Jamie Wood
@jamiewoodmaths.bsky.social
Maths teacher for 8 years, I now make maths revision resources for a website.
I mostly taught A level Maths & Further Maths in a sixth form, but I now produce content for all sorts of maths courses and levels.
I mostly taught A level Maths & Further Maths in a sixth form, but I now produce content for all sorts of maths courses and levels.
jammyix.github.io/orderoftrans...
There is now a section for both af(x)+b and f(ax+b)
Enjoy and let me know any feedback (or horrific errors!)
There is now a section for both af(x)+b and f(ax+b)
Enjoy and let me know any feedback (or horrific errors!)
September 22, 2026 at 10:06 AM
jammyix.github.io/orderoftrans...
There is now a section for both af(x)+b and f(ax+b)
Enjoy and let me know any feedback (or horrific errors!)
There is now a section for both af(x)+b and f(ax+b)
Enjoy and let me know any feedback (or horrific errors!)
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BREAKING NEWS: New cat species just dropped! 🧪
What is a tilcayo, exactly?
Well, it's a small wild cat in the genus Leopardus and a member of the tiger cat species complex, but it is NOT a tigrina, oncilla, kodkod, Geoffroy's cat...
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
What is a tilcayo, exactly?
Well, it's a small wild cat in the genus Leopardus and a member of the tiger cat species complex, but it is NOT a tigrina, oncilla, kodkod, Geoffroy's cat...
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Meet the First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 years
A small, spotted tiger cat from Bolivia may just be the beginning of a wave of new small cat species.
www.nationalgeographic.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:50 PM
BREAKING NEWS: New cat species just dropped! 🧪
What is a tilcayo, exactly?
Well, it's a small wild cat in the genus Leopardus and a member of the tiger cat species complex, but it is NOT a tigrina, oncilla, kodkod, Geoffroy's cat...
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
What is a tilcayo, exactly?
Well, it's a small wild cat in the genus Leopardus and a member of the tiger cat species complex, but it is NOT a tigrina, oncilla, kodkod, Geoffroy's cat...
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
This inspired me to make something with claude about transformations of the form f(ax+b)
Have a play with it here:
jammyix.github.io/orderoftrans...
(well aware there are many similar versions of this about online with desmos etc, but wanted to see what claude could do)
Have a play with it here:
jammyix.github.io/orderoftrans...
(well aware there are many similar versions of this about online with desmos etc, but wanted to see what claude could do)
September 17, 2026 at 9:36 AM
This inspired me to make something with claude about transformations of the form f(ax+b)
Have a play with it here:
jammyix.github.io/orderoftrans...
(well aware there are many similar versions of this about online with desmos etc, but wanted to see what claude could do)
Have a play with it here:
jammyix.github.io/orderoftrans...
(well aware there are many similar versions of this about online with desmos etc, but wanted to see what claude could do)
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Another early question for new Year 12 FM pupils. This one is intended to show them that mathematics (at A-Level) doesn't really have 'hard' topics, we can make it all 'hard'!
#MathsToday #AlevelMaths #UKMathsChat
#MathsToday #AlevelMaths #UKMathsChat
September 6, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Another early question for new Year 12 FM pupils. This one is intended to show them that mathematics (at A-Level) doesn't really have 'hard' topics, we can make it all 'hard'!
#MathsToday #AlevelMaths #UKMathsChat
#MathsToday #AlevelMaths #UKMathsChat
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Could not be happier at what this question I wrote threw up as discussion points in today's lesson. Even better than I had hoped.
#mathstoday #alevelmaths
#mathstoday #alevelmaths
September 10, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Could not be happier at what this question I wrote threw up as discussion points in today's lesson. Even better than I had hoped.
#mathstoday #alevelmaths
#mathstoday #alevelmaths
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It’s a small percentage of students who resit more than twice (and should we admire them for their resilience?) - so most of them aren’t on an “endless cycle”
August 20, 2026 at 5:52 AM
It’s a small percentage of students who resit more than twice (and should we admire them for their resilience?) - so most of them aren’t on an “endless cycle”
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GCSE Mathematics grade boundaries 2017-2026 (England)
August 20, 2026 at 7:20 AM
GCSE Mathematics grade boundaries 2017-2026 (England)
Eclipse shining through gaps in the leaves of a bush onto our wall yesterday! Pretty cool 🌘
August 13, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Eclipse shining through gaps in the leaves of a bush onto our wall yesterday! Pretty cool 🌘
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New JHM! The July 2026 issue includes an article by a student I taught for whom this was her grade 11 independent research project:
scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol16/is...
She explored an area of #mathematics called "queueing theory" and wrote all about it in the context of Disney!
#iTeachMath ♾️
scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol16/is...
She explored an area of #mathematics called "queueing theory" and wrote all about it in the context of Disney!
#iTeachMath ♾️
August 1, 2026 at 4:46 AM
New JHM! The July 2026 issue includes an article by a student I taught for whom this was her grade 11 independent research project:
scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol16/is...
She explored an area of #mathematics called "queueing theory" and wrote all about it in the context of Disney!
#iTeachMath ♾️
scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol16/is...
She explored an area of #mathematics called "queueing theory" and wrote all about it in the context of Disney!
#iTeachMath ♾️
5 a day continues to be one of the best maths resources about IMO
Just started adding the Diamond 5-a-day for KS1 💎🎉
Aiming to have all the sheets (and their answers) added to the website by the end of August (along with the proof reading).
corbettmathsprimary.com/5-a-day/
I really hope they will be useful for your students/child.
Aiming to have all the sheets (and their answers) added to the website by the end of August (along with the proof reading).
corbettmathsprimary.com/5-a-day/
I really hope they will be useful for your students/child.
July 30, 2026 at 10:49 AM
5 a day continues to be one of the best maths resources about IMO
Opus 5 going well so far
July 28, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Opus 5 going well so far
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
All quite vague atm, definitely more detail needed.
Would need big amounts of funding for staff, equipment and facilities. And if doing things like sending students to a local FE college who do have the facilities, then FE would obviously need a lot of extra funding too
All quite vague atm, definitely more detail needed.
Would need big amounts of funding for staff, equipment and facilities. And if doing things like sending students to a local FE college who do have the facilities, then FE would obviously need a lot of extra funding too
New technical pathways in secondary schools by 2028, PM announces
Schools will be inspected by Ofsted on vocational offering, but sector leaders want more details on multiple aspects of the plans
www.tes.com
July 28, 2026 at 8:25 AM
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
All quite vague atm, definitely more detail needed.
Would need big amounts of funding for staff, equipment and facilities. And if doing things like sending students to a local FE college who do have the facilities, then FE would obviously need a lot of extra funding too
All quite vague atm, definitely more detail needed.
Would need big amounts of funding for staff, equipment and facilities. And if doing things like sending students to a local FE college who do have the facilities, then FE would obviously need a lot of extra funding too
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July 4, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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It was “explain why 3.7 does not round to 3 to the nearest whole number“ and if they put “it rounds to 4 “they got a mark, but if they put it rounds to 4.0 they didn’t
July 18, 2026 at 4:55 PM
It was “explain why 3.7 does not round to 3 to the nearest whole number“ and if they put “it rounds to 4 “they got a mark, but if they put it rounds to 4.0 they didn’t
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Banger quotes throughout the book:
“The fact that there’s a low probability that an AI will be able to do your job doesn’t change the fact that there’s a high probability that an AI salesman will convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can’t do your job” (65).
“The fact that there’s a low probability that an AI will be able to do your job doesn’t change the fact that there’s a high probability that an AI salesman will convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can’t do your job” (65).
July 13, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Banger quotes throughout the book:
“The fact that there’s a low probability that an AI will be able to do your job doesn’t change the fact that there’s a high probability that an AI salesman will convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can’t do your job” (65).
“The fact that there’s a low probability that an AI will be able to do your job doesn’t change the fact that there’s a high probability that an AI salesman will convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can’t do your job” (65).
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It's Mental Math Monday! How would you mentally calculate 47+48?
July 6, 2026 at 11:34 AM
It's Mental Math Monday! How would you mentally calculate 47+48?
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Hypothesis Testing with Normal Distribution in #MathsToday Still trying to create structured resources for my Y12s before we get onto them tackling trickier questions so completion tables are almost always the way forward!
#AlevelMaths
PDF here: chelekmaths.com/a-level/
#AlevelMaths
PDF here: chelekmaths.com/a-level/
June 29, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Hypothesis Testing with Normal Distribution in #MathsToday Still trying to create structured resources for my Y12s before we get onto them tackling trickier questions so completion tables are almost always the way forward!
#AlevelMaths
PDF here: chelekmaths.com/a-level/
#AlevelMaths
PDF here: chelekmaths.com/a-level/
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Yesterday I did a Y9/10 show about game theory. I talked about penalty-taking and how strikers should aim straight more often. Last night 22 penalties were taken in the #WorldCup. Only 12 of them were scored, 4 saved, 6 missed the target! Not one was aimed straight. robeastaway.com/blog/penalty...
robeastaway.com
June 30, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Yesterday I did a Y9/10 show about game theory. I talked about penalty-taking and how strikers should aim straight more often. Last night 22 penalties were taken in the #WorldCup. Only 12 of them were scored, 4 saved, 6 missed the target! Not one was aimed straight. robeastaway.com/blog/penalty...
If I see one more "it's just summer" or "what are we teaching kids by cancelling sports day? It's only 38 degrees" or "no one complained in 1976" post my head's gonna pop
June 25, 2026 at 8:15 PM
If I see one more "it's just summer" or "what are we teaching kids by cancelling sports day? It's only 38 degrees" or "no one complained in 1976" post my head's gonna pop
AMIE's "FE, Lifelong Learning, Post-16 Level 3 Education - Online Conference" is today - m-a.org.uk/webinar
All recorded and will be available afterwards if you can't make it.
Definitely plenty of names in the call I recognise from here!
All recorded and will be available afterwards if you can't make it.
Definitely plenty of names in the call I recognise from here!
June 25, 2026 at 8:55 AM
AMIE's "FE, Lifelong Learning, Post-16 Level 3 Education - Online Conference" is today - m-a.org.uk/webinar
All recorded and will be available afterwards if you can't make it.
Definitely plenty of names in the call I recognise from here!
All recorded and will be available afterwards if you can't make it.
Definitely plenty of names in the call I recognise from here!
I once enjoyed a bag of sweets before a maths exam, which included 6 orange sweets (the rest were yellow). You'll never guess what then appeared on the exam paper!
June 9, 2026 at 8:33 AM
I once enjoyed a bag of sweets before a maths exam, which included 6 orange sweets (the rest were yellow). You'll never guess what then appeared on the exam paper!
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Today's date is 6/7 so let's talk about how cool the decimal representation for sevenths is.
June 7, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Today's date is 6/7 so let's talk about how cool the decimal representation for sevenths is.
Kids were just watching a Number blocks episode I'd never seen. Including infinity voiced by Brian Cox. 10/10 casting 😂 👌
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002rxpc
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002rxpc
Numberblocks - Series 8: The Space Signal
At last, the Numberblocks Space Division has reached the mysterious space cloud that’s been sending out a signal. What’s hiding inside?
www.bbc.co.uk
June 7, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Kids were just watching a Number blocks episode I'd never seen. Including infinity voiced by Brian Cox. 10/10 casting 😂 👌
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002rxpc
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002rxpc
Why did I never think to use Dairylea triangles in class???!
Today is National Cheese Day so here's how to derive the area formula of a circle using Laughing Cow cheese wedges
June 5, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Why did I never think to use Dairylea triangles in class???!
I don't think the Edexcel A Level Maths paper 1 seemed too bad at all. Certainly not deserving of the petition that has appeared about it!
It wouldn't be an exam year without a good petition though
It wouldn't be an exam year without a good petition though
June 4, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I don't think the Edexcel A Level Maths paper 1 seemed too bad at all. Certainly not deserving of the petition that has appeared about it!
It wouldn't be an exam year without a good petition though
It wouldn't be an exam year without a good petition though