With Susan Okereke
National Numeracy Day 2025 was on the 21st May and this year’s theme was money and improving our money management. As part of the campaign my Maths Appeal podcast co-host, Bobby Seagull and I put together a ‘Maths and Money’ lesson to be part of the National Numeracy Day Toolkit for Schools. The toolkit for schools offers a fantastic selection of activities... Continue Reading →
Our Maths Appeal Podcast is back for a third series and in this series, we're delighted to partner with National Numeracy, an independent charity that promotes the importance of numeracy and "everyday maths" and Experian, an organisation on a mission to help the nation improve their financial health. My co-host Bobby Seagull and I continue on our mission to make maths accessible to everyone and... Continue Reading →
Our Maths Appeal podcast is back for a second series! In series 2 my co-host Bobby Seagull and I continue on our mission to make maths accessible to everyone but this time our focus for the podcast is maths problem solving. As maths teachers, we both know how difficult it can be to teach students problem solving skills because problem solving is... Continue Reading →
The second part of the Tom Rocks Maths Appeal Countdown Special is out now! In part one, Team Maths Appeal (me and Bobby Seagull) had the pleasure of assisting our friend and YouTuber, Dr Tom Crawford aka Tom Rock Maths to host a special maths themed Countdown quiz show. For people who don’t know, Countdown is a daytime words and numbers TV quiz show... Continue Reading →
If you’re a fan of Channel 4’s Countdown you are going to LOVE this! The brilliant Dr Tom Crawford aka Tom Rock Maths hosted a special Countdown style show and Team Maths Appeal (me and my pal Bobby Seagull), had the pleasure of being his sidekicks. In this special maths themed Countdown show, legendary former champions... Continue Reading →
I wrote an article with my Maths Appeal podcast co-host Bobby Seagull about Maths Education and Black History Month for the Mathematical Association . We believe everyone should care about Black History Month, even maths educators because we want all students to know that maths is for everyone. https://www.m-a.org.uk/news/?id=300
A bunch of Maths YouTubers have come together to make videos about their favourite numbers bigger than one million, which we are calling #MegaFavNumbers… and team Maths Appeal (me and Bobby Seagull) have joined the maths party! The Maths Appeal MegaFavNumber is 1,111,111. Check out our video to find out why… https://youtu.be/z6Bke6nA4Ww This great project was started by Maths YouTube heavyweights Matt Parker and James... Continue Reading →
So our first series of the Tom Rocks Maths Appeal teaching videos is complete and available on YouTube now. These videos are a collaborative project between team Maths Appeal (me and Bobby Seagull) and University of Oxford mathematician, Dr Tom Crawford (aka Tom Rocks Maths). We explore and teach mathematics topics from the GCSE Maths syllabus in a light-hearted and fun way. We aim to show the... Continue Reading →
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