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 →

Last week I did a talk at a fun East London event called Nerd Nite (@NerdNiteLondon). Held at the Museum of Childhood, the night consists of 3 speakers who talk to the audience about a specialist interest of theirs. The speakers are given 20 minutes to share an element of their specialist interest and the... Continue Reading →

‘Mastery’ is a buzz word in education right now in the UK and USA, especially with maths education, but what exactly is it? This great TED talk by Sal Khan explains what ‘mastery learning’ is and argues that this should be the aim for all teachers and students. Sal Khan (@salkhanacademy) is an educator and... Continue Reading →

Too many people, especially women believe you're born good at maths or your not.... And this is RUBBISH!! This hilarious video funded by the Harnisch Foundation (a philanthropic foundation focused on advancing equality) aims to challenge this idea and encourage school-age girls and Millennials to re-think their attitudes towards maths and potentially steer more women... Continue Reading →

This Tuesday, the 14th March, is Pi Day, a huge day in the mathematics calendar. I’m irrationally excited about it! I will be sharing my excitement with my students this week and I’ll be using some videos to help explain the importance and awesomeness of the incredible number pi (π). Here are the videos I’m... Continue Reading →