Dan Draper
@dandraper.bsky.social
Writer: flash; short stories; audio drama; having another crack at a novel.
Maths teacher: mostly in the classroom; occasional freelance bits; some ITT roles with fancy job titles.
danieldraper.uk
Maths teacher: mostly in the classroom; occasional freelance bits; some ITT roles with fancy job titles.
danieldraper.uk
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When shit feels bad, remember that WE ARE CURING CANCERRRR
GOOD NEWS! A personalized mRNA vaccine has SUCCEEDED in keeping melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, from returning. Phase III trial results in MORE THAN 1,100 patients shows the vaccine SIGNIFICANTLY extended the time patients lived without their melanoma returning AND reduced the risk of metastasis.
Moderna and Merck say mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in late-stage melanoma trial
A personalized mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in a late-stage melanoma study, results that could herald a new, powerful approach in oncology.
www.statnews.com
September 12, 2026 at 4:33 PM
When shit feels bad, remember that WE ARE CURING CANCERRRR
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My first morning in the Omaze house. I didn’t sleep. I could hear crying from behind the door I’m not allowed to open.The only thing to eat is frozen prawns. I went for a wander round the 4 acre garden and found a box of VHS tapes marked ‘For the next one’. I’m sure it’s fine. I’m sure it’s all fine
September 12, 2026 at 7:46 AM
My first morning in the Omaze house. I didn’t sleep. I could hear crying from behind the door I’m not allowed to open.The only thing to eat is frozen prawns. I went for a wander round the 4 acre garden and found a box of VHS tapes marked ‘For the next one’. I’m sure it’s fine. I’m sure it’s all fine
15 minutes into Widow’s Bay. Can already tell I’m going to be insufferable about this show to all and sundry.
August 8, 2026 at 7:59 PM
15 minutes into Widow’s Bay. Can already tell I’m going to be insufferable about this show to all and sundry.
Soz, tin foil hat time. I reckon all this school closure chat is to distract from that report that said ten billion pounds were wasted on PPE contracts.
August 2, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Soz, tin foil hat time. I reckon all this school closure chat is to distract from that report that said ten billion pounds were wasted on PPE contracts.
This is like a three word review of what you’ll find in my house.
Never let the cynics and naysayers grind you down. You *can* have it all at once.
July 4, 2026 at 7:53 PM
This is like a three word review of what you’ll find in my house.
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Right maths teachers.
In #mathstoday I am planning a problem solving SoL for KS3 using one lesson per fortnight of our extra timetable time.
Think ICCAMS/ NRich/ Improving Learning in Maths - that kind of vibe.
I’m doing ok but have spare sessions.
Hit me with your fave tasks please!
RT 🙏🏻
In #mathstoday I am planning a problem solving SoL for KS3 using one lesson per fortnight of our extra timetable time.
Think ICCAMS/ NRich/ Improving Learning in Maths - that kind of vibe.
I’m doing ok but have spare sessions.
Hit me with your fave tasks please!
RT 🙏🏻
Animated Boy with Glasses Thinking Deeply
ALT: Animated Boy with Glasses Thinking Deeply
static.klipy.com
July 3, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Right maths teachers.
In #mathstoday I am planning a problem solving SoL for KS3 using one lesson per fortnight of our extra timetable time.
Think ICCAMS/ NRich/ Improving Learning in Maths - that kind of vibe.
I’m doing ok but have spare sessions.
Hit me with your fave tasks please!
RT 🙏🏻
In #mathstoday I am planning a problem solving SoL for KS3 using one lesson per fortnight of our extra timetable time.
Think ICCAMS/ NRich/ Improving Learning in Maths - that kind of vibe.
I’m doing ok but have spare sessions.
Hit me with your fave tasks please!
RT 🙏🏻
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Thought this might be worth a reshare for people having conversations with year 12s about university applications. A spreadsheet of UCAS data by STEM subject (tabs along bottom) showing published entry criteria, most common grade profile and lowest grades of students accepted on to the course. 1/2
June 24, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Thought this might be worth a reshare for people having conversations with year 12s about university applications. A spreadsheet of UCAS data by STEM subject (tabs along bottom) showing published entry criteria, most common grade profile and lowest grades of students accepted on to the course. 1/2
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Seeing a lot of “the heat only kills the elderly and those with existing conditions, stop complaining” and feeling a familiar sense of disappointment.
I don’t know how to explain that you should care about people etc etc but also: we are all people and vulnerable.
I don’t know how to explain that you should care about people etc etc but also: we are all people and vulnerable.
June 24, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Seeing a lot of “the heat only kills the elderly and those with existing conditions, stop complaining” and feeling a familiar sense of disappointment.
I don’t know how to explain that you should care about people etc etc but also: we are all people and vulnerable.
I don’t know how to explain that you should care about people etc etc but also: we are all people and vulnerable.
Halfway through The Fifth Elephant (reading the Watch novels in order) and I think Detritus is becoming my favourite Discworld character. Him sticking up for Cheery made me tear up. I love him so much. 🥹
June 20, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Halfway through The Fifth Elephant (reading the Watch novels in order) and I think Detritus is becoming my favourite Discworld character. Him sticking up for Cheery made me tear up. I love him so much. 🥹
Been to the doctors and he had to look in the back of my throat. I TOOK MY GLASSES OFF. So embarrassing.
May 27, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Been to the doctors and he had to look in the back of my throat. I TOOK MY GLASSES OFF. So embarrassing.
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That Guardian 100 best books doesn't even have the best Hilary Mantel on it. Ridiculous.
May 16, 2026 at 9:48 AM
That Guardian 100 best books doesn't even have the best Hilary Mantel on it. Ridiculous.
Closes Tuesday! 🙌 It’s dead good here.
We’ve got a vacancy due to relocation. Years 9-13, great colleagues, approachable and sensible leadership, great location for Derby/Notts. We’re small and close-knit, but not in a cloying way! (It’s great.) 1/2
www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy...
www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy...
Teacher of Mathematics, Derby - Tes Jobs
UTC Derby Pride Park, United Kingdom
www.tes.com
May 10, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Closes Tuesday! 🙌 It’s dead good here.
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Finishing up with Year 13 in #Mathstoday, looking at some slightly lesser spotted questions to do with integration and logarithms
#Alevelmaths
#Alevelmaths
April 30, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Finishing up with Year 13 in #Mathstoday, looking at some slightly lesser spotted questions to do with integration and logarithms
#Alevelmaths
#Alevelmaths
We’ve got a vacancy due to relocation. Years 9-13, great colleagues, approachable and sensible leadership, great location for Derby/Notts. We’re small and close-knit, but not in a cloying way! (It’s great.) 1/2
www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy...
www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy...
Teacher of Mathematics, Derby - Tes Jobs
UTC Derby Pride Park, United Kingdom
www.tes.com
April 23, 2026 at 7:16 PM
We’ve got a vacancy due to relocation. Years 9-13, great colleagues, approachable and sensible leadership, great location for Derby/Notts. We’re small and close-knit, but not in a cloying way! (It’s great.) 1/2
www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy...
www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy...
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Some "Power Equations" , equations with indices, or whatever you like to call them.
(And so detached from posting here I realise I don't have a clue what hashtag to use... 😐)
Downloadable version with worked solutions here:
kshancock.co.uk/lessonresour...
(And so detached from posting here I realise I don't have a clue what hashtag to use... 😐)
Downloadable version with worked solutions here:
kshancock.co.uk/lessonresour...
April 22, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Some "Power Equations" , equations with indices, or whatever you like to call them.
(And so detached from posting here I realise I don't have a clue what hashtag to use... 😐)
Downloadable version with worked solutions here:
kshancock.co.uk/lessonresour...
(And so detached from posting here I realise I don't have a clue what hashtag to use... 😐)
Downloadable version with worked solutions here:
kshancock.co.uk/lessonresour...
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Ormiston River Academy are looking for a Director of Mathematics. Could it be you?
The school is in Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex. Take a look at the advert and apply by Monday 27th April.
mynewterm.com/jobs/137152/...
Reposts welcome!
The school is in Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex. Take a look at the advert and apply by Monday 27th April.
mynewterm.com/jobs/137152/...
Reposts welcome!
Teacher of Mathematics - Ormiston Rivers Academy, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex
Closing date: Midnight, Mon 27th Apr, 2026. View full details and apply online at MyNewTerm.
mynewterm.com
April 15, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Ormiston River Academy are looking for a Director of Mathematics. Could it be you?
The school is in Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex. Take a look at the advert and apply by Monday 27th April.
mynewterm.com/jobs/137152/...
Reposts welcome!
The school is in Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex. Take a look at the advert and apply by Monday 27th April.
mynewterm.com/jobs/137152/...
Reposts welcome!
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You have until Wednesday to apply for one of my 2 vacancies.
We are DELIGHTFUL.
We are DELIGHTFUL.
April 10, 2026 at 3:29 PM
You have until Wednesday to apply for one of my 2 vacancies.
We are DELIGHTFUL.
We are DELIGHTFUL.
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Short stories are great. You can read one before breakfast.
Ta so much for short stories. I chuffing love them when I'm too busy, don't have enough brain space to keep up with reading a novel in 20 minute blocks, or just want to slip in a start to finish tale, and you do write them so well!
April 8, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Short stories are great. You can read one before breakfast.
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Oh yeah definitely the one thing sci fi and fantasy has been missing is the male gaze
April 9, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Oh yeah definitely the one thing sci fi and fantasy has been missing is the male gaze
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New! My 197th gems post. Ideas, updates and resources for maths teachers. 💎
www.resourceaholic.com/2026/04/5-ma...
#ukmathschat #mathstoday #alevelmaths
www.resourceaholic.com/2026/04/5-ma...
#ukmathschat #mathstoday #alevelmaths
April 3, 2026 at 10:40 AM
New! My 197th gems post. Ideas, updates and resources for maths teachers. 💎
www.resourceaholic.com/2026/04/5-ma...
#ukmathschat #mathstoday #alevelmaths
www.resourceaholic.com/2026/04/5-ma...
#ukmathschat #mathstoday #alevelmaths
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Had to write about an imaginary culture where the social norms are different so I spaffed on about a society who communicate through dance because it’s about the only verb I could bloody conjugate. 🤡
Revising for a French written test I’ve got next week and I’m in that bargaining stage. ‘How badly can I do and still pass if I nail my speaking test?’
March 26, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Had to write about an imaginary culture where the social norms are different so I spaffed on about a society who communicate through dance because it’s about the only verb I could bloody conjugate. 🤡
Used this lovely task from Underground Maths with year 12 today. I love that it has no calculating, it’s all reasoning. 🥰🙌 undergroundmathematics.org/calculus-mee... #MathsToday #ALevelMaths
March 26, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Used this lovely task from Underground Maths with year 12 today. I love that it has no calculating, it’s all reasoning. 🥰🙌 undergroundmathematics.org/calculus-mee... #MathsToday #ALevelMaths
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📊 New KS4 PD materials!
Statistics and probability materials now available to support subject knowledge, planning and classroom practice.
Explore core concepts including representations, analysis and probability.
www.ncetm.org.uk/news/new-ks4...
#Maths #EduSky #UKMathsChat
Statistics and probability materials now available to support subject knowledge, planning and classroom practice.
Explore core concepts including representations, analysis and probability.
www.ncetm.org.uk/news/new-ks4...
#Maths #EduSky #UKMathsChat
New KS4 Professional Development Materials: Statistics and probability
Explore the key ideas that underpin statistics and probability at Key Stage 4
www.ncetm.org.uk
March 25, 2026 at 3:30 PM
📊 New KS4 PD materials!
Statistics and probability materials now available to support subject knowledge, planning and classroom practice.
Explore core concepts including representations, analysis and probability.
www.ncetm.org.uk/news/new-ks4...
#Maths #EduSky #UKMathsChat
Statistics and probability materials now available to support subject knowledge, planning and classroom practice.
Explore core concepts including representations, analysis and probability.
www.ncetm.org.uk/news/new-ks4...
#Maths #EduSky #UKMathsChat