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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I have a stitch and bitch on Google meet now and I've just discovered all the effects. My friends have not joined the call yet. Excited for their reactions to cat with human mouth.

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Still feeling nervous energy after department review day. It was very helpful and pointed out how strong we've become and also areas that I'd become blind to that we need to work on. My, it was nerve wracking though.

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Anyone got any "best practice" on oracy and writing in secondary maths?

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In #MathsToday yr 10 did area of parallelograms and triangles. I started with a diagram with a "trap" side and made the first step to explicitly identify and discard the trap side. Significantly reduced issues of multiplying wrong numbers because they had it as part of the process.

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'm such a nerd. I'm meant to be going out for okonomiyaki later but I really just want to stay home and make notes on educational theorists in my pretty new notebook.

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CantabKitty @cantabkitty.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My new retort to kids saying "why should I learn how to code this when AI could do it for me?" Well _I_ could code it for you, what would be the point of that? Your mum could code it. The point is for YOU to learn something new.

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Dan Lewis @4301maths.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Some best-buy questions coming up for Year 8 next week. #ukmathsteachers #mathsteachers #mathstoday

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In #MathsToday yr 10 learned about finding 5% of amounts. Slowly slowly. Their weak numeracy makes it harder but we are getting there. One student can half things really well now, thanks to the springboard 7 materials so I need to use them more!

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JustMaths Mel @justmaths.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’ve now read all of Pearsons maths GCSE examiners reports … summaries for each can be found here … AQAs will go up on the weekend. If anyone would like to send me @OCR_Maths (I’ve had no response to my email!) I’ll read that sh1t to for ya 🤣 justmaths.co.uk/index-i-read...

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INDEX: I read the sh1t so you don't have to - justmaths

Reading all the maths related stuff so you dont have to

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Arrived home to the cat throwing up but also my aunt sent me a bottle of hotel chocolat espresso martini. Overall a win?

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Big thanks to mathsbot as the star of yesterday's open evening with Find the Prime. We got the head teacher to set a score and then invited children to beat it. Very busy night as children refused to leave, wanting one more try to see if they could beat him.

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Woke up to discover chocolate chip pancake batter ready to be cooked for me into birthday pancakes. Top tier partnering.

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Brought my label maker into work and all the calculators are labelled now. My team all have "Best team" labels too.

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You all convinced me. Cultpen order in. A4+ dusty rose Leuchtturm, plain paper. Fancy highlighters, including metallic ones. And the newly released cherry blossom TWSBI fountain pen because it was right there.

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Discovered this morning that DumbCat is scared of my phone. He hopped up onto my bed to scream for breakfast then did a double take and back away upon seeing my phone resting on the bed. I then sneezed, which he is also scared of, so he fled.

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Had a great lesson #MathsToday with yr 11 doing algebra with angles. Good way to recap angle topic without feeling like a slog at the start.

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Working with a trainee psychology teacher and horrified to find the resources she was left, that have been in use for 5+ yrs are basically just "copy loads of text for 40 minutes then do an exam question" Helped her fix them Friday and she says today's lesson actually worked with her class.

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In #MathsToday #ALevelMaths I'm trialling a new HW approach with yr 12. HW is to be prepared to get 100% knowledge on a 15 minute test of the week's content. They do it, peer mark with exam mark schemes. I check and set detentions/interventions for those that do not get that point.

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Trying to decide if I need a new leuchtturm and paper mate flair pens so I can map out my theoretical framework. I have a tablet and one note and Note In. I have an A4 filofax clip book. But do I want pretty colours and nice paper?

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

That feeling when you find a theorist who neatly ties together your research question. I have a rabbit hole to dive down. #EdD #Bandura

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

As I'm updating my notes so they're all on Notion (easily sortable into groups and viewable on phone), I find that past me just ignored the methods of each paper I read, so I have to partially re-read each one. EdD is sometimes a journey of screaming "WHY" at past me.

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

In #MathsToday yr 10 got to grips with % of an amount without a calculator. Weirdly, doing it calculator first and then non calc actually seemed to help their fluency. I think it helped them get a sense of what the answer might be so they had more confidence with their numeracy.

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Does anyone have a good source of purple pens? The ones we get at work are... Bad. I want to buy in nice ones for my dept but the good pens only seem to come on red and green which we don't use.

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

In #MathsToday I did regions and inequalities with yr 11. I spent a lot of time making them focus on drawing the lines and reminding them that the region is the last step so don't worry about it until you get there. Moderate success. Also set Seneca HW for them for the first time today.

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

In #MathsToday I did % change with yr 10 and wondered why we call it reverse percentages and teach it as a topic but other inverses don't get that treatment. No "Reverse Area" or anything. I had 5/10 students in so we had a great time, got loads done.

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I did make lemon drizzle cupcakes though.

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Matt Woodfine @matttheapp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

⬆️ Level Up got levelled up Weak numeracy foundations can hold students back for years. Level Up systematically builds those foundations through 6 differentiated levels, helping students master, practise, assess and progress. New site here 👇 mathswhiteboard.com/levelup/home?update=sept2026

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I set aside time today to sort out my EdD readings for the year (for my modules) and to garden. Blackboard has not been updated to this academic year yet. It is raining and will continue to do so through the day. I guess I just have a day off then.

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Lovely Saturday morning run today. I am finally figuring out my calf issue - not an injury it turns out but a form problem. I'm so happy to be back running, there's nothing like the early morning chilly air and a good song to set you up for the day.

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In #MathsToday I did linear graphs with yr 11 (recap before inequality graphs) and same with yr 12, except yr 12 lead into differentiation from first principles. I like to make sure yr 12 starts with a headache so they know what they signed up for.

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I realised just now that that would be a literal bar model.

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Any other maths teacher who lift barbells? I spend maybe too long each gym session pondering how I could do something with barbell maths in lessons. It's such a nice "how do you combine bar and weights to get this" task. I immediately forget this on leaving gym though.

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Nathan Day @nathanday.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In #MathsToday, Year 10 did some some variation-inspired expanding and factorising of single brackets (Task 1 in interwovenmaths.com/quadratics) before moving on to some algebraic fractions, ending with a classic 'A Day in the Life' resolution question.

Worksheet titled “Task 1: Expanding and Factorising Single Brackets”, containing questions a–z in two tables. Each row gives either a factorised or expanded algebraic expression, with a blank space for students to complete the equivalent form; expressions increase in complexity from simple linear terms to multivariable polynomials.

$An algebraic fractions question that cancels out to 1.$

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In #MathsToday I asked my ECTs to run a KS3 maths club (they said yes for sure) and we debated names. Tentatively called "Happy Maths Club" unless we can come up with a better one. Tan(gerines) vetoed as needs GCSE knowledge despite how funny it is to us.

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I feel like such a good HoD: one of my team just came to thank me for his year 10 who he loves. They were mine last year, I got them juuuuust right and then passed them on.

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Nathan Day @nathanday.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

In #MathsToday, Year 10 did some some Interwoven Related Calculations and then started on my all-new Algebra Fluency page - answering 1000+ questions between them! interwovenmaths.com/algebra It also gave me lots of data to know where to focus lessons in the Algebra topic we're about to start.

A maths worksheet titled “Task 1.3.3 Adjusted Multiplications”. It begins with “Given that 32 × 45 = 1440” and presents six questions using this fact: calculate 1/32 + 1/45; solve 32x = 1440; find the area of a 32 m by 45 m rectangle; find 32% of £45; share £1440 in the ratio 44:1; and expand 32(45x − 1).

A second section headed “Hence…” gives six related questions with adjusted values: calculate 1/16 + 1/45; solve 32x = 1472; find the area of a 32 m by 4.5 m rectangle; find 33% of £45; share £1395 in the ratio 44:1; and expand 31(45x − 1).

A screenshot of https://interwovenmaths.com/algebra question

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

All day with my new year 11 form today and it was pretty decent. Some character, some laughs.

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Lunches prepped for the week, brownies baked for Monday department time. Top tier HoDing

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Everyone is at MathsConf or ResearchEd but I'm at the hairdresser's getting my hair all nice for the new academic year. Priorities.

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Catriona Agg @catrionaagg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

“Nothing of huge excitement” is the #MathsToday ethos. Tell us one little thing that happened in your classroom - it doesn’t have to be polished, or original, or your best ever lesson. If you’ve not done this before, I’d encourage you to join in. It’s a lovely positive habit for the new term.

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HannahKettleMaths @hannahkettlemaths.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Half Past Papers Updated Schedule! Free revision on Thursdays on TikTok and YouTube will resume next week (10th Sept). I know lots of you give these out for homework with the YouTube video, but the live lesson is there if students have extra questions! www.hannahkettlemaths.co.uk/half-past-pa...

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Back at work. I built such a great team. We're all just chatting but also strategizing. Laughs and fixing things.

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Picard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Picard management tip: The crew looks to you for how to behave. Set the tone for your ship.

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Shannon Proudfoot @sproudfoot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I've noticed two independent coffee shops here in Ottawa that have swapped the Americano on their menu for a Canadiano. Have people seen that in other cities too?

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Maths Locke @mathsmuse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I went away on holiday much later in the break than I normally do. Consequently, I keep forgetting I'm back at work this week.

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Bill Wilkinson @drwilkinsonsci.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

TGT is back. The kids are probably not back (though 5% are according to @teachertapp.bsky.social). But 1st September seems the right place to start and you could always show it at INSET instead. Discuss Danny Leon's amazing Eclipse Shot. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

Tuesday 1st September
This stunning shot is of Spanish Olympic skateboarder Danny León taken during the total solar eclipse experienced by parts of Greenland, Iceland, Portugal and Spain on 12th August this summer.
Danny and his team spent months planning the shot, choosing a ridge on farmland near Novales, 50 km northeast of Zaragoza where they could sent up a ramp at the right angle for the eclipse to be right behind.
Danny’s videographers and photographer José Ángel Izquierdo (Jai Cano) were set up around 500 meters away, which was key to the shot. They used a powerful telephoto lens, which makes distant objects appear close together so that Danny’s silhouette seems very close to the annulus (ring of fire) which appears during a total eclipse (Youtube video of the tick).
The day before they set up the ramp, practiced the trick and the shot and then hoped for perfect weather. At the moment of eclipse, Danny had just 30 seconds to do the trick and get it right on cue. A fairly simple trick for an Olympic skateboarder, but there’s no second chance*. No next Olympics in 4 years time.
Did you see the eclipse (the UK had around 90% of the sun obscured)
If you had to get a simple skateboard trick right on cue - could you handle the pressure?
Is this an achievement of sport, science or creativity? Is it art?

* there is another total eclipse next summer (2nd August) across southern Spain, but the sun will be much higher in the sky.

Tuesday 1st September
Did you see this stunning photo of skateboarder Danny León taken during the total solar eclipse last month?
It was months in the planning and required a powerful telephoto lens to take the photo from distance. Danny needed to get the trick right too as he only had around 30 seconds to perform on cue.
Watch: Video of trick

Did you see the eclipse?
If you had to get a simple skateboard trick right on cue - could you handle the pressure?
Is this an achievement of sport, science or creativity? Is it art?

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