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Dr Zoe Nye
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Mathematics Teacher Educator.
Advocate of real data in stats education. Ask me how to teach probability! #EduSky
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howiehua.bsky.social
Did you know completing the square literally means to complete the square? I didn't when I was in high school and that would've made it so much easier.
October 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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profsmudge.bsky.social
#MathsUntangle Week 10, dividing by a fraction using quotition....
mathsuntangle.blogspot.com
July 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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histfest.bsky.social
HISTORY BOOK CLUB
Summer Reads

New and old members welcome.

We’ll reconvene at the end of September to discuss the summer books.

Please note, you don’t have to read every title but there will be prizes for those of you who do!

Sign up here histfest.org/history-book...
Composite of 6 books selected for the summer reads. They include: Henry V by Dan Jones, The Missing Thread by Daisy Dunn, Black Spartacus by Sudhir Hazareesingh, There are River in the Sky by Elif Shafak, The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller and Pachinko by Min Jin Lee.
June 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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whatsfsaid.bsky.social
I totally support the National Year Of Reading initiative. We desperately need a culture of reading for pleasure to replace the culture of constant testing in schools, backed by proper government funding. And we need STORYTIME to be part of the school day, every day! #literacy

(Art: Chris Riddell)
Quote by Michael Morpurgo, illustrated by Chris Riddell: "Let there be half an hour of STORYTIME at the end of school in primary schools up and down the country. Make this the half hour they all long for, that they don't want to be over. Let the children go home dreaming of the story, reliving it, wondering." Illustration shows dreamy bookish child holding a book, bear with scarf, flying ship and dragon...
July 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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ramble14.bsky.social
Come and work with us! It’s a fab university which is absolutely committed to its civic duties. Also- we are a fab team!
July 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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berniewestacott.bsky.social
Made me chuckle!
July 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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bbomathshub.bsky.social
🔢 Teaching Maths next year but didn’t train in it? No worries! Join our SKTM Secondary Non-Specialists Work Group for 2025-26 and level up your skills! 🚀https://bbomathshub.org.uk/project/specialist-knowledge-for-teaching-mathematics-secondary-non-specialist-teachers/
July 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
zoemnye.bsky.social
Absolute gem of a post! All time great tasks.
nathanday.bsky.social Nathan Day @nathanday.bsky.social · Jul 8
Calling all Maths teachers!

What are some of your all-time great tasks for secondary Maths?

Ones that could have their place in any curriculum, one that should be studied in PGCE courses, ones that started whole new genres of tasks...
... or just ones you really like.

(see some of mine below)
July 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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draustinmaths.com
#MathsToday Our final topic of the year in Y12 Further Maths is roots of polynomials. I've made a few new resources for teaching this topic - some fill in the blanks and a crack the code which you can find on my website www.draustinmaths.com/a-level
#UKMathsChat #ALevelMaths
Crack the Code activity for AS Further Maths Core Pure 1 Roots of Polynomials topic. Fill in the blanks activity for AS Further Maths Core Pure 1 Roots of Polynomials topic - finding roots of quartic equations. Fill in the blanks activity for AS Further Maths Core Pure 1 Roots of Polynomials topic - finding roots of cubic equations. Fill in the blanks activity for AS Further Maths Core Pure 1 Roots of Polynomials topic - finding roots of quadratic equations.
July 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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mathematicala.bsky.social
📢 Exciting News! 🎉

We're thrilled to announce that we will be joining together with other respected mathematics associations to form AMiE (Association for Mathematics in Education).

More information about our transition to AMiE can be found here: buff.ly/6xfmVDv
July 4, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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adalovelaceday.bsky.social
Janaki Ammal crossbred sugarcane species to create a hybrid with a higher sucrose yield that could flourish in India's tropical climate. She was instrumental in saving the botanically diverse Silent Valley in India. adalovelaceday.subst...
Prof Janaki Ammal, Botanist and cytologist
Janaki Ammal crossbred Indian sugarcane species to create a hybrid with a higher sucrose yield.
adalovelaceday.substack.com
June 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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ncetm.bsky.social
Want to join a team that supports primary and secondary schools across England to develop high-quality maths teaching? Our Targeted Support in Maths Team is looking for an Assistant Director to help lead this work - closing date for applications 8 July
#Maths #EduSky #UKMathsChat
Work with us
Find out about the opportunities to work with the NCETM
www.ncetm.org.uk
June 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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mathsjem.bsky.social
New! My 190th gems post. Ideas, resources and updates for maths teachers. 💎

www.resourceaholic.com/2025/05/5-ma...

Hat tips to follow.

#mathstoday #ukmathschat
May 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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robeastaway.bsky.social
It's TEN YEARS since a GCSE question about Hannah's Sweets ridiculously became headline news. Here's
Andrew Jeffrey on Sky TV: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj5G...
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May 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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drbennison.bsky.social
My Warmup grid for AQA A Level Further Maths Paper 1 is up on my website. I hope it’s useful for you :) #ALevelMaths drbennisonmaths.com/Warmup_Grids...
May 22, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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vmnalex.bsky.social
We have them down under as well. You'll be able to find them easier by going through my compilations, but they may skip parts.
1) drive.google.com/file/d/1mBey...
2) drive.google.com/file/d/1yHBf...
Applications of Differential Equations.pdf
drive.google.com
May 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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berniewestacott.bsky.social
The words of a wise man who knows a LOT about teaching and learning.Too often I see an overcrowded maths programme being gone through at a ridiculous pace leaving many pupils trailing in its wake.
markmccourt.bsky.social Mark McCourt @markmccourt.bsky.social · May 18
NEW BLOG: Why wise teachers slow down

emaths.co.uk/blog/general...
May 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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drfrostresource.bsky.social
GCSE Maths Paper 1 this week!😱

All common topic papers linked below

🟢 Edexcel: buff.ly/KtY6vdP
🟣 AQA: buff.ly/83S2MoJ
🟠 Eduqas: buff.ly/6sbh0Rq
🟡 OCR: buff.ly/ts9RWWR
🔴 WJEC: buff.ly/1i0CRa9
⚫ Edexcel IGCSE: buff.ly/e6Bdu4j
May 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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robeastaway.bsky.social
Careers that maths can lead to, No.487: Pope
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Le...
Pope Leo XIV - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
May 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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mathsnot.bsky.social
Want to do well at A level Science and Psychology? Take Maths!

Grade Distributions for Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Psychology A levels taken by 18 year-olds in 2024, compared for those who also took Maths and those who didn’t.

Source: analytics.ofqual.gov.uk/apps/Alevel/...
May 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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damsoned.bsky.social
@funkypedagogy.bsky.social Hi Jenny, I wonder if this would be helpful?

Just published, aimed at non-specialist teachers in secondary. An overview of reading development and strategies that can help. With additional leader materials. 😊

Took several years to develop!

www.gov.uk/government/p...
Supporting all readers in secondary school
A short course for secondary school staff and leaders to support readers at all levels.
www.gov.uk
April 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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matttheapp.bsky.social
🚨 BRAND NEW TOPICS 🚨

mathswhiteboard.com just got even bigger — thousands of skills to choose from! 🤯

Create mini-whiteboard tasks, example pairs, on-screen questions, and so much more!

#mathschat #mathsteacher #mathsresources #iteachmaths #MathsToday
April 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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mathforge.org
Gave my Y9s this diagram for #MathsToday. Picked a few numbers for a,b,c and then their task was to work out all the lengths and angles.

Next lesson we'll cut it out and reassemble it and they'll discover that they've secretly been doing 3D trig!

#UKMathsChat #ITeachMaths
A partial net of a cuboid box together with certain triangles that fill in various diagonals. Specifically, the base and two adjacent sides of the box, then a triangle that lies over the base to give the diagonal of the base, this joins to two triangles that (when assembled) would be vertical with one giving the diagonal of a side and the other the diagonal across the whole box. Finally another triangle to join these last two diagonals together. Various lengths that become sides of the cuboid are labelled a,b,c so that all lengths can be determined in terms of these three lengths.
April 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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draustinmaths.com
In #MathsToday with Year 8, we were finding the surface area of cubes and cuboids. Plenty of scaffolding in the first task to give the students confidence before moving on to more standard questions.
ww.draustinmaths.com/geometry
#UKMathsChat
April 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM