Nicola Waddilove
@mathspadnicola.bsky.social
Maths Teacher & Director at MathsPad
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Hi Bluesky, We are getting a lot of emails at the moment from teachers who are looking for schools that are using MathsPad as their curriculum/SOW. If you are one of these schools and would like to connect with others, please can you reply to this post so I can point people your way. Thank you!
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I hate to sound like a broken record but I LOVE @mathspadnicola.bsky.social @mathspadjames.bsky.social!!!
Mathspad makes children of all abilities THINK HARD.
Mathspad makes children of all abilities THINK HARD.
September 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I hate to sound like a broken record but I LOVE @mathspadnicola.bsky.social @mathspadjames.bsky.social!!!
Mathspad makes children of all abilities THINK HARD.
Mathspad makes children of all abilities THINK HARD.
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How often do we talk about functions having useful outputs?
It's easy to "teach" functions without actually teaching what a function is for. This task might help.
It's easy to "teach" functions without actually teaching what a function is for. This task might help.
May 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
How often do we talk about functions having useful outputs?
It's easy to "teach" functions without actually teaching what a function is for. This task might help.
It's easy to "teach" functions without actually teaching what a function is for. This task might help.
Hi Bluesky, We are getting a lot of emails at the moment from teachers who are looking for schools that are using MathsPad as their curriculum/SOW. If you are one of these schools and would like to connect with others, please can you reply to this post so I can point people your way. Thank you!
March 31, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Hi Bluesky, We are getting a lot of emails at the moment from teachers who are looking for schools that are using MathsPad as their curriculum/SOW. If you are one of these schools and would like to connect with others, please can you reply to this post so I can point people your way. Thank you!
My #MathsConf37 workshop choices:
1 - Rebecca Sanders
2 - @justmaths.bsky.social
3 - Amy How
4 - @teachsolutions.bsky.social
5 - @amercermaths.bsky.social
Join me with @lasalleed.bsky.social, get your ticket here: completemaths.com/community/mathsconf37
1 - Rebecca Sanders
2 - @justmaths.bsky.social
3 - Amy How
4 - @teachsolutions.bsky.social
5 - @amercermaths.bsky.social
Join me with @lasalleed.bsky.social, get your ticket here: completemaths.com/community/mathsconf37
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March 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
My #MathsConf37 workshop choices:
1 - Rebecca Sanders
2 - @justmaths.bsky.social
3 - Amy How
4 - @teachsolutions.bsky.social
5 - @amercermaths.bsky.social
Join me with @lasalleed.bsky.social, get your ticket here: completemaths.com/community/mathsconf37
1 - Rebecca Sanders
2 - @justmaths.bsky.social
3 - Amy How
4 - @teachsolutions.bsky.social
5 - @amercermaths.bsky.social
Join me with @lasalleed.bsky.social, get your ticket here: completemaths.com/community/mathsconf37
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I used to encourage students to highlight F or Z shapes for parallel lines questions, but today I just told Y9 to highlight the transversal. It’s an easier first step, and they were almost always then able to immediately see what to do next.
Also, I love these MathsPad questions!
#MathsToday
Also, I love these MathsPad questions!
#MathsToday
February 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I used to encourage students to highlight F or Z shapes for parallel lines questions, but today I just told Y9 to highlight the transversal. It’s an easier first step, and they were almost always then able to immediately see what to do next.
Also, I love these MathsPad questions!
#MathsToday
Also, I love these MathsPad questions!
#MathsToday
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I like these conversations. The biggest question I always have about maths is: why is differentiation so convenient??! And how does integration actually work. And why are they inverses? I need a short, lucid book to read about this if you know any?
February 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I like these conversations. The biggest question I always have about maths is: why is differentiation so convenient??! And how does integration actually work. And why are they inverses? I need a short, lucid book to read about this if you know any?
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New! My 186th gems post. Ideas, resources and updates for maths teachers. 💎
www.resourceaholic.com/2025/02/5-ma...
#ukmathschat #mathstoday #iteachmath
www.resourceaholic.com/2025/02/5-ma...
#ukmathschat #mathstoday #iteachmath
February 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
New! My 186th gems post. Ideas, resources and updates for maths teachers. 💎
www.resourceaholic.com/2025/02/5-ma...
#ukmathschat #mathstoday #iteachmath
www.resourceaholic.com/2025/02/5-ma...
#ukmathschat #mathstoday #iteachmath
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In #MathsToday had some lovely discussion work using this T or F mathspad resource about using products of primes which also lead into discussing how to determine if a number is square using it's product of primes. Finished with working out as many number facts about 2025 as we could #iteachmaths
February 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
In #MathsToday had some lovely discussion work using this T or F mathspad resource about using products of primes which also lead into discussing how to determine if a number is square using it's product of primes. Finished with working out as many number facts about 2025 as we could #iteachmaths
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Some of our new Rounding with Significant Figures: Arrange the Digits Puzzles - some nice reasoning required!
Full MathsPad January 2025 update: www.mathspad.co.uk
Full MathsPad January 2025 update: www.mathspad.co.uk
January 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Some of our new Rounding with Significant Figures: Arrange the Digits Puzzles - some nice reasoning required!
Full MathsPad January 2025 update: www.mathspad.co.uk
Full MathsPad January 2025 update: www.mathspad.co.uk
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New! My 184th gems post. Ideas, updates and resources for maths teachers. 💎
www.resourceaholic.com/2025/01/5-ma...
#UKMathsChat #MathsToday
www.resourceaholic.com/2025/01/5-ma...
#UKMathsChat #MathsToday
January 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
New! My 184th gems post. Ideas, updates and resources for maths teachers. 💎
www.resourceaholic.com/2025/01/5-ma...
#UKMathsChat #MathsToday
www.resourceaholic.com/2025/01/5-ma...
#UKMathsChat #MathsToday
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November 24, 2024 at 1:01 AM
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In #MathsToday I used this card sort
with a small group of pupils.
Worked out surprisingly well and a couple of them even managed to fill in all the missing values.
with a small group of pupils.
Worked out surprisingly well and a couple of them even managed to fill in all the missing values.
November 19, 2024 at 6:53 PM
In #MathsToday I used this card sort
with a small group of pupils.
Worked out surprisingly well and a couple of them even managed to fill in all the missing values.
with a small group of pupils.
Worked out surprisingly well and a couple of them even managed to fill in all the missing values.
Enjoyed this with year 11 today:
November 4, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Enjoyed this with year 11 today:
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New! A quick gems post - ideas, resources and updates for maths teachers. 💎
www.resourceaholic.com/2024/10/5-ma...
#UKMathsChat
www.resourceaholic.com/2024/10/5-ma...
#UKMathsChat
October 31, 2024 at 6:26 PM
New! A quick gems post - ideas, resources and updates for maths teachers. 💎
www.resourceaholic.com/2024/10/5-ma...
#UKMathsChat
www.resourceaholic.com/2024/10/5-ma...
#UKMathsChat
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In #MathsToday, part c of this question caught everybody out, and not for the reason I was intending when I wrote it!
(The time when answering the question was about 3pm.)
(The time when answering the question was about 3pm.)
October 17, 2024 at 6:43 PM
In #MathsToday, part c of this question caught everybody out, and not for the reason I was intending when I wrote it!
(The time when answering the question was about 3pm.)
(The time when answering the question was about 3pm.)
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“Factor” in maths and “Factory” in not maths have the same root etymologically. In essence they both refer to components that build towards something else.
Here ends today’s reading.
Here ends today’s reading.
September 1, 2024 at 12:10 PM
“Factor” in maths and “Factory” in not maths have the same root etymologically. In essence they both refer to components that build towards something else.
Here ends today’s reading.
Here ends today’s reading.
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I tried a new first lesson meet & greet this year. I put numbered mats on each desk, and at the threshold I I directed st’s to their correct seat, ie “hello James, you’re going front row, number 7”. This worked better than any system I’ve tried in 7 years of teaching. 👍 #Edusky
September 7, 2024 at 8:32 AM
I tried a new first lesson meet & greet this year. I put numbered mats on each desk, and at the threshold I I directed st’s to their correct seat, ie “hello James, you’re going front row, number 7”. This worked better than any system I’ve tried in 7 years of teaching. 👍 #Edusky
I decided to start the probability scale this year with questions like 'if the event is unlikely, what could its probability be as a fraction?'. I think it revealed a lot about their knowledge of FDP and helped solidify the scale as going from 0 to 1. I followed it with:
September 5, 2024 at 6:24 AM
I decided to start the probability scale this year with questions like 'if the event is unlikely, what could its probability be as a fraction?'. I think it revealed a lot about their knowledge of FDP and helped solidify the scale as going from 0 to 1. I followed it with:
It always puzzled me at school what happens when you press the sin cos and tan buttons on a calculator. I think this video about the beautiful sine wave is incredible - if you are interested in the history of trigonometry this is really worth a watch: www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/si...
The Incredible Sine Wave and its Uses | Gresham College
The beautiful sine wave turns out to have a huge number of practical applications, from the motion of springs, to waves in the sea, to sound waves, light waves and more. It is curious that the functio...
www.gresham.ac.uk
August 31, 2024 at 1:50 PM
It always puzzled me at school what happens when you press the sin cos and tan buttons on a calculator. I think this video about the beautiful sine wave is incredible - if you are interested in the history of trigonometry this is really worth a watch: www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/si...