I remember this coming up in an edexcel core pure exam and being infuriated at the time! It’s either on the spec or not…. And the vectors topic is massive enough as it is and has plenty of other options for problem solving. So annoying!
Very excited to deliver this!
Interesting
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Last week, we published The Year 7 Moment - our first interactive research report.
This week: what the data shows about how quickly the secondary school honeymoon ends - and why it hits some pupils harder than others.
📖 Read the full report and our blog using the link in the comments.
From the football pitch to the front of the classroom — Nathan’s still leading from the front.
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📢 New A Level Maths Resource!
Our A Level Skills Check worksheets are here - 10 worksheets covering a wide range of pure skills.
Perfect for:
✔️ Spotting knowledge gaps
✔️ Targeted practice
✔️ Exam revision
A must-have in the run-up to exams! ✏️👇
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It's that time of year again - anyone with students who can do volumes of revolution might like to calculate the volume of a creme egg from my implicit equation:
I've finally put together a blog about all the changes I've been making to the sequence in which we teach A Level Maths. Let me know if you have any thoughts or questions! sxpmaths.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/a... @tickyvanner.bsky.social @runningstitch314.bsky.social
This is my understanding based on research I did to compare the topic across exam boards for our year 1 maths Teach First trainees!
Devastating news
Arghhhh…….
Im possibly mixing up my old department’s resources and the DFM PowerPoints… Its not the order of chapters that I was thinking of, but the order of the intro to hypothesis testing within that chapter. The textbook does critical regions first I believe which is odd to me!
The order of the textbook is rubbish if I remember correctly! I think Dr Frost reorders it to be more sensible
Flip chart paper divided into two columns: benefits and challenges. Post-it notes are stuck under each heading detailing trainees thoughts about benefits and challenges of using rich tasks.
Flipchart paper with the title of 'advice' and post-it notes stuck on with advice from trainees for suture cohorts.
We loved our last training days of the year with Y1s last week. Trainees in London, Birmingham and Leeds looked at using rich tasks, different ways of scaffolding, and calculator use, as well as diving into the topic of iteration. They also shared their advice for next year's cohort #MathsToday
A screenshot of a 12 question sample revision grid using the tool.
I've just made a simple one-click revision grid tool.
Here are a few examples:
Easy: mathsbot.com/revise?min=1...
Med: mathsbot.com/revise?min=6...
Hard: mathsbot.com/revise?min=9...
Mess with the URL parameters to see what else you can make.
We'd love to hear how you're celebrating pi day! Pi recitals? Free-hand circle drawing? Something else? Think Maths have some nice arty ideas as well as a competition your students can enter think-maths.co.uk/pi-comp/ #MathsToday
We're looking forward to tomorrow, when Y2s will join us online for a deep dive into dyscalculia with Magdalene Lake followed by a look at what makes a great mathematics task #MathsToday
I think maths genie split their booklets by AS and A level
We couldn’t be more excited to announce that sign-ups are now open to become an official partner school in 2026!
If you have Year 7 and 8 pupils with the heart and head for maths, we can support them through our extra-curricular school maths circles programme.🎉
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We're looking forward to seeing our trainees online on Wednesday. They'll be engaging with some academic reading, have a choice of sessions honing in on different parts of their PGCE assignment, and finishing with an exciting session from Jayne Webster about representations in maths #MathsToday
The last one of these was excellent. Well-worth signing up for #MathsToday
If you ever fancy filming (or just talking about!) how you do a one slide wonder lesson I know a load of novice teachers that would love to see it….
I am obsessed with the simplicity of this 😍😍
A 7.5 mile taper run in advance of running the Haweswater half marathon next Sunday 😊 #edurunners
Exponentials and logarithms revision practice grid. Contains eight exam-style questions to aid students with A-level Maths revision.
Line and circle geometry revision practice grid. Contains eight exam-style questions to aid students with A-level Maths revision.
Algebraic methods revision practice grid. Contains nine exam-style questions to aid students with A-level Maths revision.
Quadratics revision practice grid. Contains eight exam-style questions to aid students with A-level Maths revision.
I've added a new section to the site today - A-level Revision. Over the next few months I hope to add to the revision resources, starting with four A-level grids - algebraic methods, quadratics, exponentials and logs, and circle geometry.
www.draustinmaths.com/revision
#ALevelMaths #MathsToday
This 10 second gif shows how to create one - starting from the homepage.
I think it's quite slick and could be a great time-saver for exit tickets/topic tests etc
Upcoming leadership events in March with dates and locations: London on 9th, Leeds on 12th, Bristol on 24th, plus online sessions on 16th and 18th.
In partnership with The Reach Foundation, we’re developing a new leadership model that addresses the gap in middle leadership and supports schools working in the most disadvantaged communities.
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We know our trainees will be busy writing up a sample of their literature reviews for their PGCE assignment over the next week. Remember that @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social have loads of support available on My Hallam to help with academic writing and referencing #MathsToday
Morrisons was selling daffodils today, spring is coming 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼
#TodayInMaths Dijkstra's Algorithm!
For which I have put together a digital tool: www.mrchapmanmaths.com/ks5/dijkstra
Happy to hear feedback on it! Think I have worked out the major kinks.
