Can testify as a parent of conscientious teens that this causes anxiety and huge upset - if you work your socks off and get what feels like a terrible grade because you've been tested on what you haven't been taught, it's pretty dispiriting

This applies not just to Year 10 and not just to formal assessment. Assessing children’s ability to answer questions on topics they haven’t been taught only reveals (and widens) the advantage gap.

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This cannot be repeated often enough. Stop testing year 10s on things they haven’t been taught yet, *especially* if the main reason is, “we need the grade boundaries.” That’s not a strong enough reason to counter any of the reasons not to do it.

With under two weeks before the A-level maths exams, I'd like to share all the unit tests I've written for IB AASL/HL. Not all topics covered in A-level are covered here, and vice versa. Links in the comments. Please spread the word if you find them useful! Jo Morgan Jemma Sherwood (@jemmaths27 on Threads)

Chen is thinking of a number. It's bigger than a breadstick but younger than his teeth. If Chen's number is an acute angle, then which bag does the maths test go in and what label do you put on it?

If anyone has a linear A Level Scheme of Work that they'd be happy to share with me my DMs are open.

I'm especially interested if you've put Radians in Y12!

Sheena Karen Charlotte Hawthorne Mrs Jagger Stuart Price Hannah 🐦 Dawn MA NPQSL 🐦 💙✖➗➕➖💙💛 Jemma Sherwood (@jemmaths27 on Threads) Jo Morgan

Tarquin's long history means we have a wonderful collection of books and resources for #art and #mathematics - take a look at the collection tarquingroup.com/collections/ma…

Today's treat - Ever used the regression functions to find nth term. Again please teach first and then get pupils checking their answers this way.

Link to all my calculator cards:
drive.google.com/drive/folders/…

Annual reminder about my *free* GCSE Maths Breakfast Warm Up resources. We will have 230 students doing these in the hall on Thursday morning, with the maths team circulating to support and encourage. Always works really well. Download here -> tes.com/teaching-resou… #mathschat

If I were Labour Shadow Ed Sec, these are the policies I would start working on now:

1. End charitable status for independent schools. Tax fees like anything else, having subtracted the per pupil funding in that LA.

Bridget Phillipson Lucy Crehan Daisy Christodoulou ..oh and ignore anyone who suggests an academic curriculum isn't left wing. From Diggers to the Levellers, Tressel and Orwell, to Alan Sillitoe, to the Manic Street Preachers to Benjamin Zephaniah, Britain has a very proud history of working class and socialist intellectualism

Such a lovely feeling when you see your ideas being used elsewhere 😊😊

Standard form with Y8.

I’ve realised that my mental model has always been like the blue working: start with the digits, then apply powers of 10.

The red approach goes the other way: start with the place value, then slot in the digits. I’m becoming a convert.

Are there many secondary schools using numeracy ninjas during tutor time? Have you found it beneficial? Currently fighting for time in tutor with literacy, character education etc . MrsWright Mr Burns Head of Maths Jemma Sherwood (@jemmaths27 on Threads) Jo Morgan Mrs Number Nerd

I’m really enjoying the discussion and justifications happening around this.
Also I’m imagining the headline: “maths teachers can’t agree on whether something is a number”!