Ben Rooney
benrooney.bsky.social
Ben Rooney
@benrooney.bsky.social
KS4 maths co-ordinator at a new school in Essex. NEU rep. Previously technology editor of The Wall Street Journal, Europe. Ex-Army.
This is one of the best questions on error intervals. Really separates out students who answer procedurally and those who understand. It's a great question.
June 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
My adorable Year 10s finished their #GCSEstatistics today. They seemed very happy. They made me this fabulous card. I will miss teaching them.
June 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The Thick of it. Best thing ever on TV.
May 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
How a circle with a radius of 5,000km, centred on Paris, looks according the Mercator map.
Hat tip to Information is Beautiful
April 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Bought a physical paper for the first time in years. The cashier in the shop said "Do you mind?" and thumped the picture of Trump. The person behind me in the queue muttered his approval. In village England this is akin to an uprising.
April 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Finished this GCSE stats revision mat for our Easter revision sessions. Happy to share if anyone wants it. #mathstoday
March 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Today, as well as being St Patrick's day, is the commemoration of the death of Captain Oates - I am just going out now and I may be some time. "A brave man and an English gentleman."
March 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Spent the day in Ely visiting the cathedral. Completely blown away by it. How on earth did they build it?
February 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
If Greek gods were on Love Island
February 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
In #mathstoday promised to show my year 12s this bad boy. Literally no other teacher in the department had any idea what it was. This was what I had to use when I started school.
February 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I wrote today to my MP, James Cleverly, about the cuts to the AMSP. I am not optimistic that much can be done, but you never know. If we could get every maths teacher to write then maybe they might think again. Maybe. #ALevelMaths
February 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This is the report that we give students after every major assessment. As mentioned, Ss enter test scores via Forms, and an Excel macro spits these out. They are perfect revision guides. Also good to give parents.
January 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
This was the book on leadership we were given. A lot of it is relevant to civilian life (some of it is a bit Colonel Blimp-ish it has to be said).
August 11, 2024 at 8:31 AM