Factorising non-monic quadratics – A department’s view

I have never been particularly happy about the way I teach factorising non-monic quadratics (quadratics where the coefficient of x2…

Teaching Logarithms

Despite this being mainly a blog on using technology to teach maths, I still have a deep appreciation for the…

I love sequences. I like their sometimes predictable nature and I love their sometimes unpredictable nature. I thought I’d share…

Recently there seems to be a bit of a backlash against using technology in lessons. Examples include @Katie_s_Ashford’s humorous tweets…

It is an exciting time to be a maths teacher, particularly for those of us who teach in Wales. From…

Last year I did a bit of an action enquiry looking at using graphing software in maths lessons. My enquiry…

The school where I work has recently been inspected by Estyn, the education inspectorate in Wales. (Estyn is Welsh for…

This brief post owes its inspiration to @MrNiksMathClass who shared some of the below on twitter recently. So we all…

A fellow maths teacher (@sitaylor7) at my school introduced me to this little curiosity. Since investigating, I believe that full…

I used Geogebra to introduce my Year 12 further maths class to circles. I wanted the students to see the…