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Jemma Sherwood
@jemmaths.bsky.social
Director of curriculum for a MAT, MA Council, PhD student, writing for teachers and pupils. Also: music and language.
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Then “communicating maths” - pupils get grades for *how* clearly they communicate their mathematics.
June 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
No external exam, so assessment come from knowledge tests, coursework-style investigations (anyone remember T-totals?) for pattern-spotting and generalisation.
June 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Session 3 is Paul Rodrigo on what he’s learnt about assessment from teaching the Middle Years Programme in Sweden.
June 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Function notation for communicating transformations. “What’s the effect on the coordinate?”
June 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Introducing transforming graphs without algebra, just to focus on coordinates and shape.
June 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Session 2 at #mathsconf38 and it’s @blatherwicksam.bsky.social on transforming graphs. Starting off with a great exercise going back and forth on linear graphs.
June 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Also examples of getting it to make naff resources (and calling it “fun” like we’re in 2007). I don’t think we should even be considering a world where we let AI create naffness for us because of some vague notion of timesaving or ‘embracing the future’. We need to be better than this.
June 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Just bee reading it all through. In one of the modules is this suggested use case for AL Sociology. Talk about stopping students doing the hard thinking. It really worries me.
June 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
And the keynote from Charlie Stripp, “Future Proofing Maths Education” starting with what’s going well.
April 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
And now scratching our heads with Dave Hewitt with “Lots of 1s”. #FPTC2025
April 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Great session with Tom Francome on algebraic thinking in the @lborodme.bsky.social LUMEN curriculum, including exploring Grid Algebra. #FPTC2025 @mathematicala.bsky.social @atmmathematics.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I’m chuffed with how this one brings so much together for compare and contrast.
April 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I have done an OAT Maths curriculum update in a while, what with not really going to the other place much. We’re getting close to finishing the five years now. Just released GM8 Surface Area and Volume and a gorgeous unit* on quadratic graphs and equations (A12).

*Yes, I mean gorgeous.
April 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
And now to the fabulous Imran Iqbal, describing a journey of creating effective PD at his school. #rEDBrum @researchedbrum.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Tom Perry @twperry1.bsky.social talking through some big research on sustainable school leadership. Really insightful work. #rEDBrum
March 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
An important talk from @jamespmurphy.bsky.social on the effects of poor reading in adolescents. @researchedbrum.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
My favourite:
November 28, 2024 at 8:53 AM