Headington Helen
headingtonhelen.bsky.social
Headington Helen
@headingtonhelen.bsky.social
Head of Maths in Oxford, teaching everything up to A level Further Maths. Mentor for trainee teachers. Interested in all creative ideas in the classroom.
This is SO useful-- thanks 😊
December 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Do check out the Maths in Action website-- we go to their Warwick day. It's excellent!
October 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I'd recommend Amanda Austin, @draustinmaths.com . She creates tons of amazing resources and posts on here when there's anything new. Look at her website too. Good luck with your move to secondary 👍
August 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We're a Google school so can't use OneNote. Used to use Google's Jamboard (which wasn't perfect) but they discontinued it. Most of us now use Lucid Spark or Canva, with a few using GoodNotes (but need an iPad, which we are all given)
July 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Try it! Introduce it in the right way, and you won't be disappointed. One particular entry inspired me to come up with next year's competition: Maths Movies-- a 3 minute film about any maths related theme. Can't wait!
June 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Done!
June 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I'll ask tomorrow!
June 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
We use digital resources but have hard copies of the books for each option, which they can look through. I personally use Integral as a teaching resource, but others in my department have their own favourites.
June 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
We get them to chose in May/June of L6 (having taught the full A level course prior to then). We spend 10-15 min briefly talking through what each option contains and then they complete a Google form, rank ordering each option. The most popular combination wins!
June 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
We always let out FM cohort choose their options (most popular). In the past we have taught any combination of FS1, FM1, FP1 and DM1 (Decision Maths), once we even had some opting for FP2. We then staff the U6 classes according to who can teach which of the options.
June 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
We teach Y12 in pairs and during a particular half term, observe our partner teacher. Great for sharing good practice.
May 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Thanks Lesley-- much appreciated. My colleague will be in touch once our exam classes have gone-- been rather frantic this term!
April 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It's 45 years ago, so possibly we didnt🤔
April 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Do you mean pairing digits and using tables-- how someone my age learnt it before calculators?
April 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM