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Dan Draper

@dandraper.bsky.social
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Writer: flash; short stories; audio drama; having another crack at a novel. Maths teacher: mostly in the classroom; occasional freelance bits; some ITT roles with fancy job titles. danieldraper.uk

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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
transformations of functions and modulus stuff at the moment too and have finally got it that if they haven’t done a sketch, the first thing I’ll say is ‘ooo show me a sketch, let’s have a look’ 😅)
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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
to sketch them. Got into a bit of transformations of graphs (but nothing explicit or pinned down) and explicitly discussed and played with parameters (using desmos rather than algebraic substitution into discrim. etc.). Worked really well to get them out of procedural working. (My 13s are doing
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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I have all my lessons with year 12 pure on the same day, and yesterday we started quadratics and didn’t do a bit of algebraic manipulation until the 3rd lesson. We played about with what they look like in sketches and why etc. I gave them all three forms (or two if no roots) when asking them
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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 · 06/09/2026
Amazing! 💪🙌
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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Thanks Nathan, glad they’re useful!
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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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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Hate these!
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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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Animated Boy with Glasses Thinking Deeply
ALT: Animated Boy with Glasses Thinking Deeply
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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Bowland maths! www.bowlandmaths.org.uk/projects/ind...
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Classroom projects
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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
😅🙌
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Sam Blatherwick @blatherwicksam.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
proportion and ratio tables #maths
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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Love this!
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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
It’s so worrying that they trust in it so blindly!
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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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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Omg it would actually be really helpful. One of my year 12s keeps skipping ahead and ‘teaching himself’ using LLMs and it’s not working.
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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 · 16/06/2026
It’s made me squirm so much. To talk about your family like that IN THE PAPER? With YOUR NAMES AND PHOTOS? Diabolical.
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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Fair point! I’ll let it marinate* for a few days and see what I can come up with. *🕺🏼
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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I love reading these every week! The thought of trying commit to a list of my own feels sacrilegious though 😅
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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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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
My sister has this set up and I rinsed her for it so much. Ate humble pie once I got it for myself though! Can read without curling up like a prawn training for the World’s Worst Posture Finals? Turning pages from under a blanket? Game-changing.
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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I was accepted for A Level years ago and never got a contract, and then last year applied again but didn’t have enough experience. (I had the right amount in the right timeframe, but decided that actually I have all on with one GCSE contract!)
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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
He says Amazon, 4 for £12ish!
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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
No idea - only our ECT has them! Will check with him Monday 👍
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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 · 16/05/2026
Feels like it goes against the principle of ‘mark positively’.
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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
15 for me!
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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Closes Tuesday! 🙌 It’s dead good here.
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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Love this!
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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
Few clarifications for the UTC of it all: - Still teaching GCSEs, A Levels, etc., same as any other school - Teacher pay scale, pension and burgundy book - We don’t have a catchment area, but recruit pupils from all over the local area for our specialisms (engineering and health/life sciences)
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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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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I mean there’s plenty of reasons an adolescent might not hit their potential at 16 but thrive later, surely? And then some kids might coast through GCSE and not really be that fussed but then love the challenge of A Level and enjoy the step up and get more out of it so work more etc.
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Dan Draper @dandraper.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Same here, one of my yr13s is on track for an A and came in with a 6. Their work ethic and commitment has been brilliant!
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Hannah R @missradders.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
You have until Wednesday to apply for one of my 2 vacancies. We are DELIGHTFUL.
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an elderly woman is holding a piece of paper that says go on .
ALT: an elderly woman is holding a piece of paper that says go on .
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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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clever display name lacker @pfish.zone · 29/03/2026
Colonel Mustard saying the quoted skeet
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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-slopesScreen 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
😅 Thanks Karen!
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