Emily Rae

💛

Chris Hughs lying awake in bed on Love Island, looking thoughtful and a bit sad

I recognised Chris Hughes from the "lying awake thinking about his mistakes" meme from Love Island, but couldn't remember his second name.
This is why I don't really watch celebrity things, because I never know who anyone is 😆

Another great opportunity for #ALevelMaths students in the north-west region (sadly, we're too far east!)

Ahh, just checked the eligibility criteria for the Manchester one, and it's postcode based (sadly no HU postcodes!) Still, looks great for students in the eligible areas 😊

Oooh, I didn't know about the Manchester version! Thanks!

Maths: www.imperial.ac.uk/be-inspired/...

Further Maths: www.imperial.ac.uk/be-inspired/...

It's mainly online, with two in-person workshop days in London (on a Saturday) We had a few took part last year and they got a lot out of it (they organised themselves to get to London, and had their travel expenses refunded afterwards)
There's a maths version, and a further maths version:

Getting quite a few reference requests through from year 12 #ALevelMaths students for the Imperial mA*ths Online Programme at the moment. It's well worth encouraging students to apply, especially if they have some additional circumstances such as being in care, a young carer, free school meals, etc

Passive-agressive Teams settings, I love it 🤣

There are probably a very small set of circumstances where it would be appropriate - eg in safeguarding situations. In which case, you should probably just ring the person, or get someone nearby to notify them.

Three delivery options on MS Teams: Standard: Message will be sent as usual Important: Message will be marked as important Urgent: Recipient notified every 2 min for 20 min The third option is circled for emphasis

This strikes me as the sort of Teams feature that could be abused by people who think their job is more important than it is...

It's a shame the government doesn't ask teachers what would actually be helpful for them and their students 🙄
(I'm a huge AMSP fangirl, for the record!)

I had an A Level student respond to a question yesterday which I initially thought was wrong, then I realised they were actually saying the right thing but verbalising it in a strange way that made it sound incorrect.

We are thinking to start Core maths from next year.

Any advice? things to watch out for ?

I am looking in to AMSP nowadays for more information
#ALevalmaths #maths

Me too, it's how I introduce it 🙂

Honestly, I tend to play Devil's advocate and pick whichever side my students aren't on 🤣

We also mused over the advantage of using tau instead of pi... e^(τi)=1 seems neater! 😄

I didn't realise this was a thing (not that I ever send out emails with updates in a different colour, but if I do, I will now highlight instead!)

e^iπ = -1

In #MathsToday my year 2 further maths students were introduced to the exponential form of a complex number. I always love sharing Euler's identity with them... three of the big-player constants of maths combining together to make -1 always feels like an important moment! #ALevelMaths

Chip on the shoulder, maybe?
Thankfully, the ones I knew were pretty nice (mainly because I chose not to associate with the knob head ones! 😅)

🎓 With Oxbridge continuing to favour state-school applicants, this North East institution is fast becoming the top choice for elite students Find out more about Durham, the 3rd oldest English university ⤵️ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/12/bright-private-school-pupils-choosing-durham-over-oxbridge/

The original post used "elite students" to try and conflate "rich" with "bright"... 🤢

"Bright private-school pupils are choosing Durham over 'discriminatory' Oxbridge"

Well, this is a total surprise. When I was there 20 years ago, Durham absolutely was not rammed full of Oxbridge rejects from private schools
(/sarcasm) 🤣

Don't even get me started. There is always a massive queue for the one (1) staff toilet on our corridor at lesson changeover time. Not great for staff having any kind of issues where they might need to use a toilet more frequently 😣

Hello! I’m a new maths lead practitioner and have been given responsibility for developing a mastery curriculum for ks3 maths, trying to research as much as I can at the moment - any ideas for places to look/people to follow would be welcomed!

Ahh, just realised you're in the US 😁
Yeah, CERN is apparently a great trip - I haven't been, but our Physics department takes students every year; I think they usually incorporate a visit to the UN while they're there...

Huh?

Maths Inspiration is good. Bletchley Park is also a great trip. If you're thinking big, a maths trip to Florence to incorporate the Da Vinci and Gallileo Museums, and the opportunity to pose in front of the leaning tower of Pisa with a comically large protractor (yes, some of our students did that!)

Wait, why do you get £0 for the sale of your own book?!

In #MathsToday I ran a lunchtime session with some year 12 students where we looked at this activity. Trying to get them into the mindset of "just trying things and talking about what you're doing", with the eventual idea of leading to Oxbridge-interview-style questions
share.google/RtVNN66Y9bq1...

The alarm clock is now in place and set for tomorrow. Excited to leap out of bed tomorrow morning like it's the middle of summer 😅