iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

When shit feels bad, remember that WE ARE CURING CANCERRRR

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

My first morning in the Omaze house. I didn’t sleep. I could hear crying from behind the door I’m not allowed to open.The only thing to eat is frozen prawns. I went for a wander round the 4 acre garden and found a box of VHS tapes marked ‘For the next one’. I’m sure it’s fine. I’m sure it’s all fine

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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

15 minutes into Widow’s Bay. Can already tell I’m going to be insufferable about this show to all and sundry.

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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Soz, tin foil hat time. I reckon all this school closure chat is to distract from that report that said ten billion pounds were wasted on PPE contracts.

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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

This is like a three word review of what you’ll find in my house.

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Hannah R @missradders.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Right maths teachers. In #mathstoday I am planning a problem solving SoL for KS3 using one lesson per fortnight of our extra timetable time. Think ICCAMS/ NRich/ Improving Learning in Maths - that kind of vibe. I’m doing ok but have spare sessions. Hit me with your fave tasks please! RT 🙏🏻

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Sam Blatherwick @blatherwicksam.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

proportion and ratio tables #maths

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Emily Rae @ecrmaths.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Thought this might be worth a reshare for people having conversations with year 12s about university applications. A spreadsheet of UCAS data by STEM subject (tabs along bottom) showing published entry criteria, most common grade profile and lowest grades of students accepted on to the course. 1/2

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Sally Beaumont | BAFTA Breakthrough | Voice Actor & Writer @sallybeaumont.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Seeing a lot of “the heat only kills the elderly and those with existing conditions, stop complaining” and feeling a familiar sense of disappointment. I don’t know how to explain that you should care about people etc etc but also: we are all people and vulnerable.

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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Halfway through The Fifth Elephant (reading the Watch novels in order) and I think Detritus is becoming my favourite Discworld character. Him sticking up for Cheery made me tear up. I love him so much. 🥹

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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Been to the doctors and he had to look in the back of my throat. I TOOK MY GLASSES OFF. So embarrassing.

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Daniel Carpenter @dancarpenter.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

That Guardian 100 best books doesn't even have the best Hilary Mantel on it. Ridiculous.

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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Closes Tuesday! 🙌 It’s dead good here.

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MrLevMaths @mrlevmaths.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Finishing up with Year 13 in #Mathstoday, looking at some slightly lesser spotted questions to do with integration and logarithms #Alevelmaths

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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

We’ve got a vacancy due to relocation. Years 9-13, great colleagues, approachable and sensible leadership, great location for Derby/Notts. We’re small and close-knit, but not in a cloying way! (It’s great.) 1/2 www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy...

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Teacher of Mathematics, Derby - Tes Jobs

UTC Derby Pride Park, United Kingdom

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Karen @karenshancock.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Some "Power Equations" , equations with indices, or whatever you like to call them. (And so detached from posting here I realise I don't have a clue what hashtag to use... 😐) Downloadable version with worked solutions here: kshancock.co.uk/lessonresour...

A white page showing four handwritten algebra questions, each inside a red rectangular box, about solving equations using indices.
The first box reads: “Solve: 3 to the power 2x squared times 27 to the power 2x squared times 21 to the power x minus 1 equals 7 to the power x times 3 to the power 6, all over 63.”
The second box reads: “Solve: open bracket 4x times 2 to the power x close bracket squared, times 100 to the power x, times 2 to the power 14 equals 5 to the power 2x over 2 times 4 to the power 2x.”
The third box reads: “Solve: 9 to the power three quarters times 5 to the power x times seven fifths equals 3 times the square root of 21 times 35 times 5 to the power x plus 1.”
The fourth box reads: “Solve: 5 to the power minus x squared times 6 to the power x times 10 equals 2 to the power x plus 1 times 3 squared times 25 to the power minus x plus three halves.

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Emma W @emmaemma53.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Ormiston River Academy are looking for a Director of Mathematics. Could it be you? The school is in Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex. Take a look at the advert and apply by Monday 27th April. mynewterm.com/jobs/137152/... Reposts welcome!

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Teacher of Mathematics - Ormiston Rivers Academy, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex

Closing date: Midnight, Mon 27th Apr, 2026. View full details and apply online at MyNewTerm.

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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Short stories are great. You can read one before breakfast.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Oh yeah definitely the one thing sci fi and fantasy has been missing is the male gaze

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Jo Morgan @mathsjem.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

New! My 197th gems post. Ideas, updates and resources for maths teachers. 💎 www.resourceaholic.com/2026/04/5-ma... #ukmathschat #mathstoday #alevelmaths

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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Had to write about an imaginary culture where the social norms are different so I spaffed on about a society who communicate through dance because it’s about the only verb I could bloody conjugate. 🤡

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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Used this lovely task from Underground Maths with year 12 today. I love that it has no calculating, it’s all reasoning. 🥰🙌 undergroundmathematics.org/calculus-mee... #MathsToday #ALevelMaths

Screen grab from https://undergroundmathematics.org/calculus-meets-functions/slippery-slopes

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NCETM @ncetm.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

📊 New KS4 PD materials! Statistics and probability materials now available to support subject knowledge, planning and classroom practice. Explore core concepts including representations, analysis and probability. www.ncetm.org.uk/news/new-ks4... #Maths #EduSky #UKMathsChat

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New KS4 Professional Development Materials: Statistics and probability

Explore the key ideas that underpin statistics and probability at Key Stage 4

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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Made this for year 12 to practice discernment with differentiation. Took far longer to plan and write than it did for them to do it, but hopefully it helps consolidate and make meaning between sentences and expressions/equations! #MathsToday #ALevelMaths

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Jonathan Hall @studymaths.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Wherever possible, I like to check for prerequisite knowledge in a meaningful way. Here's a simple one for completing the square.

A slide saying "Fill the blanks with integers."
Then underneath the following questions:
50 = 7² + ___
50 = ___² + 41
50 = 6² + ___
50 = ___² + 49
50 = ___² + 25
50 = 8² − ___
50 = ___² − 50
50 = ___² + 34
50 = 2² + ___
50 = ___² − 31

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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Revising for a French written test I’ve got next week and I’m in that bargaining stage. ‘How badly can I do and still pass if I nail my speaking test?’

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Hannah R @missradders.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

MATHS TEACHERS! We are expanding our team due to increased curriculum time. *2 posts available* Lovely, dedicated & supportive team. Easily commutable from Leeds & York. Happy to answer questions via DM. Please share if you can. www.king-james.co.uk/job/teacher-... Reposts appreciated!

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Sam Blatherwick @blatherwicksam.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Due to a relocation we have another vacancy. Do you want to come and teach maths in the beautiful national forest? 🌳 🏡 Come and join a team that love to talk about teaching maths DM if you have any questions share.google/nZ9dKhpLJXwj...

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Maths Teacher - Eteach

Find out more about this Maths Teacher job from Ashby School. Search thousands of teaching jobs from schools around the world

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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

My year 13s are struggling with reverse chain rule, so wrote these as a bridging task before we look at adjusting to get a reverse chain rule result. #MathsToday #ALevelMaths

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Catriona Agg @catrionaagg.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

My school is hiring a maths teacher for September! www.swchs.net/blog/?pid=37... Come and work with a brilliantly supportive department, with loads of high quality shared resources, in a school that takes staff workload and wellbeing really seriously.

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TEACHER OF MATHS

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer. 🧵 1/5

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

If Reform had won, Labour's statement would be that this result is a stark reminder we need to listen and learn from voters who rightly feel betrayed by modern politics. But the Greens won by a comfortable margin, so it's: these voters are stupid and also sinister and, ugh, Muslims

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David Maloney @dtrmcr.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Picked up Bog People from my local library on Friday and powered through it over the weekend. Superb anthology of #folkhorror - no filler, all great tales. Highly recommended. www.awesomebooks.com/book/9781784...

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Bog People (New) | Hollie Starling | 9781784745820 | Awesome Books

'A masterful collection' MAXINE PEAKE'Astonishing and long overdue, you really need to read this’ ALAN MOORE'An absolute treat' ADAM S. LESLIEUnleash the dark…

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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Used this from Underground Maths today. (undergroundmathematics.org/introducing-...) Prompted great conceptual discussion around zooming in and looking at local properties on curves. It made differentiation from first principles so much easier to grasp afterwards too. Love UM! #MathsToday

Screen grab of task from https://undergroundmathematics.org/introducing-calculus/a-tangent-is

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Jonathan Hall @studymaths.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Making use of the split tile buttons to complete the square even if the coefficient of x is odd. youtu.be/eFLhyWYLyZ8 #MiniMathsBots

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Completing the square with an odd coefficient of x

YouTube video by Jonathan Hall

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 07/02/2026

all talent really is? It's one thing that you have a knack for right away. That's all it is. it is a single pea buried in the mattresses of practice. You don't even have to have that one thing. Harping on talent is how they keep you from trusting you can do it. it's a grift.

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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I give my yr12 pure lot paper homework every lesson and one of them’s just pulled an uno reverse card out of their pocket and placed it on their desk. The gall! 😅

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Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The narrative that teens are all phone-obsessed hermits is so damaging and over simplified - we need to celebrate the other narratives like this one: amazing work from the young lads cumbriacrack.com/2026/01/26/t...

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Teens help rescue five people from Lake District’s Striding Edge – cumbriacrack.com

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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

There is money for "education" if and only if that money is being directly funneled to corporations. Anything involving actual learning, however, well there's no magic money tree

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Jonathan Hall @studymaths.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Used a double number line in #MathsToday to help pupils get to grips with going from one number to another using multiplication.

A double number line with the 1 and 7 times table and a series of 'fill the blank' questions such as 21 x ? = 35.

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Em Bell @eltimbre.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

⭐Three vacancies for Maths Education Support Specialists at @meimaths.bsky.social ⭐ 1) School & Stakeholder Engagement 2) Secondary Teacher Support 3) Level 3 Teacher Support Closing date is 09-02-2026 More info can be found here: mei.org.uk/about/careers/ ⭐Please share⭐

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Careers at MEI - Join our team

We work at the forefront of innovation in education, developing ideas and practical solutions, and welcome the fresh ideas new colleagues can bring.

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Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

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

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GCSE Maths – Do Now

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Jilrubia @jilrubia.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Why don't they keep AI focused on scientific & medical uses, to enhance human intelligence instead of trying to replace it and turning us into stupid lumps devoid of imagination, wondering & problem solving abilities?

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Catriona Agg @catrionaagg.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Probability with Y12. I really like this RiSP about independent events, and this great MathsPad activity to practise the different definitions. It felt like we covered a lot in today’s lesson! #ALevelMaths #MathsToday

Addition rule for probability
P(A U B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A n B)
This is just a rule for not double-counting…
Illustrations of the addition rule for two events shown on a Venn diagram, a two way table, and a tree diagram

A diagram showing special cases of the addition rule for mutually exclusive, exhaustive and independent events.

Replace each of a, b, c and d in the Venn diagram with one of the probabilities below:
0.15
0.3
0.1
0.45

Work out P(A), P(B) and P(An B) from your diagram. Are events A and B independent?
Find a way of arranging the probabilities so that A and B are independent.
How many ways of doing this are there, if you are not allowed to repeat a probability?
What if repeats are allowed?

1. Use the clues to complete the Venn diagrams
2. Which pairs of events are mutually exclusive?
3. Which pairs of events are independent?
4. Which pairs of events are exhaustive?
5. Prove that mutually exclusive events cannot be independent.

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Jonathan Hall @studymaths.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Used this in #MathsToday in an attempt to get all of my Y10 understanding composite functions (a few were struggling after I introduced it yesterday). One pupil joked "they liked maths again" at the end of the lesson so I'll take that as a win!

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Sam Blatherwick @blatherwicksam.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

We are advertising for a lead practitioner (& we also have a maths teacher post we are advertising for too) If you're interested to come and work in a beautiful part of the country with a team who love to talk about maths teaching then get in touch! www.eteach.com/job/lead-pra...

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Teaching jobs and Recruitment - Eteach

The Eteach Group is an EdTech software and services company, dedicated to providing education recruitment solutions for teachers and support staff to connect directly with schools online and find the ...

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ceej @ceej.online · 10/01/2026

do you guys hear that bell tolling? wonder who it’s for. it’s so loud lmao

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