Mish Mash 🌈

@MathsEmporium The GCSE papers from Thursday are now on the Emporium. When are you adding the iGCSE ones please?

New! My 197th gems post. Ideas, updates and resources for maths teachers. 💎 resourceaholic.com/2026/04/5-math… Hat tips to follow. #mathsgems #mathschat #teammaths #mathscpdchat #mathstlp

Are you looking to harness feedback and pupil understanding in the classroom to adapt your teaching? The new Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) ‘Check.Adapt’ tool offers a simple scaffold for reflection. Find it here: educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/checking-…

You've heard of triangle numbers, square numbers, and perhaps even pentagonal numbers. But why stop there? Just found this article from Mathematics Teaching #112 (1985 p. 40)

New! My 194th gems post. Ideas, resources and updates for maths teachers. 💎 resourceaholic.com/2025/12/5-math… #mathschat #teammaths #mathsgems #mathscpdchat #mathstlp

This week won so here's the link (there are around 1200 files in all): bit.ly/DylanWiliamPow…. These are made available under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc…. This means you can Share and Adapt the material with the following conditions:

Room to improve: addressing common challenges in classroom practice is the key to narrowing gaps teacherhead.com/2022/10/30/roo… via @teacherhead

It’s live and it’s here! 📣 #TheGCHQChristmasChallenge has arrived, and your festive journey through puzzles, codes and brainteasers is ready to begin. Grab a friend, a pen and get solving to uncover the secret messages via seven fiendish puzzles! 🧵 gchq.gov.uk/news/gchq-chri…

If you need a Christmas resource for a lesson over the coming weeks, these may be handy. Lots of festive puzzles and some quizzes too. None are mine but gathered over the years. Hope you find them useful 🎅🎄 drive.google.com/drive/folders/…

New @EducEndowFoundn blog by @SENDMattersUK that expertly shares how SENCOs can lead vital shifts in teaching & learning: ‘How SENCOs, Teachers, and Teaching Assistants can bring metacognition to life in every classroom’ educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/sencos-te…

I am starting a series on teaching "hard-to-teach" topics in GCSE maths. The first of these articles looks at vector proof, and how teachers of maths might approach teaching vector proof so that it makes sense for more pupils. Read my thoughts here: twinkl.co.uk/news/gcse-math… I would love to hear if this has worked for others, but if not what has. Comment on this post to let me know.

Exploring confusion around modelling: "I do, we do, you do" vs "Guided and Independent Practice" - teacherhead.com/2025/11/21/exp… via @teacherhead

As an added incentive to participate I'm sending WalkThrus books to anyone who has a blog published on #ClassroomVoices as a thank you for making the effort. Please do share your thoughts and ideas - a lesson, a theory, a policy, something that bothers you.. anything.

Hot take but I always see videos of the butterfly method go viral but I would *never* teach this method and here's why.

My favourite way to introduce an efficient strategy for finding lowest common multiples. #1001MathsBots

Made these for Y8 sequences. Looking to build up from term to term, multiples and nth term. mathshko.com/2018/09/24/lin….

New blog What the heck is coaching anyway? The importance of words meaning something. adam-robbins.com/2025/10/19/wha…

The utter genius and joy of using Don Steward tasks by @mathsjem #MathsConf39

If 10% is 12, can you calculate the others? A nice way to practise percentages of amounts. mathsbot.com/activities/per…

To wrap up #DyslexiaAwarenessWeek, here’s a reminder of how to support learners with dyslexia 💡 These strategies don’t just help those with dyslexia — they make learning better for everyone. 💬✨ @DyslexiaScotlan