Tom Bennison

New one coming Thursday evening / Friday morning….

Yeh sorry I’ve often thought the same but never found the time to do it sadly :(

First batch of these were posted out yesterday :) thank you to those who have bought them. Still some available if you want to do a little bit of A-Level Maths and Further Maths every day in the run up to Christmas maybe these are for you…. #ALevelMaths

#ALevelMaths NB: Cost is covering printing, packaging and postage costs :)

Printed Advent Calendar 2025 The 2025 Dr Bennison Maths printed advent calendar. Professionally printed in full colour in Cornwall.Each door opens to reveal a QR code which will take you to a document on my website which will con

This year I have printed some mathematical advent calendars. Turns out this was more expensive to do than I anticipated. I have a limited number available if any of you would like to buy one? £8 including postage and a couple of extra little surprises.More details: buymeacoffee.com/drbennison/e...

#ALevelMaths please get involved in helping to produce some A-Level transition matrices for AQA A-Level maths.

Thanks to those who have sent data already. To hopefully make it easier to submit your prior attainment and @aqaeducation.bsky.social Maths A-Level Grade please use the file linked here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pdqqh... DM me for instructions on when to send it. Hoping to share beginning of November.

Yes they did. I have also contacted them. We were told it would be on the website on the 1st September - my reading of the calendar is that today is the second...

Excellent. Thanks Sam! Given the variability in grade distributions for the exam boards I’m wondering if there is something we can see in the transitions for different exam boards.

Who is up for this? #ALevelMaths #MathsToday

Ideally I’d like to obtain data from people who have cohorts doing the great AQA Maths A-Level and Further Maths A-Levels. If you could send me anonymised data that has the A-Level Mark, and associated average GCSE Points Score and GCSE Maths grade (ideally also the gcse board) I will collate data.

Inspired by the great previous work of @kerrydunton.bsky.social and because @themathsbazaar.bsky.social is only looking at progression to Edexcel A-Level maths I’d like to produce some transition matrices from GCSE to @aqaeducation.bsky.social Maths. I’m hoping to collect enough data to be useful

This is quite exciting! I wonder how much use it will be in typical delivery routing situations

@drtrapezio.bsky.social didn’t realise you were on here Luciano! Good to see you. How’s things?

Lovely drinks!! Really nice to have the chance to catch up properly @mathsjem.bsky.social

I’ve gone with Dusty Rose this year and got the embossing. I’m very very excited to start using it in a week!!
Love a matching pen loop too obviously.

Catch all get out for any mathematical definition!

I definitely want to be getting a copy as soon as possible!

October 11th I think. Harris Academy St John’s Wood

Sadly not. I heard you were doing a session - wish I could be there.

You going to the London one?

Well I think it was you I saw anyway :S

Haha I thought exactly the same. I was going to at the end whilst I was talking to Nilam but then you had gone and I couldn’t see you :(

Good fun delivering today - even though it wasn’t as I had planned! Thanks @blatherwicksam.bsky.social for lending a laptop when mine wouldn’t display on the board.

I think I’d say that is non-converging. I suspect our accepted definition probably depends on who taught us analysis at university and who taught them etc. definitions are often problematic. Like the definition that is used for increasing sequences at A-Level!

I always tell my students (there’s an occasional one who tries it) not too as I don’t think it is accepted in exams anymore. Interesting to see it used in an IB paper.

Huh?!

Thanks to @jowoodmaths.bsky.social I’ve corrected a misread of my own notes when I typed up my Paper 3. Question 10 should read as shown below. Corrected paper here: drbennisonmaths.com/Practice_Pap... #ALevelMaths

Bonus warmup grid for AQA Level 2 Further Maths this morning. Hope it is helpful to those of you with students doing it. I’ve planned the questions based on what was already on Paper 1.. drbennisonmaths.com/Warmup_Grids...

Question 11 is a bit scary. Give me a sec and I will check question 10 :)