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Lisa Emerson @liemers.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Thank you. Thats really helpful!

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Lisa Emerson @liemers.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Does anyone teach OCR #ALevelmaths and have any insight into what topics from pure would be good to revise for papers 2 and 3? I teach Edexcel, but I’m helping a friend’s daughter do some final prep for her OCR papers. Thanks!

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Lisa Emerson @liemers.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Indeed…it just confused some as the next part of the question asks you find when Y=4X (or the other way round) which they felt was impossible if Y was negative. Most didn’t even go there as you weren’t asked for Y!!

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Lisa Emerson @liemers.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Part (c) I think. It asks you to find the mass of X. The mass of Y isn’t asked for, but is negative

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Does anyone else do Edexcel #ALevelMaths for FM? I got a negative mass on Q9 CP1 which threw me until I realised we weren’t being asked to evaluate that variable…but surely that’s confusing? Some of my students did the same as me and spent ages rechecking the question.

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I am totally stealing this for next year!

It’s a great city in the sunshine - enjoy!

That is a brilliant present!!

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I’ve heard it is now appearing on markschemes. I think I will do some digging to see if I can find any examples…but I agree that this is risky.

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This is my concern, but it seems an increasing number of students are using it now (and we don’t teach or encourage it in college!)

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Thank you! Do you teach this method in class?

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Emily Rae @ecrmaths.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

In #ALevelmaths….what are people’s thoughts on the D-I table method for integration by parts that I’m increasingly seeing from students. Does it score full marks? See photo…

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In #ALevelMaths Further Maths, we are addressing the eternal question of "but how was I supposed to know it was a hyperbolic substitution?" #MathsToday

A table of terms in an integral (such as 1 + x²) and a suggested substitution such as x = sinhθ, with the corresponding identity

Some integration questions using the suggested identities from the previous table

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Lisa Emerson @liemers.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Students love my rubber band filled ball…but we used ones that actually bounce for this!

Lisa Emerson @liemers.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Yesterday in #ALevelMaths we had lots of fun bouncing balls - calculating the coefficient of restitution and then using it to estimate the height of the room. Organised chaos! An activity picked up from the AMSP / MEI further mech course.

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Lisa Emerson @liemers.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I’m hoping to examine this year, but haven’t received a contract yet.

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Lisa Emerson @liemers.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Have you done it before? How much teacher involvement is there? It looks like students just enter and participate independently?

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Lisa Emerson @liemers.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I’d missed this…may have left it too late to get involved this year.

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Lisa Emerson @liemers.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Ok. So I tried this with my pure A Level marking. It meant a hellish start on Q15 yesterday, but I really appreciated the ease of the ‘later’ questions today…although a vectors question at #6 was not welcome!

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Lisa Emerson @liemers.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

That’s a brilliant idea! I’m trying it tomorrow!

Lisa Emerson @liemers.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

In #MathsToday, my FM #ALevelMaths classes got totally absorbed doing the volumes of revolution ‘CrackTheCode’ activity from @draustinmaths.com - thanks for sharing such great resources!

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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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Taka @taka-does-stuff.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

The #BM100 sheet has a 2026 tab now! - Not a primary source, and neither are most of its sources, WILL contain misinformation - Don't share screenshots, share the link, so people see corrections - Refresh the page manually even if it says it can do it automatically docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

docs.google.com

Barkley Results

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John Sugden @johnsug.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Not a helpful chart, but approximately 8.5 hours in; we could see first loop finishers soon if conditions aren't too nasty #bm100

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Lisa Emerson @liemers.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

In #MathsToday we took 20 year 12 students to Maths Fest at the Royal Institute - what a brilliant and engaging day of maths fun!

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Hannah @neechmaths.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Sure, I found it on resourceaholic www.thechalkface.net/resources/op...

thechalkface.net

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Benjamin Cornish @mathematicians-pod.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I've started a "Maths lesson Bingo" with my students. Can anyone suggest some phrases for my next card to be 4*4? #alevelmaths

3*3 bingo card of phrases I say a lot each day, eg "have you checked the formula book?"

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Thanks for all the ideas! This is my mech class, so they won’t do FP1…but I have taught them cross product anyway!

…I always forget about examwizard - thanks!

Yes…I’d been meaning to buy this for ages (as I love the ALevel one)…and actually got round to buying it this morning when I realised it probably has exactly what I need! Am assuming I won’t have it by Thursday though!!