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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We had open morning in school yesterday. I used the selection problems from Axiom Maths as one of our activities, was great to see so many children try them out. Felt like we created some real interest in Maths Circles for prospective students #MathsToday

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I sent out a survey to all Y7 students earlier this week, I did not expected the results to cause me to consider the philosophy of life and maths as much as this response did #MathsToday More generally, I'm interested to find how our student attitudes to Maths may change as Y7 progresses

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Very interesting and informative report from the Sutton Trust around how opportunity for students is affected by location, gender, background. Was surprised by some of the trends shown in the report. Would recommend anyone in education in the UK reads this www.suttontrust.com/our-research...

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Crossing Paths - The Sutton Trust

How gender, ethnicity, and place shape opportunity.

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Saw something recently about AI making an incorrect quadratic graph. Gave me an idea to use AI to create "common sense" check questions. Students often don't check if their answer makes sense. I try to embed this in my teaching, this will help. Started with quadratics #mathstoday shorturl.at/Y7jfq

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I asked Gemini to make a pre-req check for eqns of horizontal/vertical lines, starting with plotting coordinates. Gave back some questions I wouldn't have thought of. Will be great discussion/thinking questions for my group. Finding lots of use for AI as a partner to plan lessons. #mathstoday

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Some start of Y13 content algebra revision/check for understanding resources I have used that may be useful for others. Functions, Partial Fractions, Modulus. Worked solutions given by clicking the questions. sites.google.com/rodingvalley... #ALevelMaths #mathstoday

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I wrote a post about a way I've been trying this year to help engage students with abstract ideas within Maths. It may give you some ideas for your lessons. open.substack.com/pub/harryzaf... #MathsToday #ukmathschat @mathsjem.bsky.social

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Providing Context to the Maths We Teach

In this post, I share some ideas on how we can get students to engage with abstract ideas in Maths.

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Used Gemini to create a few MWB checks for when I introduce partial fractions to Y12 on Monday. Happy with what I got back. I find I save a lot of time using AI for A-Level Maths tasks. PDF versions here drive.google.com/drive/folder... #MathsToday #ALevelMaths

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1st Class Maths @1stclassmaths.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Practice Paper 2H Edexcel (a bit ahead of schedule) Expect foundation tomorrow evening (hopefully) www.1stclassmaths.com/_files/ugd/9...

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Dr Frost Resource Team @drfrostresource.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Looking for additional GCSE Maths revision materials? Check out our common topic papers 👇 🟢 Edexcel: buff.ly/KtY6vdP 🟣 AQA: buff.ly/83S2MoJ 🟠 Eduqas: buff.ly/6sbh0Rq 🟡 OCR: buff.ly/ts9RWWR 🔴 WJEC: buff.ly/1i0CRa9 ⚫ Edexcel IGCSE: buff.ly/e6Bdu4j

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Jo Morgan @mathsjem.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

New! My 196th gems post. Ideas, updates and resources for maths teachers. 💎 www.resourceaholic.com/2026/02/5-ma... Hat tips to follow. #mathstoday #ukmathschat #alevelmaths

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Dan Rodriguez-Clark @interactive-maths.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Ever wanted to annotate on a Desmos file? I have a new free tool that allows you to do just that! Useful for #MathsToday www.interactive-maths.com/desmos-annot... @mathsjem.bsky.social @studymaths.bsky.social @themathsbazaar.bsky.social @colleenyoung.bsky.social @suzannerelou.bsky.social

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Jonathan Hall @studymaths.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Looking for simple to use, customisable axes or graph paper? I've made a couple of tools for this. Designed to be printed or pasted into PowerPoints etc. The snipping tool (win+shift+s) is your friend. mathsbot.com/printables/g... mathsbot.com/printables/a...

An example generated by the graph paper resource.

An example generated by the axes resource.

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

I wrote a post on how I've been thinking about scaffolding maths lessons recently, using AI to help reduce the workload. May be useful for other maths teachers #MathsToday open.substack.com/pub/harryzaf...

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Scaffolding a Mathematics Lesson, with Help from Artificial Intelligence

I explain how I scaffold a lesson on the topic of finding the nth term of a linear sequence, using AI to help with the process.

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

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Scaffolding a Mathematics Lesson, with Help from Artificial Intelligence

I explain how I scaffold a lesson on the topic of finding the nth term of a linear sequence, using AI to help with the process.

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Teaching Vectors to Y12 tomorrow. Wanted to break down some of the individual skills into short activities as a scaffold/ to support fluency. Generated these activities to display after the explanation. Very impressed with what Gemini has generated #MathsToday #ALevelMaths

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Dale Chapman @dalechapman.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Just getting to grips with building a website so excuse the state of it But i've built this Graph Theory Key Terms connect the dots using vibe coding (thanks @harryzafar.bsky.social for all of your work in this area). About 50 mins worth of work. www.mrchapmanmaths.com/blank-3 #MathsToday

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Graph Theory Key Terms - Connect the dot | My Site 1

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Jo Morgan @mathsjem.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

New! My 195th Gems post. 💎 Ideas, resources and updates for maths teachers. www.resourceaholic.com/2026/01/5-ma... Hat tips to follow. #ukmathschat #mathstoday

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Emily Rae @ecrmaths.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

It's been a while since I shared this, but if anyone has recently joined Bluesky and is looking for people to follow who teach/post about A Level Maths (and post-16 Maths education), you might find this useful: go.bsky.app/znERv2 If you post about these things and would like adding, let me know 😊

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Japleen Kaur @japleenkaur.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I just created this using your advice. Wow! I am blown away! I also added the new grid option too. Thank you. 😊 🙏 😊

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

In #MathsToday I've been using the OAT Maths resources to teach Circle Theorems to year 11. Finding them fantastic for scaffolding and supporting student understanding The maths Conf session back in June from @jemmaths.bsky.social was a great introduction to using the resources

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Geometry & Measures – OAT Maths

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Erick Lee @theericklee.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Thanks for posting the steps. I tried it out and created a Google Site to drop the html into so that I could share a like on a Google Classroom. sites.google.com/gnspes.ca/ca...

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I am still finding it incredible how quickly AI can produce high-quality questions for my lessons. These are fantastic for displaying on the board and clicking to reveal answers as students work, a few at a time. Took 2 mins to make and they sequence exactly as I wanted! #MathsToday

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I wrote a post about one of the ways in which I've been using AI as part of my lessons. It may be worth a read if you're interested in creating tailored resources for your Maths lessons open.substack.com/pub/harryzaf... #MathsToday #ukmathschat

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Using Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Mathematics Resources

AI in the Secondary Mathematics classroom

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Some new resources for Scatter Graphs/Regression for GCSE Statistics. Uploaded to mathboardwalk.com Made them as part of experimenting with AI to generate worksheets, all quality checked. #GCSEStatistics #MathsToday

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 30/12/2025

A belated Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁 Some new resources added today: ✨ Generating formulae from words match-up ✨Quadratic formula problem in context practice grid Find them both at www.draustinmaths.com/algebra #UKMathsChat #MathsToday

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Joel Kenyon @joel120193.substack.com · 29/12/2025

Some schools do a test at the end of every topic. For some, this can mean 10 tests a year, not including end of year. This may be trying to game the testing effect, but this isn't increasing outcomes as much as you may think. We test three times a year. open.substack.com/pub/joel1201...

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More Testing ≠ The Testing Effect: What is the Testing Effect?

The Testing Effect enhances long-term retention through retrieval practice, not frequent testing. Completing more tests doesn't mean you'll get the testing effect.

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Haven't made anything for GCSE Stats for a while. Thought I'd try experimenting with AI worksheet generation for Spearman's Rank. Happy with the result! drive.google.com/file/d/1WjB0... #GCSEStatistics #ukmathschat #MathsToday

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Been finding it helpful to get GCSE coverage of topics easily (as quick recaps) with AI-generated questions, rather than snipping from various sources. Pythagoras example here The flexibility, for example, of asking for one question to be changed in a certain way is great #MathsToday #ukmathschat

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Jo Morgan @mathsjem.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

New! My 194th gems post. Ideas, resources and updates for maths teachers. 💎 www.resourceaholic.com/2025/12/5-ma... Hat tips to follow. #mathstoday #ukmathschat #alevelmaths

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

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Using Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Mathematics Resources

AI in the Secondary Mathematics classroom

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

My response to my year 10s *pleading* for a fun Christmas lesson. Put the word Christmas on a set of questions #MathsToday

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

My favourite AI thing so far - I asked it to make a festive site to accompany a worksheet for the final lesson of the year with my Y7s sites.google.com/rodingvalley... #MathsToday

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Most recent AI discovery - Using Gemini to create a quiz which will let students review their answers and see worked solutions when it's done. It'll also send me the scores per question to review. Been trying to get this format for a while as a checkup activity #MathsToday #ALevelMaths

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Been playing around, making more Y12 starters. Now can select topics and randomly generate questions, with worked solutions. Not perfect, but pretty good. Took about 10 mins to make and refine. sites.google.com/rodingvalley... #ALevelMaths #MathsToday

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Missed lots of lessons with Y12 recently. Wanted to get them to study at home without just using videos. Got AI to generate this lesson on transforming trig graphs. Click screen to navigate. Think it's quite good. Best viewed on a desktop sites.google.com/rodingvalley... #MathsToday #ALevelMaths

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Recently been using Gemini to make mini-whiteboard check questions. E.g. ask to build up difficulty, wrong answers are common misconceptions, reveal working (can specify method) Saved time (took few mins in total) and good questions. Generates HTML code that can be opened in a browser #MathsToday

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Putting together a revision lesson on Trig Eqns (Year 12), and got AI to generate a worksheet with worked examples. Happy with the results Can prompt to get the type of questions you want (e.g. certain intervals, kind of question, increasing difficulty) shorturl.at/n5Gwu #MathsToday #ALevelMaths

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Been using AI to make A-Level questions as starters for Y12 lessons, which it seems very good at. Worked solutions are great too Created as a web file that can be opened in any browser. Click to reveal solutions. drive.google.com/file/d/1L0wu... #MathsToday #ALevelMaths

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Was in an art museum gift shop earlier, in Milan, and came across these round dice. Never seen them before, but found the idea an interesting hook for teaching around fairness when rolling dice. They're weighted, so it lands without rolling off the table! I bought one because they look fantastic

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Jo Morgan @mathsjem.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

New post: tasks with scaffolding www.resourceaholic.com/2025/10/task... #mathstoday #ukmathschat

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Tom Bowler @ridermeister.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

That time of year again... Please share the below booklet with any pupils thinking of studying maths at universities that use interviews as part of the admissions process. www.drfrost.org/downloadable... #MathsToday #AlevelMaths

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Dr Frost Learning

Dr Frost provides an online learning platform, teaching resources, videos and a bank of exam questions, all for free.

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · 31/08/2025

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

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Been getting into some A-Level lesson planning for September and got this fantastic AI summary from Google to a question I wanted to check on Thank you for the clarification, very helpful stuff #mathstoday

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Karen @karenshancock.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Just uploaded a new between papers GCSE Statistics Higher set of questions (with solutions) here: kshancock.co.uk/gcsestats/st... @mathsjem.bsky.social @harryzafar.bsky.social #GCSEStatistics

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Edexcel Stats Higher Revision Papers kshancock.co.uk

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Put together a Practice Paper 2 for #GCSEStatistics Edexcel. Also have revision grids on some topics that didn't appear in Paper 1: -Index numbers -Risk -Normal distribution -QA and control charts -Summarising data (sd , interpolation, etc) all on mathboardwalk.com Hopefully useful #mathstoday

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Harry Zafar @harryzafar.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

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Ben Rooney @benrooney.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Have made some potential Paper 2 revision papers for #GCSEstatistics for Friday. Please feel free to use them. @mathsjem.bsky.social drive.google.com/drive/folder...

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Statistics - Google Drive

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Michael Booker @mbooker89.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Thanks for this. I have adapted this list and ordered topics by likeliness of appearance based on previous years. ***** topics have appeared every year since 2019. docs.google.com/document/d/e...

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Topic List Higher.docx

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