By Mark Dawes (December 2020) What is your response to the instruction “draw the net of a cylinder”? To draw a rectangle and two circles...

by Julie Jacques (November 2020) This week saw the first session of the Cambridge Maths Hub work group on Mathematical Thinking for GCSE....

by Chris Clayton (September 2020) I was reminded of the early foundations in the teaching of mathematics when I attended a seminar on...

By Mark Dawes (September 2020) This blog post is aimed at those who want to find out more about the Cambridge Maths Hub, either because...

By Julie Jacques (July 2020) Geometry is one of the most beautiful and versatile areas of mathematics, which is why it is my favourite...

By Sue Southward (July 2020) I’ve been on an IT journey. It’s been a rollercoaster ride, and I wasn’t expecting it. I found myself using...

By Catriona Shearer (June 2020) I recently discovered that typing ‘roll a dice’ into Google brings up a whole host of virtual dice to...

By Mark Dawes (June 2020) It has taken me a while to realise that Zoom and Teams look different on a PC, on an iPad and on a Mac.  For...

by Livia Mitson (May 2020) I was working with a year 7 class on developing meaning around algebra.  We were scheduled to look at like...

by Livia Mitson (May 2020) One of the best websites for problem solving resources and rich tasks is median, which has resources written...

By Vicky Osborne (May 2020) This year I have taken on a new role as a Teaching and Learning Lead. My main interest is Teaching for...

by Ruth Colenso (May 2020) I was fortunate (and I think brave) enough to attend the London maths event on problem solving. It was run on...

by Livia Mitson (May 2020) Trying to teach maths in the lockdown seems to be mostly about using external websites such as mymaths,...

by Jon Dunning (May 2020) Jon set an imaginative task during school closure to his Year 7 class: “Ask me two questions about what we’ve...

by Mark Dawes (April 2020) What does the ‘FACT’ key on a calculator do? I am going to share here a lesson I teach in the classroom and...

by Livia Mitson (April 2020) One of the problems with maths being a subject that everyone has to study is that lots of people get fed up...

By Cordelia Myers (April 2020) In my last blog post I wrote about the sorts of mathematics parents and children might be able to do...

by Cordelia Myers (April 2020) Teachers are used to change. The way schools have adapted to the current crisis is breathtaking. Think...

by Livia Mitson (April 2020) “Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door” The problem with being a teacher and...

by Jo Cayley (March 2020) For the past 10 years I have organised an annual maths week at my school, a small village primary school with...