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Jay Timotheus @jaytimotheus.bsky.social · Sep 8

I'm also part of this 'podcast thing'... Do have a listen!

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

open.spotify.com/show/3cJF2EX...

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Jacob Merrill @islesofwhatif.bsky.social · Jun 29

And air fryer temp and time before that?

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Mr_Minchin @mr-minchin.bsky.social · Apr 18

Bit nervous to share but, it’s here!

Available to pre-order. If you use MINCHIN35 you should get 35% (if you fancied!)

A huge thank you to everyone who has supported, inspired & challenged me over the past however many years l've been posting playful activities online 🙌
#playinupperprimary

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Pip - Accomplish Education @accomplishedu.bsky.social · Mar 28

Fractions always a topic where visuals can help.
However need children to decide the questions. E.g “What if we had …….. "
Polypad is great for working with children rather than asking them to watch a 'fixed’ PPT animation.
Love Polypad.
@polypad.bsky.social @davidporas.bsky.social

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Jacob Merrill @islesofwhatif.bsky.social · Apr 17

This task provoked some interest at my conference session this week so I thought I'd share to see if anyone fancied having a go.

Polypad interactive to assist with attempts (you can drag copies of the triangles): polypad.amplify.com/p/cR6OglvIOO...

#mathstoday #ukmathschat

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Jacob Merrill @islesofwhatif.bsky.social · Apr 15

Thank you! The photo on the left is this task if anyone is interested:

islesofwhatif.com/2024/05/01/f...

Formed From Three - The Mathematical Isles of What If...?

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Ruth Bull @rfb23.bsky.social · Apr 15

Really enjoying exploring with triangles in #MathsToday #FPTC2025 with Jacob Merrill

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Jacob Merrill @islesofwhatif.bsky.social · Apr 13

Looking forward to seeing people at FPTC conference this week.

I'll be exploring how exploratory variation might illuminate beauty and power through the surprising use of equilateral triangles.

Why not try one of the tasks online? islesofwhatif.com/2023/10/03/t...

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Association of Teachers of Mathematics @atmmathematics.bsky.social · Apr 9

Look at this! Taken from Satisfraction, the new book from @profsmudge.bsky.social which is available to order now.

atm.org.uk/Shop/Satisfr...

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Catriona Agg @catrionaagg.bsky.social · Apr 9

Next week I'll be at the @mathematicala.bsky.social @atmmathematics.bsky.social joint conference (exciting!) along with my conference buddy @mathforge.org

If you're also going, would you like to join our conference buddy gang? The deal is we meet up at the end of each day and compare notes.

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St Thomas Cantilupe Church of England Primary @st-thomascantilupe.bsky.social · Mar 7

Gardening gang loved tending to the stumpery this week. Beautiful crocus, narcissus, snowdrops, and primroses are mingled in with ferns.
@herefordshirewt.bsky.social @gardenersworldmag.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @minilebowski.bsky.social
#lovestc #perseverancestc #unitystc

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Simon Gregg @simon-gregg.bsky.social · Mar 6

Popped into the K class and saw this...
pattern blocks on pattern blocks

children create a huge growing shape on the floor with giant pattern blocks, placing the same shape block in smaller version on each giant shape

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Jacob Merrill @islesofwhatif.bsky.social · Feb 20

It might retain it for a while as it is probably cached but it would likely go at some point soon after. In the past, if I've updated the meta image or text, it has eventually changed on a post.

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Peter Lacey 🇺🇦 @ecarda1.bsky.social · Feb 18

So true.
Long may the @atmmathematics.bsky.social messaging of learning mathematics by making and doing mathematics be broadcast.

It was reaffirmed in "Better Mathematics"

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Simon Smith @smithsmm.bsky.social · Feb 20

Love this debut from Portuguese writer #InesViegasOliviera.

“The Duel” is a profound and thoughtful tale of letting go of past conflicts and seeing beyond the hate. Two men duel but one just keeps walking. Change in palettes show the change in thought and outlook. Quietly great #PicturebookPage

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Jacob Merrill @islesofwhatif.bsky.social · Feb 20

Yes! I probably should have written that!

Thanks! I fear my short list could be quite long...

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Jacob Merrill @islesofwhatif.bsky.social · Feb 20

Done

Jacob Merrill @islesofwhatif.bsky.social · Feb 19

Since I can't send a DM to you on here, is it ok to email it to you?

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Jacob Merrill @islesofwhatif.bsky.social · Feb 18

Ah yes, thank you.

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Jacob Merrill @islesofwhatif.bsky.social · Feb 18

I'm sure you'll have better suggestions but I recently wrote a piece about how we might create opportunities for learners to develop agency through 'what if' questions. It shares some classroom experiences where they created and explored their own constraints. Happy to share if interested

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Dan Wuori @danwuori.bsky.social · Feb 18

My next book - a journey through child development from prenatal to age three - will be called Wonderment…and for good reason.

There’s not a lot that arouses awe in us as adults. After a point we’ve mostly seen it all. We’ve been there and done that.

Thread 🧵

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Jacob Merrill @islesofwhatif.bsky.social · Feb 18

Three triangles. Many tasks. One goal: to show how playful explorations of these mathematical objects can transform perspectives. Simple words can hold beauty and power in a poem, can simple mathematical objects hold the same? KS2/3 workshop
@atmmathematics.bsky.social @mathematicala.bsky.social

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Jacob Merrill @islesofwhatif.bsky.social · Feb 18

And the thing with putting so much priority on remembering more is, what happens when they forget it? What value was the learning then? It's inevitable at some point. It might take days, months, years. I can't remember the formula for quadratic equations now despite endless use at school

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Jacob Merrill @islesofwhatif.bsky.social · Feb 18

Yes. When I think about myself as a mathematician, I studied to a level, did a computer science degree. Now I don't access beyond KS2 content but the way I access it is more meaningful. But edu is so afraid of any complexity. In tasks, in aims, in what we value. The way chn access is reductive

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Jacob Merrill @islesofwhatif.bsky.social · Feb 18

I've been thinking a lot about this. The goal of a poem isn't to help you understand language - it's to transform perspectives. But maths is taught as if properties and predefined procedures of mathematical objects are all that matters. I think m. objects can transform perspectives too when explored

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