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Jon Fant @fantasticmaths.bsky.social · 3d

Last Friday I posted about how we have encorporated difference of two squares before factorising. We follow the @lasalleed.bsky.social scheme of work.

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Unlocking Difference of Two Squares

Planned and purposeful journey of multiplication: building on the area model to unlock quadratic free difference of two squares.

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Matt Woodfine @matttheapp.bsky.social · 29d

Lots of number work with Y7 this half term, so I’m genuinely excited about my new (and FREE!) manipulative.

How would you introduce 3 − (−4) to a class for the first time?

#maths #mathsresources #MathsToday #iteachmaths

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Jon Fant @fantasticmaths.bsky.social · Sep 10

Seeing this made me think of how we could get students to work out 16.66666…% by combining 10% and 2/3 times 10.

Don’t know how I made that connection!

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Amanda Austin @draustinmaths.com · Aug 31

It's that time of year again - your annual reminder that if you're a Maths teacher and looking for suitable resources for your classes across KS3 to KS5 then do check out www.draustinmaths.com. The site is five years old this week 🎉🎉 and in that time it's amassed over 1000 resources! 1/3

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Dave Taylor @taylorda01.bsky.social · Aug 30

The hat trick has landed. Following on from 'The Start of The Lesson' and 'Just After The Start of The Lesson', I've just blogged about 'The Lesson' at taylorda01.weebly.com

I hope you're all as excited as I am about getting back to teaching this week!

@TAYLORDA01

Date: May '25 Having had a year out of the classroom as Head of Curriculum for Maths at AQA, I am back in the saddle and enjoying the challenge and opportunity that young people provide on a daily...

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Complete Mathematics @lasalleed.bsky.social · Aug 30

📢 MathsConf39 – Sat 11 Oct 2025, Harris Academy St John’s Wood, London. A full day of CPD by teachers, for teachers. With thanks to @aqaeducation.bsky.social, our Events Innovation Partner, for helping us continue these events
👉 completemaths.com/community/ma...

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Jon Fant @fantasticmaths.bsky.social · Aug 31

Do you know if anyone does this for AQA?

Jon Fant @fantasticmaths.bsky.social · Aug 31

I’ve recently written an article discussing why and the impact behind introducing booklets to our scheme of work. Likely to be a bit of a series.

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Amy Forrester @amymayforrester.bsky.social · Aug 20

I know I say this every year, but with results day on the horizon, please remember that for some kids grade 1-3 is a huge achievement. It represents years of hard work and determination. It’s not a fail. It is a GCSE qualification that they can and should be celebrated for.

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Jon Fant @fantasticmaths.bsky.social · Jul 17

It’s a really good way to end the year, see students in a different light, students see teachers in a different light.

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Jon Fant @fantasticmaths.bsky.social · Jul 16

Summer to do list is pretty long, but we still have an activities week so I have 3 days of taking students sailing at no cost to them to end the year.

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Jon Fant @fantasticmaths.bsky.social · Jul 9

Supports students until they no longer need them and then you have the expertise reversal affect where it starts to increase cognitive load

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Jon Fant @fantasticmaths.bsky.social · Jul 8

I’m not sure about using for substitution, but been playing with the idea of squaring. Thinking about foreshadowing completing the square.

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Complete Mathematics @lasalleed.bsky.social · Jul 7

If you joined us at #MathsConf38, check your inbox to find presentation slides from the day!
A huge thank you to our Events Innovation Partner,
@aqaeducation.bsky.social l, and our Key Sponsor, @oupprimary.bsky.social , @oupsecondary.bsky.social

MathsConf39 next..
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Jon Fant @fantasticmaths.bsky.social · Jul 6

We’ve done them pictorially. Which I think has been fairly successful.

I showed a couple of year 11s algebra tiles with two variables to make sense of collecting like terms. They were like why have we never been shown this before?

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Dr Helen J Williams 🇪🇺🇵🇸 @helenjwc.bsky.social · Jul 5

This 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
Hard copies available from @earlyed-uk.bsky.social
Online also available *free* from the ECMG website: earlymaths.org

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David Didau @didau.bsky.social · Jul 1

I remember @profcoe.bsky.social telling me that aircon was likely to be a better & cheaper bet than CPD.

Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · Jul 1

An old post in which I argued instead of messing around with COVID Catch Up Funds we should have just air conditioned schools.
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Jon Fant @fantasticmaths.bsky.social · Jun 29

@studymaths.bsky.social did a great job making this one. There’s so much to explore in the scaled multiplication table. Like the literal line of symmetry running through the line of diagonal.

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Scaled Times Tables

Interactive Scaled Times Tables.

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Jon Fant @fantasticmaths.bsky.social · Jun 28

Quick anecdote on my experience of using the area model for expanding and factorising and how this can lead further. open.substack.com/pub/fantasti...

The Impact of Integrating a Consistent, Adaptable Approach

The Litmus Test for the Implementation of the Area Model

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Jon Fant @fantasticmaths.bsky.social · Jun 28

don’t know how this would work but what if you had a calculate or expression option which outputs the expression of the algebra tiles
When the variable is assigned a number it could calculate the value of this step by step? Might be too complicated though.
Tiles show is but gives the value of tiles

Jon Fant @fantasticmaths.bsky.social · Jun 28

It’s a straight sub so 5^2

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Jon Fant @fantasticmaths.bsky.social · Jun 28

Earlier in the year in then progressed from replacing the individual algebra tiles (pictorially) with the values to then drawing the corresponding areas.
On this one I then decomposed the negative 12 to show the zero pair in the abstract. By this point they had done lots of zero pairs with counters

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Jon Fant @fantasticmaths.bsky.social · Jun 28

With the substitution have you considered swapping the x for the 5 so that they can “see” the substitution? Again joys of the @studymaths.bsky.social digital manipulatives.

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Sam Blatherwick @blatherwicksam.bsky.social · Jun 21

First up at #mathsconf38 it's @jemmaths.bsky.social banishing bidmas ✨️

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Jon Fant @fantasticmaths.bsky.social · Jun 17

My #MathsConf38 workshop choices:

1 - @jemmaths.bsky.social
2 - @blatherwicksam.bsky.social
3 - @mrmattock.bsky.social
4 - @emmaemma53.bsky.social
5 - @ljohns6.bsky.social‬

Join me with @lasalleed.bsky.social, get your ticket here: completemaths.com/community/mathsconf38

Complete Mathematics - MathsConf38

Mathematics tuition for primary, secondary and FE. Home schooling. Math improvement.

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