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Headington Helen

@headingtonhelen.bsky.social
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Head of Maths in Oxford, teaching everything up to A level Further Maths. Mentor for trainee teachers. Interested in all creative ideas in the classroom.

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Only the Tony @acripedes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So, a question. If I want to use Google to identify a building of which I have a picture on my phone, Google Lens comes up with "Allow access to your photo library". If I agree does that mean Google will immediately scrape *every* photo on my phone?
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Headington Helen @headingtonhelen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@headingtonnews.bsky.social and other Headington peeps, there's a continuous high pitched noise in the St Leonard's Rd area-- started yesterday. Any idea what this is?
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Headington Helen @headingtonhelen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Hannah R @missradders.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
LONDONERS? …
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Jo Morgan @mathsjem.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I’m incredibly excited to launch HoD Space - I genuinely think it is going to be a game changer in secondary school maths departments. Sign up for a free trial today: www.hodspace.com My blog post explains what, how and why: www.resourceaholic.com/2026/08/hod-... Please share! #ukmathschat
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Sam Blatherwick @blatherwicksam.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Have any a level maths teachers been asked to deliver part of the a level engineering course at all? Would be good to talk to someone about it #alevelmaths
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Beyond: Secondary Teaching Resources @twinklbeyond.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
OUR SCHOOL, YOUR FUTURE? From 2028, 14-year-olds will get technical education + work experience + employer connections. But the BIG question is: who decides which route a student takes? #EducationReform #TechnicalEducation #UKSchools #AndyBurnham #2028 #StudentVoice #FutureSkills #NoDeadEnds
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Headington Helen @headingtonhelen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I know it's the holidays, but I any suggestions for a new KS4 resource? Currently use Pearson Active Learn, but we all end up finding alternative questions, as insufficient skills building questions. We liked the style of good old-fashioned Rayner books from the 1990s. Any recommendations? 🙏
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Headington Helen @headingtonhelen.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I believe someone posted some helpful links for students sitting ESAT, but can't find them now. Anyone have some suggestions?-- asking as a parent, not a teacher (for a change!) Thanks
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Headington Helen @headingtonhelen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
All A level Maths teachers out there-- does anyone know where I could find a guide to all the different ways in which the new Cadio CG100 can help students in their A level exams. A recent discovery someone in my department made (for FM) was drawing equations of planes, showing intersections clearly
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Headington Helen @headingtonhelen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Thank you to #zoelgriffiths@bsky.social for another great Think Maths Day this week. This is from Y7's talk on Shapes & Smoke Rings. Y8 had Freaky Probability, Y9 Hidden Maths of Technology and Y12 heard about Maths of the Simpsons. Look forward to next year!
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Andy McHugh @andymchugh.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I’m on the hunt for a designer of magazines, books, etc, for some upcoming Teacher Writers projects. BlueSky network do your thing! Please repost and tag anyone you know who might be interested!
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Axiom Maths @axiommaths.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Full report: axiommaths.com/year-7-moment/ Our blog: axiommaths.com/blog/our-res...
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Our research: The Year 7 moment — Axiom Maths
The transition from primary to secondary school can make or break a pupil’s attitudes towards maths and school. Pupils arrive in Year 7 full of optimism. Within months, for many high-attaining pupils, that optimism fades.…
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Paddy MacMahon @paddymacmahon.com · 06/01/2026
One current and one former pupil in that line-up. Very proud! #MathsToday
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Headington Helen @headingtonhelen.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I have a team of Maths Ambassadors, their role is to promote the subject throughout the school. To launch Maths Week they ran an amazing assembly to our junior school on Fibonnaci. It started with dressing up a volunteer as Fibonacci and ended with a challenge of finding the golden spiral in nature.
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Tommaths (he/him) @teakayb.mathsy.space · 27/10/2025
If anyone was thinking of getting a SIGNED copy of The Mathematicians' Library for someone for Christmas, I have 42 copies ready and raring to go: £25 (+ £5 delivery in the UK unless you can pick it up from Milton Keynes). As always, a boost of this post would be much appreciated 😁
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Headington Helen @headingtonhelen.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Huge thanks to @mathforge.org for organising the inaugural Oxfordshire Youth Maths Conference this week. Our 6 students who participated loved it and my colleague who took them said it was just right-- superb presentations by the students, not too long and the right number of breaks. Congrats!
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Becky G @rlmathematics.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Hi maths teachers. I don't suppose anybody would ever willing to share a lesson on telling the time on an analogue clock for year 7 (set 9 of 9), please. My laptop has broken, yesterday of all days, so I am in a bit of a pickle this week. Thank you in advance
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Headington Helen @headingtonhelen.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
I recently ran a Maths Song Competition across both our senior and junior school. Although I had fewer entries than some of my previous competitions, the winning entries really blew me away with their creativity, collaboration, and cross curricular skills.
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Emily Rae @ecrmaths.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
#ALevelMaths teachers! The free Oxford livestreams for the MAT and PAT start this week (PAT on Wednesday, MAT on Thursday) - if you have any students applying to Oxford for Maths, or Physics/Engineering, I would encourage them to join. I've had students in the past who have found these useful 😊
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1st Class Maths @1stclassmaths.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
If you have 5 mins and can help me with this YouTube nonsense instructions at the end of this video. It won't take long but will flag the videos to them. Appreciate retweets. If this gets resolved I can get back to making papers! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b6z...
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Corbettmaths @corbettmaths.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Finishing off the GCSE Paper 3 resources & am so grateful for the praise that we've received 🤩 As a thanks, we're giving away lots of mugs & pens! 🎁 To enter, RT by 9pm Tues Also, schools planning ahead can make big savings with our fantastic discounts: corbettmaths.com/wp-content/u...
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Kerry Dunton @kerrydunton.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
In #mathstoday we were let down by a company for our curriculum enhancement week in 2 weeks time. Does anyone have any suggestions of people /companies we could try (I know it's short notice) ideally based near Norfolk who could come to us. We have 100 students to keep amused on Fri 20th June 🙏
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Headington Helen @headingtonhelen.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Huge thanks to @zoelgriffiths.bsky.social for another great Think Maths day with Y7, Y8 & Y9. Looking forward to next year already!
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Will Matthews @mrwmatthews.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Any maths teachers out there use or have used Complete Maths? @mathsjem.bsky.social would be grateful of a share. :)
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Headington Helen @headingtonhelen.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Really enjoyed hosting the UKMT Team Challenge yesterday. Lots of organising for the day to run smoothly, but mission accomplished!
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Headington Helen @headingtonhelen.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Does anyone know of any Desmos courses? My colleague has looked into those run by AMSP but these appear to be only open to teachers at maintained schools (we are independent). Grateful for any suggestions 😊
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