Maths Locke
@mathsmuse.bsky.social
HoD maths in London. CTeach, NPQLT, NPQSL, MA, EdD in progress. Basically I love T&L and research. And KS3 and transition. And maths.
In #MathsToday I did my weekly yr 12 exam quiz. The questions were hard this time, using GCSE knowledge but at a level level with a level content on top. I told them I'd stopped going easy on them now they'd settled in. Next week we re do those questions and they WILL get 100%.
October 2, 2026 at 4:48 PM
In #MathsToday I did my weekly yr 12 exam quiz. The questions were hard this time, using GCSE knowledge but at a level level with a level content on top. I told them I'd stopped going easy on them now they'd settled in. Next week we re do those questions and they WILL get 100%.
Every time I think I've "completed" HoD and now just need to improve the current status, I find a new Thing that is a shift that will need planning but massively improve things.
October 2, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Every time I think I've "completed" HoD and now just need to improve the current status, I find a new Thing that is a shift that will need planning but massively improve things.
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Today we have published the first edition of our new publication, In Praxis, in collaboration with Twinkl. It focuses on SEND and Inclusion and will help schools put evidence-informed inclusive practice into action.
Read In Praxis here: https://chartered.pulse.ly/hx54l6k55o
Read In Praxis here: https://chartered.pulse.ly/hx54l6k55o
October 1, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Today we have published the first edition of our new publication, In Praxis, in collaboration with Twinkl. It focuses on SEND and Inclusion and will help schools put evidence-informed inclusive practice into action.
Read In Praxis here: https://chartered.pulse.ly/hx54l6k55o
Read In Praxis here: https://chartered.pulse.ly/hx54l6k55o
I have a stitch and bitch on Google meet now and I've just discovered all the effects. My friends have not joined the call yet. Excited for their reactions to cat with human mouth.
September 29, 2026 at 5:56 PM
I have a stitch and bitch on Google meet now and I've just discovered all the effects. My friends have not joined the call yet. Excited for their reactions to cat with human mouth.
Still feeling nervous energy after department review day. It was very helpful and pointed out how strong we've become and also areas that I'd become blind to that we need to work on.
My, it was nerve wracking though.
My, it was nerve wracking though.
September 29, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Still feeling nervous energy after department review day. It was very helpful and pointed out how strong we've become and also areas that I'd become blind to that we need to work on.
My, it was nerve wracking though.
My, it was nerve wracking though.
Anyone got any "best practice" on oracy and writing in secondary maths?
September 29, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Anyone got any "best practice" on oracy and writing in secondary maths?
In #MathsToday yr 10 did area of parallelograms and triangles. I started with a diagram with a "trap" side and made the first step to explicitly identify and discard the trap side. Significantly reduced issues of multiplying wrong numbers because they had it as part of the process.
September 28, 2026 at 4:55 PM
In #MathsToday yr 10 did area of parallelograms and triangles. I started with a diagram with a "trap" side and made the first step to explicitly identify and discard the trap side. Significantly reduced issues of multiplying wrong numbers because they had it as part of the process.
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I'm such a nerd. I'm meant to be going out for okonomiyaki later but I really just want to stay home and make notes on educational theorists in my pretty new notebook.
September 27, 2026 at 8:02 AM
I'm such a nerd. I'm meant to be going out for okonomiyaki later but I really just want to stay home and make notes on educational theorists in my pretty new notebook.
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My new retort to kids saying "why should I learn how to code this when AI could do it for me?"
Well _I_ could code it for you, what would be the point of that? Your mum could code it. The point is for YOU to learn something new.
Well _I_ could code it for you, what would be the point of that? Your mum could code it. The point is for YOU to learn something new.
September 26, 2026 at 8:36 AM
My new retort to kids saying "why should I learn how to code this when AI could do it for me?"
Well _I_ could code it for you, what would be the point of that? Your mum could code it. The point is for YOU to learn something new.
Well _I_ could code it for you, what would be the point of that? Your mum could code it. The point is for YOU to learn something new.
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September 25, 2026 at 3:25 PM
In #MathsToday yr 10 learned about finding 5% of amounts. Slowly slowly. Their weak numeracy makes it harder but we are getting there.
One student can half things really well now, thanks to the springboard 7 materials so I need to use them more!
One student can half things really well now, thanks to the springboard 7 materials so I need to use them more!
September 25, 2026 at 3:41 PM
In #MathsToday yr 10 learned about finding 5% of amounts. Slowly slowly. Their weak numeracy makes it harder but we are getting there.
One student can half things really well now, thanks to the springboard 7 materials so I need to use them more!
One student can half things really well now, thanks to the springboard 7 materials so I need to use them more!
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I’ve now read all of Pearsons maths GCSE examiners reports … summaries for each can be found here … AQAs will go up on the weekend. If anyone would like to send me @OCR_Maths (I’ve had no response to my email!) I’ll read that sh1t to for ya 🤣
justmaths.co.uk/index-i-read...
justmaths.co.uk/index-i-read...
INDEX: I read the sh1t so you don't have to - justmaths
Reading all the maths related stuff so you dont have to
justmaths.co.uk
September 24, 2026 at 10:29 AM
I’ve now read all of Pearsons maths GCSE examiners reports … summaries for each can be found here … AQAs will go up on the weekend. If anyone would like to send me @OCR_Maths (I’ve had no response to my email!) I’ll read that sh1t to for ya 🤣
justmaths.co.uk/index-i-read...
justmaths.co.uk/index-i-read...
Arrived home to the cat throwing up but also my aunt sent me a bottle of hotel chocolat espresso martini. Overall a win?
September 24, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Arrived home to the cat throwing up but also my aunt sent me a bottle of hotel chocolat espresso martini. Overall a win?
Big thanks to mathsbot as the star of yesterday's open evening with Find the Prime.
We got the head teacher to set a score and then invited children to beat it. Very busy night as children refused to leave, wanting one more try to see if they could beat him.
We got the head teacher to set a score and then invited children to beat it. Very busy night as children refused to leave, wanting one more try to see if they could beat him.
September 24, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Big thanks to mathsbot as the star of yesterday's open evening with Find the Prime.
We got the head teacher to set a score and then invited children to beat it. Very busy night as children refused to leave, wanting one more try to see if they could beat him.
We got the head teacher to set a score and then invited children to beat it. Very busy night as children refused to leave, wanting one more try to see if they could beat him.
Woke up to discover chocolate chip pancake batter ready to be cooked for me into birthday pancakes. Top tier partnering.
September 24, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Woke up to discover chocolate chip pancake batter ready to be cooked for me into birthday pancakes. Top tier partnering.
Brought my label maker into work and all the calculators are labelled now.
My team all have "Best team" labels too.
My team all have "Best team" labels too.
September 23, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Brought my label maker into work and all the calculators are labelled now.
My team all have "Best team" labels too.
My team all have "Best team" labels too.
You all convinced me.
Cultpen order in.
A4+ dusty rose Leuchtturm, plain paper.
Fancy highlighters, including metallic ones.
And the newly released cherry blossom TWSBI fountain pen because it was right there.
Cultpen order in.
A4+ dusty rose Leuchtturm, plain paper.
Fancy highlighters, including metallic ones.
And the newly released cherry blossom TWSBI fountain pen because it was right there.
September 23, 2026 at 4:48 AM
You all convinced me.
Cultpen order in.
A4+ dusty rose Leuchtturm, plain paper.
Fancy highlighters, including metallic ones.
And the newly released cherry blossom TWSBI fountain pen because it was right there.
Cultpen order in.
A4+ dusty rose Leuchtturm, plain paper.
Fancy highlighters, including metallic ones.
And the newly released cherry blossom TWSBI fountain pen because it was right there.
Discovered this morning that DumbCat is scared of my phone.
He hopped up onto my bed to scream for breakfast then did a double take and back away upon seeing my phone resting on the bed. I then sneezed, which he is also scared of, so he fled.
He hopped up onto my bed to scream for breakfast then did a double take and back away upon seeing my phone resting on the bed. I then sneezed, which he is also scared of, so he fled.
September 23, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Discovered this morning that DumbCat is scared of my phone.
He hopped up onto my bed to scream for breakfast then did a double take and back away upon seeing my phone resting on the bed. I then sneezed, which he is also scared of, so he fled.
He hopped up onto my bed to scream for breakfast then did a double take and back away upon seeing my phone resting on the bed. I then sneezed, which he is also scared of, so he fled.
Had a great lesson #MathsToday with yr 11 doing algebra with angles. Good way to recap angle topic without feeling like a slog at the start.
September 22, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Had a great lesson #MathsToday with yr 11 doing algebra with angles. Good way to recap angle topic without feeling like a slog at the start.
Working with a trainee psychology teacher and horrified to find the resources she was left, that have been in use for 5+ yrs are basically just "copy loads of text for 40 minutes then do an exam question"
Helped her fix them Friday and she says today's lesson actually worked with her class.
Helped her fix them Friday and she says today's lesson actually worked with her class.
September 22, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Working with a trainee psychology teacher and horrified to find the resources she was left, that have been in use for 5+ yrs are basically just "copy loads of text for 40 minutes then do an exam question"
Helped her fix them Friday and she says today's lesson actually worked with her class.
Helped her fix them Friday and she says today's lesson actually worked with her class.
In #MathsToday #ALevelMaths I'm trialling a new HW approach with yr 12. HW is to be prepared to get 100% knowledge on a 15 minute test of the week's content. They do it, peer mark with exam mark schemes. I check and set detentions/interventions for those that do not get that point.
September 21, 2026 at 1:01 PM
In #MathsToday #ALevelMaths I'm trialling a new HW approach with yr 12. HW is to be prepared to get 100% knowledge on a 15 minute test of the week's content. They do it, peer mark with exam mark schemes. I check and set detentions/interventions for those that do not get that point.
Trying to decide if I need a new leuchtturm and paper mate flair pens so I can map out my theoretical framework.
I have a tablet and one note and Note In. I have an A4 filofax clip book. But do I want pretty colours and nice paper?
I have a tablet and one note and Note In. I have an A4 filofax clip book. But do I want pretty colours and nice paper?
September 20, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Trying to decide if I need a new leuchtturm and paper mate flair pens so I can map out my theoretical framework.
I have a tablet and one note and Note In. I have an A4 filofax clip book. But do I want pretty colours and nice paper?
I have a tablet and one note and Note In. I have an A4 filofax clip book. But do I want pretty colours and nice paper?
As I'm updating my notes so they're all on Notion (easily sortable into groups and viewable on phone), I find that past me just ignored the methods of each paper I read, so I have to partially re-read each one.
EdD is sometimes a journey of screaming "WHY" at past me.
EdD is sometimes a journey of screaming "WHY" at past me.
September 20, 2026 at 9:49 AM
As I'm updating my notes so they're all on Notion (easily sortable into groups and viewable on phone), I find that past me just ignored the methods of each paper I read, so I have to partially re-read each one.
EdD is sometimes a journey of screaming "WHY" at past me.
EdD is sometimes a journey of screaming "WHY" at past me.