
Resourceaholic
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Ideas and resources for teaching secondary school mathematics. With everything from Star Wars puzzles to mathematical handwriting, it's an award-winning blog for all things maths. Written by Jo Morgan, a Maths Teacher.
Resourceaholic
2w ago
Welcome to my 185th gems post. This is where I share some of the latest news, ideas and resources for maths teachers.1. Admissions Tests and A Level Resources Every year in the Spring Term @ecrmaths runs a series of information sessions for her Year 12 students on the main STEM admissions tests (TMUA, MAT, STEP, PAT and ESAT). She has shared her slides for her 2025 ..read more
Resourceaholic
1M ago
Happy New Year and welcome to my 184th gems post. This is where I share some of the latest news, ideas and resources for maths teachers.1. Dr AustinThank you to Amanda Austin for continuing to share fantastic free resources for Key Stages 3 to 5. I've been adding these to my resource libraries. Recent additions include Simplifying Expressions True or False, Parallel or Not Parallel ..read more
Resourceaholic
2M ago
I've been browsing the internet for maths related stocking fillers. I thought it might be helpful to share what I've found, to save time for anyone else looking for mathsy gifts. Posters and PrintsThere are some lovely mathematical posters on Etsy but most have to be downloaded digitally. A teacher looking for classroom or corridor displays might pay to download posters then print them ..read more
Resourceaholic
3M ago
Welcome to my 183rd gems post. This is where I share some of the latest news, ideas and resources for maths teachers.1. Factor TreesI love the recent MathsPad updates. They've added a factor trees tool which is available to non-subscribers. There are multiple methods for finding prime factors - factor trees are a popular choice. This tool is great for demonstrating the process - you can ..read more
Resourceaholic
4M ago
Welcome to my 182nd gems post. This is where I share some of the latest news, ideas and resources for maths teachers.1.Bad GraphsIt's fun (and important) to share examples of misleading graphs with students. @ticktockmaths has shared a gallery of bad graphs which will be very helpful. I love the example below: at first glance it seems very clear and the scale seems fine, but when you think about ..read more
Resourceaholic
5M ago
Welcome to my 181st gems post. This is where I share some of the latest news, ideas and resources for maths teachers.1. A levelI've seen a number of fantastic new A level resources recently:From @the_chalkface, exam questions arranged by topic for Edexcel A level Maths and Further Maths. Although similar collections already exist, this may become my go-to: it's well organised, easy to access and ..read more
Resourceaholic
5M ago
No matter how much preparation work I do over the summer holidays, the first two weeks of September always feel insanely busy and stressful. But I do love the excitement of a new school year, and the opportunity to relaunch and reset everything. Fresh starts all round. In this post I thought it might be useful to share some of the start-of-year routines and initiatives that we have in place in my ..read more
Resourceaholic
6M ago
In this post I've summarised some of the big maths resource updates from the last twelve months. This is aimed at new maths teachers just starting their career (welcome!), experienced teachers who have just discovered my blog, and existing readers who've not had the chance to keep on top of the latest developments. I hope it's helpful!GCSE Exam Style Questions by TopicThere are a lot of websites ..read more
Resourceaholic
6M ago
@MrsMathematica is stepping up to a Head of Maths role for the first time and asked on Twitter what preparation she could do this summer. I've had this post in draft for a while so I thought it would be a good opportunity to share it. It hope it might be helpful to other teachers in the same position.A Head of Maths role has two sides to it: people management and operations. People management ..read more
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9M ago
I've been sceptical about the potential of AI to produce high quality resources. I'd much rather have a set of carefully crafted tasks created a skilled maths teacher than a worksheet of random repetitive questions churned out by artificial intelligence.However, a new collection of resources has come to my attention that may start to change my mind.Maths teacher Duncan Grantham contacted me to ..read more