Emily Rae
@ecrmaths.bsky.social
A Level Maths, Further Maths and Core Maths teacher in a Sixth Form College. Head of A Level Further Maths. Tea enthusiast. Book lover. Sometimes reluctant runner. UK 🎓
What's something that happened when you were younger that would not be ok now? When I was in primary school, there was a teacher you would be sent to if you had a wobbly tooth and were being annoying with it. She would pull your tooth out of your mouth, and send you back to your own class. WTF 😅
Chuffed to bits to have "qualified" for the BMO1 this year 😁🥳 Although the Olympiad questions do blow my mind a bit 😅 I'm sure our Y13 student who qualified for it properly, will make a better job of it than I would! #MathsToday
Emily Rae@ecrmaths.bsky.social · 3w agoJust marked my attempt at the Senior Maths Challenge paper. I got 104, so I reckon I got enough to get through to the Senior Kangaroo but not the BMO1. Being slightly worse at maths than some of the students you teach definitely keeps you grounded 😂 #MathsToday
Go to your camera roll and search "boat" and then post a picture of a boat you like.
EnCeeMaths@enceemaths.bsky.social · 6d agoGo to your camera roll and search "boat" and then post a picture of a boat you like.
Maths grammar question: Why is it abelian and not Abelian, when it's named after the mathematician Niels Henrik Abel? (From Questions My Students Ask...)
Differentiating sinx and cosx with my Y2 #ALevelMaths students today, so obviously it was time to bring out this absolute banger 🙌 #MathsToday youtube.com/watch?v=tSov...
Die Ableitung vom Sinus ist der Kosinus (Mathe-Song)
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Am I just old and grumpy, or does anyone else hate venues that make you use an app to access tickets for their events? Tonight I arrived at a venue to discover the app was saying it couldn't find any tickets (despite them being there 2 days ago when I checked) Just email me the bloody ticket FFS 🤨😒😴
This term I have been explicitly modelling (on the board) how to create flashcard revision resources with my #ALevelMaths Further Maths classes, at the end of each topic. The students can choose whether to use cut up paper (provided by me), their own index cards, or a flashcard app. #MathsToday
Oh, FFS. Wait until they hear about the AMSP courses that are *only* open to (or free for) students from state funded schools and colleges... 🙄 www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consum...
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Email from AQA saying that exam papers will be available the day after the exam (12pm for a morning exam, 4:30pm for an afternoon exam) is welcome news 🥳 No more having to pester the exams office for a copy of the paper to see which topics haven't come up yet 😁 #MathsToday #ALevelMaths
In #ALevelMaths in mid-September, I taught something and said "this will be on the first assessment, and you will all forget to write it, and will all get it wrong". Lo and behold, I am marking the first assessment, and they all forgot to write it, and they all got it wrong 🤦♀️
Just marked my attempt at the Senior Maths Challenge paper. I got 104, so I reckon I got enough to get through to the Senior Kangaroo but not the BMO1. Being slightly worse at maths than some of the students you teach definitely keeps you grounded 😂 #MathsToday
215 answer sheets uploaded 🥳 Very glad that our college is supportive of Senior Maths Challenge, including paying for the entries out of an enrichment budget and the exams team getting invigilators in to help it run smoothly! #MathsToday
UK Maths Trust@ukmathstrust.bsky.social · 3w agoGood luck to everyone taking part in the Senior Mathematical Challenge tomorrow! 🍀 With 90 minutes and 25 questions designed to get you thinking, there’s plenty to challenge beginners and experienced problem-solvers alike.
I'm starting to wonder if MoneyWeek is just a rage bait page for maths people. Wtf is going on with the vertical scale?!
Emily Rae@ecrmaths.bsky.social · last mo.Today in "really bad graphs". Why would you add the median and mean together, when they are two different comparitive measures of the same data?! Ew. #MathsToday
Mean Girls but it's a movie about Cady learning the different types of mean
I have 2 students with the same first name and very similar surnames, who sit next to each other. Thus, we had a conundrum over what I should call them to distinguish them easily (eg when cold calling) I suggested numbers, but they couldn't agree on who would be [Name] 1 and [Name] 2. We considered
*New* Mathematician of the Week Posters Here's something I've been working on over the summer. A growing set of posters of mathematicians doing cool things with maths. Each comes in black/white or colour, with a quote and a link to read more. Check them out at: interwovenmaths.com/mathematicians
Some nice revision questions for students preparing for TMUA/ESAT #ALevelMaths
Andrew@andrewmaths1.bsky.social · 4w agoTMUA/ESAT Resources Update: Due to popular demand I've uploaded the worksheets and answers in pdf form on Google Drive. Link below. drive.google.com/drive/folder... Please let me know if you find any errors. Questions are taken from lots of sources, some are more obscure than others. c:
I've got one copy of *The Mathematicians' Library* to give away in each of four languages: Polish, German, Japanese, and Spanish. I'm offering them for free (including UK postage) & I'd like them to go somewhere that'd make good use of them. If you think *your* organisation or group would...
I love looking back at previous order numbers for Senior Maths Challenge over the time I've been in charge of running it. Making tricky non-calculator voluntary maths tests cool amongst teenagers since 2021 😎😅 #MathsToday
Resorting to emotional blackmail to stop people stealing my staplers 😅
New A-level Further Maths resources added today: ✨Different Forms of Complex Numbers Fill in the Blanks ✨Multiplying and Dividing Complex Numbers Match-Up Steadily building a (hopefully useful) bank of Further Maths resources at www.draustinmaths.com/a-level-further-maths #MathsToday #ALevelMaths
Today in "really bad graphs". Why would you add the median and mean together, when they are two different comparitive measures of the same data?! Ew. #MathsToday
New year's resolutions always feel more meaningful for me in September, rather than January. Week 3 of Operation Drag Self Out Of Bed And Run Before Work has been achieved. I feel like it's going to be harder (colder/darker) going forward, and have optimistically purchased a reflective vest... 😬🏃♀️
Gosh, I'm ahead of the trend; I've been taking a packed lunch to work for nearly 20 years. Tbf, in teaching, who has the time to go out and source their lunch?!
Alistair Coleman@alistaircoleman.bsky.social · last mo.The Daily Telegraph, with its finger on the pulse of the nation, thinks that people taking a packed lunch to work is “pathetic” and a sign of societal collapse; and also thinks that said packed lunch includes sprouts.
There is a distinct, largely generational, split in our department at the moment, causing some heated discussions. So... how often do you shut down your laptop? (Like, fully shut down, not just close the lid) a) Every day b) Only when something goes wrong, or it tell you to restart c) Something else
Behold, the staple-free stapler 🤩 Not actually #MathsToday, but still very exciting.