Vicky OMaths

Agreed! Until the pastoral system of a school is inclusive, the entire school is not inclusive, and that’s why a lot of children who could do well in mainstream would prefer to be out of it.

Have you heard of ‘informal inference’? it’s an approach to teaching #statistics that can support students in developing their statistical reasoning skills. Many students don’t encounter inference until A-level, but in fact they can be introduced to these ideas from a very young age.

These are amazing and have you seen all the hints for Rep TV vault tracks too 👀👀

7 Ways to Get Math Students to Show Their Thinking Math isn’t just about answers—the process matters, too. These strategies spotlight reasoning and reveal student thinking.

Showing mathematical reasoning is more than a formality, or a speed bump to the correct answer. It’s how students make sense of problems, communicate ideas, and prove their reasoning so that others can learn from them. ⭐

#MathSky #ITeachMath

I wonder why so many #neurodivergent children can’t access school 🤔

www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...

Thanks so much Katie this is great!

Are SEND needs driving an increase in children being home educated? My talk from ResearchEd National 2025

Text and slides from my ResearchEd talk.

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Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

I hope September has been gentle so far. I recently learnt that not having dreams is a sign of chronic stress, and the past couple of weeks I’ve been having dreams for the first time in ages. It’s weird for September to start and not to be in education, but… I am dreaming now so there’s that ❤️

Students want more support for back-to-school anxiety Few students feel comfortable speaking to a teacher, school counsellor or mental health professional about anxiety of returning to school, survey finds

Few students feel comfortable speaking to a teacher, school counsellor or mental health professional about anxiety of returning to school, survey finds

SEND and inclusion: a recommended reading list Margaret Mulholland shares her recommended reads on equitable school leadership and how to further develop your inclusive practice

In @tesmagazine.bsky.social, @mmulholland.bsky.social shares her recommended reads on equitable school leadership & how to further develop your inclusive practice: www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

Just thinking about the joy of learning an instrument ❤️

What a lovely last (potentially ever) GCSE results day!

I guess my rescue is a boxer based on this 🤣

Or a special interest thing to do. I memorise stats, just because they’re sports related doesn’t make it any less dorky!

School refusal is also an outdated term, EBSA is better, and a good article here on why the language matters and how our trauma based response options open up:
Bps.org.uk/psychologist/cant-not-wont-rethinking-school-avoidance

I mean it’s the mail… 🤣 probably mentioned liking the dictionary at 11.
Also, that many A and A* a-levels… probably did know better than some of her teachers?
Kids want to be in school, those who school refuse are doing it because they don’t feel safe, wanted, or supported. Usually neurodivergent.

Or she had a chronic illness and managed to study from home and achieve these impressive results despite that.
Prioritising presenteeism over welfare is ableism.

at most, the final 10% of effort.

Results days for me are feeling more emotional and final this year than any other!
These days feel high stakes, but they are a culmination of 11 or 13 years of education *and life* and the variables are such that those who might try to hold you accountable should be reminded that you were

7 studies on how to boost learning you might not have heard of Teachers are often only exposed to the ‘blockbuster’ studies from education research, writes Mark Roberts, who shares seven lesser-known papers to inform your practice

Teachers often only see the ‘blockbuster’ education research, says @mrenglishteach.bsky.social, who shares 7 lesser-known studies that can help to improve your pupils' learning

Britain is not a broken society The country has serious problems but the right’s vision of it has become hysterical

Good column this. Ultimately the UK's problems are 'need to spend a bit more money' - big and important questions on what the right mix of public and private that should be, but no, we don't need a 'Meiji Restoration' level of upheaval!

If there were such a thing as an email discussion group aimed at giving #history #teachers and #maths teachers (mainly secondary) somewhere to discuss the history of maths and the maths of history with a view to exploring each subject in the other's lessons...

... who would join it?

#MathsToday 🏛️🎓

The support for #InclusiveOracy is growing. @theguardian.com.
Great work @voice21oracy.bsky.social.

www.routledge.com/Thats-My-Sto...

This is so powerful, neurodivergent kids carry a heavier emotional burden in mainstream schools.
The students in this report talk a lot about the negative impact of certain interactions with adults in school 😔

An old pathway headed out to sea, the end is not visible beneath the water.

Week 1 of summer hols spent in Cornwall, mostly on the beach. I’m covered in sand. The car is full of sand. The holiday house is full of sand. I step out the shower and still find sand over my legs. The dog whimpers at the sight sand.
The beach has no sand left.
Time to leave Cornwall 🤣

Why Don't Things Fall Up?: Seven fundamental science questions explored and explained Buy Why Don't Things Fall Up?: Seven fundamental science questions explored and explained by Shaha, Alom (ISBN: 9781529348194) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

Posting about about "Why Don't Things Fall Up" because I want people to read it. I don't think anyone else could have written a book quite like it - it as been described as "a great idea, beautifully executed" Sold for £3 so you know this isn't about the money (I'll make pennies per copy sold).

What constitutes problem-solving? #iTeachMaths #MathsToday

www.linkedin.com/posts/george...

Who is coming?

100%, the @ncetm.bsky.social mathshub networks need to be the model for all networks! It’s been instrumental in driving maths teaching forwards!