Maths Inspiration

Our spring shows are now open for booking!
- 5th March BATH Forum
- 10th March BRADFORD St George's Hall
- 23rd March READING Hexagon Theatre

Speakers include @sparksmaths.bsky.social, Aoife Hunt, @mscroggs.co.uk , Jen Rogers and in Reading - Matt Parker!

Show details here mathsinspiration.com

Exciting news: our two Cambridge shows on 10th December feature @oliverdunk.com who works for Google. A chance for your Y11/12s to discover what's happening at the cutting edge of AI technology. Book here: mathsinspiration.com @cambridgemathshub.bsky.social

Teachers! Why not provisionally book for autumn Maths Inspiration shows now - you don't have to pay till September.
Shows in Manchester, Birmingham, London, Cambridge, Brighton, Winchester and Kingston. (Spring shows will be Reading, Bath and Bradford). www.mathsinspiration.com

Breaking news - on Dec 11th we're bringing 'Much Ado About Numbers' to The Rose Theatre in Kingston, whose layout is based on the original Elizabethan Rose Theatre. Great for Year 10/11, you can provisionally book now, and pay in the autumn mathsinspiration.com/much-ado-aut...

Wondering how to get your Year 9s/10s/12s engaged in the final weeks of term? We still have seats available for the afternoon show in Dulwich - and we can make some of them FREE for you even if you aren't in Southwark.

The morning Much Ado show in Dulwich on 11th July is sold out, but there are still seats available for the afternoon.

Our Year 9/10 summer shows are booking up fast.
The Birmingham & Newcastle shows are full, there are still seats available in Exeter and the Dulwich pm show.

Rob Eastaway: Shakespeare's mathematical life and times In this episode of Maths on the Move we talk to our friend Rob Eastaway about his book Much Ado About Numbers: Shakespeare's mathematical life and times.

It's #Shakespeare's birthday!! To celebrate we look at the maths of his life and times with the amazing Rob Eastway who has written a marvellous book about the topic plus.maths.org/content/rob-... @mathsinspiration.bsky.social

Teachers in London - treat your Year 9s/10s to an educational theatre trip to Dulwich in July. Note that seats are FREE for schools in Southwark. mathsinspiration.com/much-ado-sum... @lthames-mathshub.bsky.social @histassoc.bsky.social @mathematicala.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social

Maths Inspiration - Inspire your teenagers with our interactive maths show Maths Inspiration is a programme of maths enrichment lecture shows for teenagers around the UK. It's a chance for Year 11s and sixth formers to experience inspiring maths speakers live, in theatres and concert halls

Teachers: want some fun maths enrichment this summer for your Year 9s/10s? Why not provisionally book for one of our four fab shows:
- The Magical Maths Show with Ben Sparks (Exeter & Birmingham)
- Much Ado About Numbers with Rob Eastaway (Newcastle & Dulwich)
See: www.mathsinspiration.com

If you'd like to join me and @SparksMaths.bsky.social for some maths communication training, the LMS has booked us to run some more of our all-day workshops - in Edinburgh on 11th June and online on 24th June. Details here:

Maths teachers - have your say!!

English and mathematics collaboration survey

Maths & English teachers - what is your experience (if any) of collaboration between the two subjects?
Please take part in this joint @mathematicala.bsky.social /
@englishassociation.bsky.social survey app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/gsoe/engli...

Talking of English & Maths - we had a great Year 10 turnout for the Much Ado (Shakespeare & his mathematical world) show in Chester yesterday. But...as far as we know, no English teachers attended, only maths teachers. Is the prospect of maths a deterrent? @englishassociation.bsky.social

English and mathematics collaboration survey

Maths & English teachers - what is your experience (if any) of collaboration between the two subjects?
Please take part in this joint @mathematicala.bsky.social /
@englishassociation.bsky.social survey app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/gsoe/engli...

(2) Much Ado About Numbers with @robeastaway.bsky.social in
NEWCASTLE (1st July)
DULWICH (11th July)
mathsinspiration.com/much-ado-sum...

Summer term shows for Year 9/10 now open for booking.

(1) A Magical Game Show with @sparksmaths.bsky.social in
EXETER (18th June)
mathsinspiration.com/events/?id=197
BIRMINGHAM (10th July)
mathsinspiration.com/events/?id=198

Want to meet a Countdown star? One of the speakers at our Bradford show (11th March) is @tomrocksmaths.bsky.social (aka the new Carol Vorderman) mathsinspiration.com/events/?id=191

Teachers! Four Year 9/10 shows this summer:

* 'A Magical Game Show' in EXETER (18th June) and BIRMINGHAM (10th July) with Ben Sparks @sparksmaths.bsky.social

* 'Much Ado About Numbers' in NEWCASTLE (1st July) and DULWICH (11th July) with Rob Eastaway @robeastaway.bsky.social

Here's our 20th anniversary booklet. It's a great read! mathsinspiration.com/resources/mi...

Sixth form maths teachers! On 14th March (Pi Day), the University of Lincoln is putting on a FREE maths day, with
@sparksmaths.bsky.social and @robeastaway.bsky.social as speakers
www.lincoln.ac.uk/eventsandcon...

Sixth form maths teachers! On 14th March (Pi Day), the University of Lincoln is putting on a FREE maths day, with
@sparksmaths.bsky.social and @robeastaway.bsky.social as speakers
www.lincoln.ac.uk/eventsandcon...

Maths Inspiration - Inspire your teenagers with our interactive maths show Maths Inspiration is a programme of maths enrichment lecture shows for teenagers around the UK. It's a chance for Year 11s and sixth formers to experience inspiring maths speakers live, in theatres and concert halls

Happy New Year!

We have some exciting shows coming up in March.
Bath and Reading are already provisionally full (!), but there's still space at:
5th March CHESTER (@robeastaway.bsky.social solo show)
11th March BRADFORD (@sparksmaths.bsky.social et al)

Book here: www.mathsinspiration.com

Enjoyed the AMSP Christmas quiz so much, I’m doing it again after school with my Year 10 Further Mathematicians. The Core Maths Geek in me loved it! @sparksmaths.bsky.social 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Teachers - looking for a bit of end of term educational fun? We're doing a FREE live 55 minute quiz on Zoom this Weds at 2pm, hosted by Sophie Maclean and Ben Sparks. It has a "Core Maths" flavour and is accessible to a wide range of Y10-Y12 students. mathsinspiration.com/xmas-quiz-2024

@ayliean.bsky.social in #MathsToday I took y12 to @mathsinspiration.bsky.social talks. Brilliant as usual. Ss buzzing at the end. Many Thanks !@sparksmaths.bsky.social @ayliean.bsky.social

All teachers and other adults in education are free. Likely summer Much Ado shows in Stratford-upon-Avon 24th June, Newcastle late June/early July. And possibly Wimbledon or Kingston.

FREE teacher/teacher-trainee/other-educator seats available for Much Ado About Numbers in Cambridge this Tuesday morning (10th Dec). Please email sarah @ standupmaths .com if you'd like to come. mathsinspiration.com/much-ado-2024

Free seat for you if you can make it.

Four shows in March: Regular Y10/11/12 shows in BATH, BRADFORD and READING...
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...plus a KS4 'Much Ado About Numbers' cross-curricular show at CHESTER Storyhouse on 5th March. mathsinspiration.com/much-ado-spr...