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Teach First Secondary Mathematics @teachfirstmaths.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

We had a fabulous time in Newcastle at the end of July with our incoming trainees for National Gathering. We loved geeking out on mathematics pedagogy with them and had some great talks from @meimaths.bsky.social on AI and from @ncetm.bsky.social on connections in mathematics

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Photo of a whiteboard with post-it notes stuck on with trainee's pledges for September

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Teach First Secondary Mathematics @teachfirstmaths.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

We were joined by over 100 of our ECTs this week at their final training days in London, Manchester and Nottingham. It was a brilliant opportunity to reflect on their progress, celebrate their successes and hear all about the ambassador projects they've worked on this year 🥳 #MathsToday

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A photo of flipchart paper with the prompt 'something my pupils taught me about mathematics...' in the middle and post-it notes with responses stuck on

A photo of an academic poster on a desk with the title 'How to encourage girls to pursue STEM post-16'

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Teach First Secondary Mathematics @teachfirstmaths.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

We're looking forward to seeing our Year 2s for their final training day of the programme next week! We will be looking at challenge without acceleration and digging into the new problem solving resources from @mathshorizons.bsky.social #MathsToday

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Teach First Secondary Mathematics @teachfirstmaths.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

It's just three weeks until we are headed to Newcastle with our incoming trainees for a big in-person finish to Summer Institute. We're excited that as well as their core/mathematics sessions, trainees can choose to attend sessions from @meimaths.bsky.social and @ncetm.bsky.social as part of Ed Fest

Screenshot of a slide promoting a session from MEI entitled 'Maths into AI' on Friday and a session from NCETM entitled 'Connections in Maths'

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Teach First Secondary Mathematics @teachfirstmaths.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Today is our first subject seminar for full-time Summer Institute trainees. This is the holding slide if anyone fancies a go at some lovely problems #MathsToday

1. Three consecutive numbers multiplied together give 3360. What are the numbers?
2. If you wrote all the integers from 0 to 600, how many times would the digit 5 appear?

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Teach First Secondary Mathematics @teachfirstmaths.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Y2s engaged superbly with their final online seminar last week. They looked at the problem with problem-solving with David Thomas from @axiommaths.bsky.social, were introduced to @meimaths.bsky.social by Sharon Tripconey & Carol Knights, and reflected on the culture of their mathematics classrooms 👏

Screenshot of a slide showing the timings of sessions for the seminar with a welcome, and then sessions on problem solving, MEI and 'the culture of my classroom'

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Teach First Secondary Mathematics @teachfirstmaths.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

We loved our last training days of the year with Y1s last week. Trainees in London, Birmingham and Leeds looked at using rich tasks, different ways of scaffolding, and calculator use, as well as diving into the topic of iteration. They also shared their advice for next year's cohort #MathsToday

Flip chart paper divided into two columns: benefits and challenges. Post-it notes are stuck under each heading detailing trainees thoughts about benefits and challenges of using rich tasks.

Flipchart paper with the title of 'advice' and post-it notes stuck on with advice from trainees for suture cohorts.

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Teach First Secondary Mathematics @teachfirstmaths.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Was great to see our Y1s at training days in Birmingham, Leeds & London last week. We loved hearing how you're getting on in school and geeking out on some maths with you all. Trainees also got thinking about their next steps in their practitioner research for their PGCE assignment #MathsToday

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Photo of a women delivering training with a screen that displays an activity that involves sorting quadratic graphs into a two-way table

Image of post-it notes stuck on a sheet of paper answering the question 'what's gone well?' The post-it notes cover things such as improved relationships with students and getting better at lesson planning

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