Matt Man
@mr-man-maths
2nd gen BBC, Mathematics teacher near the UK's second city. Developing A Level Maths Pedagogy LLME for GLOW Maths Exclusively on BlueSky - not using X anymore!
How effective are these multiple choice questions? See if you can figure out which papers / qualifications these are from! Find out more in my talk - this is on Sat 5th September in Liverpool! Get your tickets here: completemaths.com/community/ma... #ALevelMaths #Mathsconf41
Fascinating that multiple choice papers for A Level Maths were existence from June 1978 (almost 50 years ago) and it being running right up to January 1993 before it stopped. Find out more about its usefulness for our current A Level Maths / Further Maths syllabus in my talk on #Mathsconf41
What a year! An honour to share with workgroup leads and the @ncetm.bsky.social with the impact that we have brought to raise attainment for all using teaching for mastery at #ALevelMaths. My thanks go to my school, to GLOW Maths Hub, and to many others (you know who you are) for your support.
Bought a geeky Maths board game which is great for Open Evening for prospective students in the future!
Looking through some alternative sources of questions that can be used for either Y12 and/or Y13, these source of questions came as a hidden gem. Below is from June 2024 Edexcel IGCSE Further Pure Definitely worth looking at - I've used a few for my Y12s! #ALevelMaths @andrewmaths1.bsky.social
Highlights from my workshop today: These were the questions that the participants found interesting from papers abroad. What do you think? #MathsConf40
Thank you so much for all that attended my workshop on looking at questions from overseas especially the Maths problems from 🇭🇰 Hong Kong which could be used for KS3, GCSE and #ALevelMaths. My slides will be updated to include links - look out for an email from @lasalleed.bsky.social! #Mathsconf40
I really like "Method 3" of how @blatherwicksam.bsky.social solves AS Further Maths inequalities. #Mathsconf40
Nice reminder that it is not just curve sketching that we can use for solving quadratic inequalities. We could use the boundary method too! @blatherwicksam.bsky.social This makes me think about my Y11s who still struggle with this topic - might just give it a go!
Looking forward to seeing @blatherwicksam.bsky.social's updated inequalities session! #Mathsconf40
Fair play to Colin @aqaeducation.bsky.social! I asked from one of the National Workshops to do a workshop on this and now I'm listening to it! #MathsConf40
Ah, thanks @mathsjem.bsky.social for the shout out! Definitely look at exam papers from other sources for additional challenge for KS3 students #Mathsconf40
So lovely to see @mathsjem.bsky.social giving a shout out to @draustinmaths.com whilst listening at #Mathsconf40! There's also a few gems that were great reminders!
Now looking at how to stretch our KS3 students, so we're off to @mathsjem.bsky.social! #Mathsconf40
This is coming up at a perfect time. It's almost time to review our scheme of work (I made lots of changes last year) so it's nice to see how other schools (such as here from Joe Berwick) does his. And then he covered the large data set - which I'm stepping in to teach for Monday! #Mathsconf40
Such a privilege to have two observers to come in and watch my A Level workgroup from GLOW Maths Hub / @ncetm.bsky.social! Another enjoyable year with brilliant engagement by all participants on the theme of improving lower attainers at A Level using Teaching for Mastery.
Currently on my thinking trek for my talk on #MathsConf40 next week. And what a great way to do it but to visit a local library in Hong Kong to compare international paper questions compared to the UK. (Plus I found @edsouthall.bsky.social's book too)
There's going to be some discussions, analysis, and things to learn from my session this time next week on Teachers Talk Connect @ttradioofficial.bsky.social. How can we move 'em up to a strong start in A Level Maths? Want to find out more? www.ttradio.org/connect2026 #Mathstoday
#Mathstoday Last Thursday, it was day 2 of the GLOW Maths Hub LLME day where it was brilliant to discuss about the latest updates to maths education about equity and oracy, and winning a t-shirt! This was followed by an excellent evening at the Artrix Bromsgrove and seeing @standupmaths.bsky.social!
There's one in the International A Level paper from January 2025 (F2): #ALevelMaths #Mathstoday Though I do think that that series of specimen papers are very tough!
sway.cloud.microsoft/nsyp6dZhQ1Wk... Scroll to the bottom for the article that I wrote about Day 2 of the Developing A Level pedagogy workgroup #ALevelMaths
One thing that I'm passionate about (other than #Mathstoday) is to lead on celebrating my roots. Nothing comes better than for the school in joining in the Chinese (Lunar) New Year celebrations! House competitions, a special Chinese lunch that is popular amongst all students, and more to come!
I assume something like this Rob? assets.ctfassets.net/pc40tpn1u6ef... It probably was - one of my workgroup participants came up with the idea, but didn't realise it was a resource from Susan Wall! It's a brilliant one. And yes, A3 whiteboards are really a must for A Level! #ALevelMaths
The participants from the Developing A Level pedagogy workgroup have been brilliant! One participant commented about "Day 2 has always been the most enjoyable part of this CPD course" Lots of procedural variation used in the live lesson, with a look in to conceptual variation at the end #ALevelMaths
In #ALevelMaths last Thursday, I delivered a live lesson where the GLOW Developing A Level Maths pedagogy workgroup collaboratively planned on the equation of a circle. What an experience for the students who engaged brilliantly and represented the school; and for the teachers who jointly planned!
Day 2 of the Developing #ALevelMaths pedagogy workgroup - this is where the excitement really develops. 90 minutes for the workgroup to plan a live lesson which I will then deliver to the Year 12s, with a focus on variation theory. Looking forward to this!
Thank you @catrionaagg.bsky.social for this. Yes, this was a question for C v B and A v A* #ALevelMaths
Day 1 of Developing #ALevelMaths pedagogy completed! A fabulous workgroup where we looked through aspects of teaching for mastery (A Level style!). We focused a lot of variation theory. Impacting across Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Birmingham - well over 500 students benefit from this!