I don’t want to brag, but I’m pretty sure I could run a mile in under 27 years too
Having a department clear-out and there are a lot of old books that we need to dispose of. Free to good homes if anyone is interested in any of them! (I can't deal with postage sorry, so would have to be Surrey, West Sussex or Portsmouth area to do a hand-over)
For anyone interested, I've uploaded one of our booklets for sharing (Unit 1 : Points and Lines) but this is still a work in progress to some extent! sxpmaths.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
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Stuart@sxpmaths.bsky.social · 4mo agoI'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
The more you stare at this, the worse it gets. Going to ask students how many faults they can find with it!
In #MathsToday we used some of "Tyler Tutoring"'s TMUA preparation materials. I chose the pack themed around circles (second half of Coordinate Geometry Worksheet 3). A good mix of problems www.tylertutoring.com/tmua
TMUA | Tyler Tutoring
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A bit of a mixed reaction to Edexcel Paper 3 from ours, but relief all round that they are done with all their exams!
In #MathsToday we're having fun with proof by induction. Towers of Hanoi (interactive here: towersofhanoi.info/Play.aspx) plus this interactive version of the L-tiling problem I vibe-coded this morning: ukr-reader.github.io/MathsApps/l_...
Not sure I’d trust a language learning app that says I can “Ecome ukannian excerient”...
Another Ukrainian NMT question, in a similar vein to the last one I shared. Find the largest value of a such that the equation has a root.
"Find the largest value of a such that this equation has no real roots." [With the war, Ukraine has moved to online school-leaving exams and this is a question from a Maths practice paper. It was multiple choice but I've only taken a screenshot of the question.]
In #ALevelMaths #Mathstoday we looked at when a cardioid isn't a cardioid and if it has a 'dimple'. A lot to show in one file, but in case it's useful to anyone else here's a Desmos sheet with constant slider www.desmos.com/calculator/d...
In #MathsToday I did my favourite proof by contradiction lesson, using green and red balloons and a pin. Also focussed much more this time around on examples of negations and contradictions before diving into proofs. #ALeveLMaths
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
A Level Reshuffle
Last summer, some of my long-standing frustrations with a few of factors finally led me to begin restructuring our A Level Maths scheme of work. In particular: Starting with Chapter 1 of the Year 1…
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Some crazy cobwebs in iteration with kx(1-x). All these are now shared at: ukr-reader.github.io/MathsApps/
Basins of attraction for Newton-Raphson on a cubic. I'll try and remember how github works as a place to share these
Stuart@sxpmaths.bsky.social · 5mo agoAnd one for the trapezium rule. I'm at the stage now where I can type in a carefully phrased one-paragraph prompt and trust it to come up with the goods!
And one for the trapezium rule. I'm at the stage now where I can type in a carefully phrased one-paragraph prompt and trust it to come up with the goods!
Stuart@sxpmaths.bsky.social · 5mo agoAnother bit of AI coding this morning. This one for visualising Normal approx of a Binomial distribution. I like being able to specify exactly how I want it to function rather than making do and clunking around with pre-existing stuff. I just don't have a convenient place for public sharing 🫤
Another bit of AI coding this morning. This one for visualising Normal approx of a Binomial distribution. I like being able to specify exactly how I want it to function rather than making do and clunking around with pre-existing stuff. I just don't have a convenient place for public sharing 🫤
I jumped on the AI coding bandwagon this afternoon and have a working hypothesis test 'fill in the blanks' activity. @themathsbazaar.bsky.social will be devastated to hear it looks at critical regions :)
Stuck indoors on a rainy Saturday? Why not pop in an application to come and see what Hurtwood is all about!? Closing date is this Friday. (And then I'll stop re-posting this 😆)
Stuart@sxpmaths.bsky.social · 7mo agoCome and join my department! We're in the Surrey hills (commutable from Guildford, Dorking, Horsham and beyond). Looking for another mathematician to grow our team. Small classes, mostly A level Maths / FM, ice cream on tap.. what's not to like?! www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy...
Got the Sunday evening blues? Come and join my team and look forward to Mondays! A level focussed, free meals, no Saturday school, decent holidays.. what’s not to like?!
Stuart@sxpmaths.bsky.social · 7mo agoCome and join my department! We're in the Surrey hills (commutable from Guildford, Dorking, Horsham and beyond). Looking for another mathematician to grow our team. Small classes, mostly A level Maths / FM, ice cream on tap.. what's not to like?! www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy...
A friend of mine has just launched this website that I think is pretty great for generating quick starters for A-Level maths and he has started adding some questions for Further Maths too. mrhardymaths.co.uk #MathsToday #ALevelMaths
GCSE Maths – Do Now
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Come and join my department! We're in the Surrey hills (commutable from Guildford, Dorking, Horsham and beyond). Looking for another mathematician to grow our team. Small classes, mostly A level Maths / FM, ice cream on tap.. what's not to like?! www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy...
Teacher of Mathematics, Surrey - Tes Jobs
Hurtwood House School, United Kingdom
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@draustinmaths.com Thank you for generously sharing all your resources - your site was my first thought when students needed more practice on building up sketches of quadratics!
I’m kinda curious what happens as this number gets bigger. Will it start using standard form? A couple more emails today will get me to 5 digits
It's that time of year again - your annual reminder that if you're a Maths teacher and looking for suitable resources for your classes across KS3 to KS5 then do check out www.draustinmaths.com. The site is five years old this week 🎉🎉 and in that time it's amassed over 1000 resources! 1/3
