With Susan Okereke
I’m super excited about our @MathsAppeal collaboration with the tremendous Tom Rocks Maths! First video out TODAY! https://youtu.be/XrUCmUQwXIk Tom Rocks Maths Appeal Video Trailer Tom Rocks Maths (aka Dr Tom Crawford) is a Mathematician at the Univeristy of Oxford who loves mathematics, rock music, Manchester United football club and maths tattoos! Over the next 6... Continue Reading →
The Maths Appeal Puzzle Solving Youtube video series with me and the brilliant Bobby Seagull aims to improve the mathematical resilience in children and adults by showing that trying maths puzzles can be fun. In our videos (every Tuesday & Thursday) we will be setting and solving a variety of maths puzzles. Our 10-15 minute... Continue Reading →
The Maths Appeal Puzzle Solving Youtube video series with me and the brilliant Bobby Seagull aims to improve the mathematical resilience in children and adults by showing that trying maths puzzles can be fun. In our videos (every Tuesday & Thursday) we will be setting and solving a variety of maths puzzles. Our 10-15 minute... Continue Reading →
Maths Appeal Puzzle Solving Video #2 (2nd April 2020) The Maths Appeal Puzzle Solving Youtube video series with me and the brilliant Bobby Seagull aims to improve the mathematical resilience in children and adults by showing that trying maths puzzles can be fun. In our videos (every Tuesday & Thursday) we will be setting and... Continue Reading →
Maths Appeal Puzzle Solving Video #1 (Tuesday 31st March 2020) The Maths Appeal Puzzle Solving Youtube video series with me and the brilliant Bobby Seagull aims to improve the mathematical resilience in children and adults by showing that trying maths puzzles can be fun. In our videos (every Tuesday & Thursday) we will be setting... Continue Reading →
Maths Appeal is back!.... and this time we’re in video form! https://youtu.be/HCtB5x0uDQE The brilliant Bobby Seagull and I are on a mission to make maths accessible to everyone. It’s something we both feel really strongly about, as maths teachers, and our aim is to show you that not only is maths fun, but it’s everywhere!... Continue Reading →
Using technology is one of the easiest ways to bring maths lessons to life and that is what I have written about in my chapter in the text book A Practical Guide to Teaching Mathematics in the Secondary School (2nd Edition). Published by Routledge and edited by the wonderful Clare Lee and Robert Ward-Penny. This... Continue Reading →
At the end of May, I had the pleasure of presenting a talk at the brilliant science comedy event An Evening of Unnecessary Detail by the fantastic Festival of the Spoken Nerd.  The event was set up and hosted by trio stand-up mathematician Matt Parker (@standupmaths), geek songstress Helen Arney (@HelenArney) and experiments maestro Steve Mould (@MouldS). The night... Continue Reading →
Last week (15th May) was National Numeracy Day , a campaign set up to widen the discussion about poor numeracy in the UK and to promote the message that ‘everyone is a numbers person’. National Numeracy exists to help people across the UK grow in confidence and competence in numeracy. The charity was set up... Continue Reading →
With exam season fast approaching the Maths Appeal podcast team (myself, Bobby Seagull and producer Jenny Nelson) decided to put together a GCSE Maths Exam special edition to support students preparing for the GCSE Maths exams and to support their parents and maths teachers. As Maths teachers, Bobby and I know that this can be... Continue Reading →
Do The Maths Thing 