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Jemma Sherwood @jemmaths.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Also, probably not for the girls, but this on the tube made me smile this morning, so I feel like sharing

Jemma Sherwood @jemmaths.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

It’s a tough one! Teachers are almost always surprised when they see the use of “power” in this first slide. There’s not even clarity amongst staff, let alone pupils. We’ve tried to build in some deliberate practice of simply saying the words a lot, but does it reduce the misconceptions? Don’t know

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Jemma Sherwood @jemmaths.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Then “communicating maths” - pupils get grades for *how* clearly they communicate their mathematics.

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Jemma Sherwood @jemmaths.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

No external exam, so assessment come from knowledge tests, coursework-style investigations (anyone remember T-totals?) for pattern-spotting and generalisation.

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Jemma Sherwood @jemmaths.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Session 3 is Paul Rodrigo on what he’s learnt about assessment from teaching the Middle Years Programme in Sweden.

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Jemma Sherwood @jemmaths.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Function notation for communicating transformations. “What’s the effect on the coordinate?”

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Jemma Sherwood @jemmaths.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Introducing transforming graphs without algebra, just to focus on coordinates and shape.

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Jemma Sherwood @jemmaths.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Session 2 at #mathsconf38 and it’s @blatherwicksam.bsky.social on transforming graphs. Starting off with a great exercise going back and forth on linear graphs.

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Jemma Sherwood @jemmaths.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Also examples of getting it to make naff resources (and calling it “fun” like we’re in 2007). I don’t think we should even be considering a world where we let AI create naffness for us because of some vague notion of timesaving or ‘embracing the future’. We need to be better than this.

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Jemma Sherwood @jemmaths.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Just bee reading it all through. In one of the modules is this suggested use case for AL Sociology. Talk about stopping students doing the hard thinking. It really worries me.

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Jemma Sherwood @jemmaths.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

And the keynote from Charlie Stripp, “Future Proofing Maths Education” starting with what’s going well.

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Jemma Sherwood @jemmaths.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

And now scratching our heads with Dave Hewitt with “Lots of 1s”. #FPTC2025

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Jemma Sherwood @jemmaths.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Great session with Tom Francome on algebraic thinking in the @lborodme.bsky.social LUMEN curriculum, including exploring Grid Algebra. #FPTC2025 @mathematicala.bsky.social @atmmathematics.bsky.social

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Jemma Sherwood @jemmaths.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I’m chuffed with how this one brings so much together for compare and contrast.

A grid called “everything we know about quadratics”

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Jemma Sherwood @jemmaths.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I have done an OAT Maths curriculum update in a while, what with not really going to the other place much. We’re getting close to finishing the five years now. Just released GM8 Surface Area and Volume and a gorgeous unit* on quadratic graphs and equations (A12). *Yes, I mean gorgeous.

Image of completing the square with algebra tiles.

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Jemma Sherwood @jemmaths.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

And now to the fabulous Imran Iqbal, describing a journey of creating effective PD at his school. #rEDBrum @researchedbrum.bsky.social

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Jemma Sherwood @jemmaths.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Tom Perry @twperry1.bsky.social talking through some big research on sustainable school leadership. Really insightful work. #rEDBrum

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Jemma Sherwood @jemmaths.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

An important talk from @jamespmurphy.bsky.social on the effects of poor reading in adolescents. @researchedbrum.bsky.social

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