrics for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
February 9, 2026 at 6:56 AM
For those professing ignorance on Bad Bunny, I can reveal that Enid Blyton originally wrote about Binkle and Flip in 1967, and even came up with the original lyrics for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Idiot-face Andrew Doyle, famous under the pseudonym Titania McGrath, and author of tedious anti-woke polemics, is now wittering on in Bezos' (and Weiss') Washington Post about Samuel Pepys being cancelled
evidence: a school in Cambridge decided that one of its houses should no longer bear his name
evidence: a school in Cambridge decided that one of its houses should no longer bear his name
February 8, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Idiot-face Andrew Doyle, famous under the pseudonym Titania McGrath, and author of tedious anti-woke polemics, is now wittering on in Bezos' (and Weiss') Washington Post about Samuel Pepys being cancelled
evidence: a school in Cambridge decided that one of its houses should no longer bear his name
evidence: a school in Cambridge decided that one of its houses should no longer bear his name
Mansplaining bras is next level toxic masculinity
February 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Mansplaining bras is next level toxic masculinity
Design professor sends farewell cards to his favourite students ... after he dies.
wapo.st/3O1FPUa
wapo.st/3O1FPUa
February 8, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Design professor sends farewell cards to his favourite students ... after he dies.
wapo.st/3O1FPUa
wapo.st/3O1FPUa
Today's sermon claimed it was Fay Weldon who said "Atheism is the religion of the busy", which is supported only by two Christian websites and NO WHERE ELSE:
www.google.com/search?q=%22...
www.google.com/search?q=%22...
Google Search
www.google.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Today's sermon claimed it was Fay Weldon who said "Atheism is the religion of the busy", which is supported only by two Christian websites and NO WHERE ELSE:
www.google.com/search?q=%22...
www.google.com/search?q=%22...
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Someone just ran into the pub I was in and shouted "The war on the Soft Left is over!" and everyone started cheering and crying and making toasts to Ed Miliband and a state driven green energy transition. Never seen anything quite like it
February 8, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Someone just ran into the pub I was in and shouted "The war on the Soft Left is over!" and everyone started cheering and crying and making toasts to Ed Miliband and a state driven green energy transition. Never seen anything quite like it
Just occasionally, a New York Times Metropolitan Diary story catches your eye
February 8, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Just occasionally, a New York Times Metropolitan Diary story catches your eye
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Can't believe it's 122 years to the day since them Japanese slags launched a surprise night attack on on the neutral Russian fleet anchored at Port Arthur, Manchuria, thus marking the commencement of the Russo-Japanese War. Really does my nut in etc
February 8, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Can't believe it's 122 years to the day since them Japanese slags launched a surprise night attack on on the neutral Russian fleet anchored at Port Arthur, Manchuria, thus marking the commencement of the Russo-Japanese War. Really does my nut in etc
Sick of getting distracted by your phone at work?
Get a work phone!
Make sure it's crap and janky. And make sure work pays for it!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/b...
Get a work phone!
Make sure it's crap and janky. And make sure work pays for it!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/b...
Stop Pretending You ‘Need’ Your Phone ‘for Work’
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Sick of getting distracted by your phone at work?
Get a work phone!
Make sure it's crap and janky. And make sure work pays for it!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/b...
Get a work phone!
Make sure it's crap and janky. And make sure work pays for it!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/b...
Telegraph headline: "Told"
Copy:
"facing demands"
"Allies of Sir Keir Starmer said"
"A No 10 source said"
and
Pat McFadden
Priti Patel
and then right at the bottom of the story
.
.
.
Wes Streeting
Copy:
"facing demands"
"Allies of Sir Keir Starmer said"
"A No 10 source said"
and
Pat McFadden
Priti Patel
and then right at the bottom of the story
.
.
.
Wes Streeting
February 8, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Telegraph headline: "Told"
Copy:
"facing demands"
"Allies of Sir Keir Starmer said"
"A No 10 source said"
and
Pat McFadden
Priti Patel
and then right at the bottom of the story
.
.
.
Wes Streeting
Copy:
"facing demands"
"Allies of Sir Keir Starmer said"
"A No 10 source said"
and
Pat McFadden
Priti Patel
and then right at the bottom of the story
.
.
.
Wes Streeting