Currently auditing what we do for #alevelmaths transition, from Y11 to Y12, at my school. I’m curious to hear what other schools do. Do you run an induction lesson? If so, what maths do you do in that induction lesson? What transition work do you set?
Jenny Cains
@jennycains.bsky.social
Secondary Maths teacher, Assistant Maths Hub Lead (Secondary & Post-16), Core Maths Specialist Lead and general lover of all things Core Maths
Spending some of my gained time improving what we do in Maths around careers. Came across these lovely resources. Says it aimed at primary but I think they’re still nice to use with KS3 nustem.uk/stem-person-...
STEM Person of the Week - NUSTEM
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In #mathstoday I rolled out this classic SMILE activity in my Year 7 Maths lesson. Worked really well, although it never ceases to amaze me how slow some kids are at cutting out ✂️ 😴
In #mathstoday (well, actually yesterday) my Year 12s tackled another great Underground Maths problem. This one worked really well & stimulated loads of discussion, helping cement their understanding of logs. Definitely recommend 👍🏼 undergroundmathematics.org/exp-and-log/...
Come and teach Maths at my lovely school! I’ve been there 12 years and wouldn’t want to move anywhere else 😁 come join us! Follow the link for all the details 👇🏼 campden.school/work-here/
In #mathstoday I had the joy of setting my Y12s one of my favourite A Level Maths problems 🐻 undergroundmathematics.org/circles/tedd...
In #mathstoday, I’ve tried something new when marking #coremaths mocks. To try & reduce the “where did I lose marks?” questions on the big Paper 1 mock questions, I’m trialling a sticker detailing what is needed for each mark, which I can tick as I go. Made estimation & tax/NI marking much easier 😁
Core Maths teachers - I’m looking at misleading diagrams/charts with my class on Friday. Anyone got any ‘great’ ones I can share with them? I’m going to use this classic but on the look out for a few more crackers @ecrmaths.bsky.social @davegjones.bsky.social @coremathscat.bsky.social
When your children are finally old enough to help cut out your tarsia jigsaws 😁🥳
Matt is such a great ambassador for the GLOW Maths Hub. We’re so lucky to have him as an LLME. If you’re Teaching A Level Maths in Gloucs/Worcs, make sure you sign up for his Developing A Level Pedagogy work group.
Day 1 of @ncetm.bsky.social training for Developing A Level pedagogy completed #ALevelMaths. An honour to be asked to lead a 10 minute session on observing learning to all the A Level LLMEs. Based in Gloucs/Worcs? Then come to the workgroup that I'll be leading. Info: amsp.org.uk/event/73f968...
Started the binomial expansion today with Year 12. Introduced it a different way to normal and it actually worked really well 😁 also started randomly assigning partners at the start of each lesson using playing cards - definitely recommend this for collaboration outside of friendship groups ♥️♠️♦️♣️
This book is fab! Even if you’ve been teaching A Level a while, you’ll still get so much from it 😁
Just a reminder that if you are about to start teaching #ALevelMaths, this book is available from the Mathematical Association @mathematicala.bsky.social online shop. In my completely unbiased opinion, it's really quite useful.
Exciting day in the GLOW region as we’re hosting our annual MathsFest event for Secondary teachers across Gloucs & Worcs #letstalkmaths
In #mathstoday we used questions from the old Foundations of Advanced Mathematics papers to revise cumulative frequency in #coremaths 😁
In #mathstoday, inspired by @colinfoster77.bsky.social’s Mathematical Etudes, we’ve been combining mathematical thinking and fluency practice 😁 lots of rich conversations all round. Not bad for the last day of a very long term! 😴
In #mathstoday this odd one out task worked really well and allowed us to recover quite a lot of important vocabulary 😁
Need some help from #coremaths peeps - trying to create bar models for tax & NI from the 2025 Paper 1 Prelim. Thoughts? Does it work? NI seems to but tax is messy. Not sure how to make the £100,000-£125,140 one any better. All feedback welcome! @reflectivemaths.bsky.social @ecrmaths.bsky.social
In #mathstoday there was much excitement from my Y7s when I told them the starter was a hidoku puzzle from @mathequalslove.bsky.social. Today’s was obviously Pi themed 🥧 😁
We used the excellent start.sketchometry.org in y9 #MathsToday. This has come on so much since I last used it - gesture-based constructions, ideal on a phone or tablet.
sketchometry
start.sketchometry.org
In #mathstoday, my #coremaths students were examining misleading graphs - spotting errors & suggesting improvements.
While the small people are occupied in the soft play, it’s time to get to grips with next week’s @ncetm.bsky.social subject knowledge session for non-specialists. We’re hitting algebra 🥳 I ❤️ this programme and the confidence it helps our so, so valuable non-specialists develop #mathscpd
Slightly late but in #mathstoday (on Friday) I used double sided counters to introduce adding negatives to my Y7s and it was amazing. They loved it, I loved it. Never teaching directed number without them again. 🔴🟡
One of GLOW’s amazing Local Leaders of Maths Education delivering another powerful workshop for A Level teachers in the Gloucs/Worcs region. Well done @mr-man-maths.bsky.social!
In #ALevelMaths today, our @ncetm.bsky.social GLOW Maths Hub workgroup planned, delivered and reflected on a lesson for my Year 13 group on modelling with trigonometry at North Bromsgrove High School. Pupils were brilliant, the participants enjoyed it, and all of us are now inspired from this!
In #mathstoday my Year 7s tackled the Mitten Hidato puzzle from @mathequalslove.bsky.social and absolutely LOVED it!
In #MathsToday we used salt & vinegar crisps to introduced the Product Moment Correlation Coefficient 😋 #alevelmaths #coremaths