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 →

For the last few months I've been working on a podcast called Maths Appeal and it has been an absolute pleasure working with my co-host the brilliant Bobby Seagull and our wonderful wonderful producer Jenny Nelson (collectively we are the 3 Mathsketeers!) The mission of the Maths Appeal podcast is to make maths more accessible to... Continue Reading →

I wrote an article ‘Five Steps to Leading an Effective Maths Intervention’, which was published in the TES (Times Education Supplement) online earlier this month. Here is it is: https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/five-steps-leading-effective-maths-intervention While studying for my Masters in Teaching, I carried out action research where I designed, implemented and evaluated a maths intervention programme at my previous... Continue Reading →