A factorised expression not expanding back to the original expression?

I’m happy to answer any questions on booklets too 😊

They’ve improved my teaching remarkably 👍

screenshot of resourceaholic.com

New post!

As promised, I've made a new resource library for GCSE Statistics: www.resourceaholic.com/2025/08/gcse...

#ukmathschat #gcsestatistics #mathstoday

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To those who finished today, congratulations and enjoy your summer 😊

To those with a week to go, chins up and have a word with your local authorities 👎

Photo overlooking playing fields at Astrea academy Sheffield with lovely views of Sheffield city in the background. Taken from Ares Design as I didn’t take my own!

Had a great day visiting Astrea Academy Sheffield today. Lovely to see @amercermaths.bsky.social in his new role, get to meet the maths department, & see their scholars in action. Some brilliant work going on to close the gaps with Y10 following their mocks & kicking off with Probability in Y8.

I’ve got a superb view to walk back to the car at work nowadays 😎

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Come and work at our school in the heart of the national forest 🌳 🏡

We believe that every child is capable of achieving in maths and we use faculty time for talking about and exploring maths teaching

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Weeds seem to have got underneath it mate 😐 Never relaid a slab before, what could go wrong 😅

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Do they like muddy puddles at least? 😅

Me: “Glad half term’s here, it’ll be nice to get the BBQ out, take the kids to the park, fix the patio…”

The weather: ☔️🤦‍♂️

My yearly thanks to @1stclassmaths.bsky.social, @hannahkettlemaths.bsky.social, @corbettmaths.bsky.social, @drfrostresource.bsky.social, @justmaths.bsky.social and all others who create best guess papers during this window 👏👍

Ooo good one, cheers 😊

I’m trying to reduce my time on social media at the moment 😅 does anyone have any good learning apps to which to divert my attention with? 👍

In a couple of weeks time I’m talking about why rolling tennis balls across a classroom is the most stupid thing I’ve ever done 🎾

Come and join 👍

Today consists of making planes from Cuisenaire Rods 😄✈️

🔔 Another fantastic #MathsConf37 workshop announcement!

🎉 Do Maths Lessons need to be “Fun”? 🧠 🎯

This one will be run by @amercermaths.bsky.social

👉 Learn more about this workshop and book your ticket here:
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Our in-person #MathsConf37 offers an incredible opportunity for teachers from across the country to share best practices and showcase their pedagogical insights and tips.

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I had fun yesterday getting my scholars to “accurately draw this triangle” 😅

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A rookie mistake in a MWB check from me this week 🤦‍♂️😅

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The classic 😂

I think w.r.t. parents (and it’s still a very small minority of parents) it’s the clickbaity articles on local news and facebook groups where it’s easy to see others expressed outrage without getting the full picture that worries me.

If I can add my own spicy take similar to this, Covid isn’t fully to blame for the fracturing of home-school relationships, poorer behaviour and attendance as well as worsening MH issues. It accelerated it; but things were getting worse before then.

Social media IMO is the real culprit.

I've spent this evening making a second "Is it plausible?" worksheet as my first one was really successful with my Y11's. I've tried to add more money sense questions into this one to help.

www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/f60tq...

Hope it helps 🙂

True 👍

“Say you’ve got two toddlers without saying you’ve got two toddlers” 😐

I love using shadow papers for feedback lessons, it feels like such a quick win for students (this is how you should have done it, have a go at it again) and it’s great quick win for success and motivation. Really quick to put together too 👍

I’ve moved to this method recently too. Definitely makes more sense and has a better links to expanding if you do that via a grid too 👍