Husband. Father of two. #CoreMaths advocate. Creator of the Core Maths Newsletter. Loves survey design. Maths AST, SLE and SSAT Lead Practitioner.

South West, UK
Joined February 2011
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My updated #CoreMaths lessons and new Student Workbook is out now. Please take a look (and leave a 5 star review!) Available here: tes.com/teaching-resource/-1…
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This year, we're writing UCAS references for Core Maths so I thought I'd share some useful comments. tes.com/teaching-resource/re… #CoreMaths
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I've written some exam style questions for AQA paper 2 (A,B and C) #CoreMaths that you can use as part of a mock. They're on the TES rather than my site to make it a bit harder for students to access them: tes.com/teaching-resource/co…
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I've written some exam style questions for AQA paper 2 (A,B and C) #CoreMaths that you can use as part of a mock. They're on the TES rather than my site to make it a bit harder for students to access them: tes.com/teaching-resource/co…
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🔥 Key resources for #CoreMaths teachers. If you have recently done the May 2023 Paper 1 as a mock, the following QR codes link to tutorials to help close gaps: mathswhiteboard.com/download… If you have done another paper and want something similar, please get in touch. I have also jumped into the paper 1 preliminary material and here are some questions I have come up with: mathswhiteboard.com/download… If anyone can think of anything else, please do let me know. Also check out @reflectivemaths awesome resources for both P1 and P2. @CoreMathsTom @CoreMathsCat @ECR_Maths
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Lurpak right? 😉
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114 votes so far. Can I get to 200 please? #ButterOrNot #FunPoll
Please help settle a maths department debate. When having bread with soup, do you butter it? Please rt!
73%With butter
27%Without butter
202 votes • Final results
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Definitely butter !!
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I don’t think it’s a soup thing. It’s just that butter makes EVERYTHING nicer.
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Why not have two slices/rolls, one with one without?
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Dave Gale retweeted
I don't know why there always has to be somebody who will try to tell you that you're enjoying something wrong.
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Interesting. Surely the soup is the important part. I want the bread to taste of soup.
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The soup is great and you make a good point, but butter on bread is also wonderful. It’s a lovely problem to have
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I’m actually in the process now. Bread has to be pretty special to not need some butter
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Dave Gale retweeted
Replying to @reflectivemaths
And it needs to be actual butter not some mechanically produced ‘spread’.
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Dave Gale retweeted
Replying to @reflectivemaths
This is an important question as I am team no butter, and until recently hadn't even considered the existence of team butter let alone their prevalence amongst the population
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Please help settle a maths department debate. When having bread with soup, do you butter it? Please rt!
73%With butter
27%Without butter
202 votes • Final results
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