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Geraldine High School Pāngarau Mathematics
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The maths department at Geraldine High School, Geraldine, New Zealand.

Formerly on Twitter as @GHSMathematics.
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It really doesn’t. Plato had a great answer to this problem more than two millennia ago. In the Theaetetus, he describes memory not as a storehouse or filing cabinet, but as a birdcage. Imagine, he says, that each of us has a cage in our minds filled with birds. 1/
November 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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I keep coming back to this. Just such a fundamental failure of everything that has been claimed about a "knowledge rich" curriculum. Teachers are demanded to have higher standards but this slop is what they put out as their big rewrite.
October 31, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Geraldine High School #mathematicians continue to want to take their maths further. Yet again next year we will have more year 13s studying a maths course than any other subject #nz #maths #ncea #level3
October 23, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Super stoked that over 90% of our year 9 #NZQA numeracy entrants passed #maths #NZ
October 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The video links are public, so will work for schools who don't use Dr Frost too. Hopefully they might be of help to other teachers and students preparing for 1.4 across AoNZ. #ncea #maths #level1 #mathematicalreasoning #newzealand @drfrostmaths.bsky.social
@drfrostresource.bsky.social for anyone else in #NZ using Dr Frost maths, I've put together this spreadsheet linking to key skills and videos for our #NCEA Level 1 students taking the 1.4 exam. They'll be using this to boost their exam prep tinyurl.com/GHSMaths Any suggested improvements welcome
__1.4 Subject Learning Outcomes mapped to Dr Frost skill links
docs.google.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
@drfrostresource.bsky.social for anyone else in #NZ using Dr Frost maths, I've put together this spreadsheet linking to key skills and videos for our #NCEA Level 1 students taking the 1.4 exam. They'll be using this to boost their exam prep tinyurl.com/GHSMaths Any suggested improvements welcome
__1.4 Subject Learning Outcomes mapped to Dr Frost skill links
docs.google.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:44 AM
@drfrostresource.bsky.social for anyone else in #NZ using Dr Frost maths, I've put together this spreadsheet linking to key skills and videos for our #NCEA Level 1 students taking the 1.4 exam. They'll be using this to boost their exam prep tinyurl.com/GHSMaths Any suggested improvements welcome
__1.4 Subject Learning Outcomes mapped to Dr Frost skill links
docs.google.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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#MathsToday #ALevelMaths

The green and purple areas are equal. Find the exact value of a.
August 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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This is the first activity I do in math class
August 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Got a moment? Skim through the Transum Newsletter or Podcast for August 2025 - you might discover exactly what you've been looking for!

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🍦 Puzzle of the Month
🍦 Huge Numbers
🍦 Lobster Pots
🍦 TablesMaster Phone
🍦 New Advanced Starters
🍦 Holiday Maths

#mathstoday
August 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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The only headlines written about this should be:

Trump reveals he does not understand basic math.
Trump: This is somebody nobody else can do. We will get the drug prices down… 1000% 600% 500% 1500%. Numbers that are not even thought to be achievable.
July 23, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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Question for 23rd July, 2025 from the
@dailyepsilon.bsky.social
calendar

#Math
#MathSky
#MathToday
#Mathematics
July 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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The 24th July 2025 has the rare distinction of being a Pythagorean Day:

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Pythagorean Day
Pythagorean Day :: Carefully selected Maths resources from Transum
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July 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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He modeled the logic of induction; traced the contours of the embodied mind; hung out with Einstein, Wheeler, and Bohr; gave away millions for art and conservation; fought for civil and gay rights; and lived as a janitor. My new story in @nautil.us

nautil.us/finding-pete...
Finding Peter Putnam
The forgotten janitor who discovered the logic of the mind
nautil.us
June 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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In #MathsToday we played this. A sneaky way to squeeze in some revision on multiples and lots of fun.
July 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Did you know we can visualize rewriting square roots? Here's how!
April 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Weaker students can struggle with that, though, but a little tree helped. Cue maths teachers saying "I've always done it that way!" That's why you need subject specialists! 2/2
July 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Another great day at #NZAMT19 with more Craig Barton - being asked to describe our school's use of Diagnostic Questions in another session with Craig in the audience was a wee bit nerve wracking - and more, incl. NZ's PIAAC numeracy steep decline & 2026's Frankenstein Y12/13 assessments #mathstoday
July 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
So great to be in the same room as the great Craig Barton and the great John Rowe at the #NZAMT19 conference in Ōtepoti / Dunedin today. Looking forward to more from both of them tomorrow #mathstoday
July 1, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Question for 5th June, 2025 from the
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calendar

#Math
#MathSky
#MathToday
#Mathematics
June 5, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Read our latest. Lots of competitive maths about. With a closing comment from John Rowe. Bring on the joy. Bring on the maths. #mathstoday #maths #NZ hail.to/geraldine-hi...
Mathematics Newsletter Term 2 Week 5 — Term Two Week Five Panui
An article by Geraldine High School - Te Kura Tuarua o Raukapuka
hail.to
May 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Big line up of many of our
Kangourou sans Frontières competitors from earlier this year. Certificates presented in assembly today. #maths #nz #ksf
May 20, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Love this
How to cure Premature Enumeration: timharford.com/2025/04/how-...

Featuring John von Neumann and some of my favourite puzzles...
April 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Last week our year 13s started their conic sections standard by looking at loci through the medium of Skittles. Sadly, some Skittles did not make it out of the lesson. Thanks to Chris Collins for originally introducing me to this #NZ #maths #conics #Skittles
April 10, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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30 is the sum of 3 consecutive integers (9+10+11), 4 consecutive integers (6+7+8+9) and 5 consecutive integers (4+5+6+7+8)

Prove that a number can't be the sum of 4 consecutive integers and 8 consecutive integers.

#alevelmaths
April 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM