Blog Archive

March 2025

5 Maths Gems #188
#mathsconf37
Securing a Job as a Maths Teacher
5 Maths Gems #187

February 2025

5 Maths Gems #186

January 2025

5 Maths Gems #185
5 Maths Gems #184

November 2024

Christmas Gifts for Maths Teachers

October 2024

5 Maths Gems #183
#5 Maths Gems 182

September 2024

#5 Maths Gems 181
September Routines

August 2024

Latest Resources and Trends
Digitising Old Textbook Exercises
Challenges for a Head of Maths

July 2024

5 Maths Gems #180

May 2024

AI Maths Resources
GCSE Paper 2 Resources
Assessing Year 10
Love Triangle Book Launch

April 2024

5 Maths Gems #179

March 2024

The Factor Method for HCF and LCM
5 Maths Gems #178

February 2024

5 Maths Gems #177

January 2024

GCSE Revision

December 2023

A Level Resources #3

November 2023

5 Maths Gems #176
Marvellous Maths 3 Online

October 2023

5 Maths Gems #175

September 2023

Essential CPD for Maths Teachers
5 Maths Gems #174

August 2023

5 Maths Gems #173

July 2023

Challenge in Year 7 Assessments
Marvellous Maths 3
5 Maths Gems #172

May 2023

5 Maths Gems #171
5 Maths Gems #170

April 2023

5 Maths Gems #169
Reducing Curriculum Content
Curriculum Priorities
5 Maths Gems #168

March 2023

Exact Trig Values in Depth
Surds in Depth

February 2023

5 Maths Gems #167
Ratio
Area in Depth
Ten Videos for Maths Lessons

January 2023

5 Maths Gems #166
Tips for Teachers

December 2022

5 Maths Gems #165

November 2022

5 Maths Gems #164

October 2022

#MathsTLP Relaunch!
Easy Multiples
Some Things We've Tried
5 Maths Gems #163

September 2022

5 Maths Gems #162

August 2022

5 Maths Gems #161
5 Maths Gems #160

July 2022

Year 9 Assessment Questions
Year 8 Assessment Questions
5 Maths Gems #159

May 2022

5 Maths Gems #158
Gem Awards 2022
5 Maths Gems #157

April 2022

5 Maths Gems #156

March 2022

5 Maths Gems #155
Symmetry

February 2022

5 Maths Gems #154

January 2022

5 Maths Gems #153
#mathsted22

December 2021

What Secondary Teachers Should Know About The Key Stage 2 Maths Curriculum
5 Maths Gems #152
5 Maths Gems #151

November 2021

Angles in Polygons CPD
5 Maths Gems #150

October 2021

Thinking about Misconceptions
5 Maths Gems #149
Curriculum Sequencing
5 Maths Gems #148

September 2021

Worksheet Upgrades

August 2021

5 Maths Gems #147

July 2021

5 Maths Gems #146
Angle bisection, incircles and reasoning with ratios

June 2021

5 Maths Gems #145

May 2021

Substitution
Autonomy vs Consistency
5 Maths Gems #144

April 2021

Gem Awards 2021
5 Maths Gems #143

March 2021

The Power of Modelling and Exemplars
5 Maths Gems #142
Geometrical Reasoning Within Constraints

February 2021

150th Birthday!
5 Maths Gems #141

January 2021

Squares
Tools for Online Lessons
5 Maths Gems #140

December 2020

Victorian Arithmetic
5 Maths Gems #139
Straight Lines

November 2020

5 Maths Gems #138
Lines and Angles on Square Grids
Zooming In
5 Maths Gems #137

October 2020

5 Maths Gems #136
Marvellous Maths 2
Recent Talks and Resources

September 2020

5 Maths Gems #135

August 2020

5 Maths Gems #134
Maths Teacher FAQs
Webinar: Planning for September

July 2020

5 Maths Gems #133
Warm Up Booklets
5 Maths Gems #132
Catching Up?
5 Maths Gems #131

June 2020

5 Maths Gems #130
5 Maths Gems #129

May 2020

5 Maths Gems #128
5 Maths Gems #127
Remembering Don Steward

April 2020

Angles In Depth
5 Maths Gems #126
CPD for Maths Teachers
5 Maths Gems #125
5 Maths Gems #124

March 2020

5 Maths Gems #123
5 Maths Gems #122

February 2020

Reflect, Expect, Check, Explain
5 Maths Gems #121
Know Your Workings
The Rule of Three

January 2020

5 Maths Gems #120
Angles in Parallel Lines: in Depth
5 Maths Gems #119

December 2019

Indices in Depth
5 Maths Gems #118

November 2019

Book Launch!
5 Maths Gems #117

October 2019

Easter Awesomeness for Maths Teachers
Classroom Reflections
5 Maths Gems #116

September 2019

Why Methods?

August 2019

5 Maths Gems #115
Two Maths Apps for Children
5 Maths Gems #114

July 2019

5 Maths Gems #113
Looking at Year 6 SATs
MEI Conference 2019

June 2019

5 Maths Gems #112

May 2019

5 Maths Gems #111
Marvellous Maths Teaching
Calculator Woes
5 Maths Gems #110
Gem Awards 2019

April 2019

5 Maths Gems #109
#ATMMA19
Foundation Tier Revision Resources
5 Maths Gems #108

March 2019

5 Maths Gems #107
5 Maths Gems #106
5 Maths Gems #105

February 2019

5 Maths Gems #104
#humblepi
Memorising Facts

January 2019

5 Maths Gems #103
5 Maths Gems #102
Five for Five
5 Maths Gems #101

December 2018

Factorising by Inspection
2018 Highlights
5 Maths Gems #100

November 2018

5 Maths Gems #99
5 Maths Gems #98

October 2018

Map Scale
#LateMaths - thank you!
5 Maths Gems #97
5 Maths Gems #96

September 2018

5 Maths Gems #95
Vectors for Enlargement
5 Maths Gems #94

August 2018

Summer Updates
Year 7 Maths Activities
#Latemaths
5 Maths Gems #93

July 2018

5 Maths Gems #92
A Look Back at Surds

June 2018

5 Maths Gems #91
Conference Round Trip
5 Maths Gems #90
GCSE Breakfast Warm Ups: The Final Set

May 2018

Algebraic HCF and LCM
More Breakfast Warm Ups
5 Maths Gems #89
GCSE Breakfast Warm-Ups
5 Maths Gems #88

April 2018

Gem Awards 2018
5 Maths Gems #87
New GCSE: Bounds
BCME 9 Reflections

March 2018

5 Maths Gems #86
18th Century Arithmetic
5 Maths Gems #85
#mathsconf14
5 Maths Gems #84

February 2018

5 Websites You Should Know... #5
Elementary Algebra for Schools
Old Textbook Exercises
5 Maths Gems #83
Algebra Exercises

January 2018

5 Maths Gems #82
How I Wish I'd Taught Maths
Equations Exercises
Lost Vocabulary
5 Maths Gems #81

December 2017

New GCSE: Ratio
Jo's Blog Posts in 2017
New this Christmas
Algebraic Fluency - 50s Style

November 2017

Mock Season
5 Maths Gems #80
MathsJem at MathsJam
5 Maths Gems #79

October 2017

Success Stories: Core Maths
The Wonderful World of Maths Resources
5 Maths Gems #78
Save the FMSP!
BCME 9

September 2017

5 Maths Gems #77
Challenges and Competitions
The New GCSE Debate
Cover Work
5 Maths Gems #76

August 2017

Summaths 2017
Planning for September: Year 12
5 Maths Gems #75

July 2017

Bridging the Gap... Revisited
What did I miss?
Strength in Numbers
The Folder Experiment... Revisited
5 Maths Gems #74

June 2017

JustMaths Conference 2017
#mathsconf10
Topics In Depth
New GCSE: Done!
5 Maths Gems #73

May 2017

New A Level Timings
#malcolmswanday
Calculators for the New A Level
5 Maths Gems #72
Book now for #summaths
#mathscpdchat - Year 7 Topics
Schools Week Article

April 2017

Structured Revision Lessons
Gem Awards 2017
Maths Anxiety
5 Maths Gems #71
Yes, But Why?

March 2017

Update!
Papers Society
Ultra Outreach Project
#mathsconf9
5 Maths Gems #70

February 2017

Dan Walker's Resources
Working Well: C1 and C2
5 Maths Gems #69
Maths Clubs

January 2017

5 Maths Gems #68
New GCSE: Functions
World Cup of Maths
Favourite Posts of 2016

December 2016

Most Viewed Posts of 2016
5 Maths Gems #67
Highlights of 2016
Merry #christmaths16
Formative Assessment
5 Websites You Should Know... #4

November 2016

GCSE 9 - 1 Revision Resources
New GCSE: Trigonometry Questions
5 Maths Gems #66
5 Websites You Should Know... #3

October 2016

5 Maths Gems #65
5 Websites You Should Know... #2
5 Websites You Should Know... #1
The Folder Experiment
New GCSE: Capture-Recapture
5 Maths Gems #64
#mathsconf8

September 2016

Going Well...
#christmaths16
The Deadly Sins of Maths
5 Maths Gems #63
Classic Resources

August 2016

5 Maths Gems #62
Multiplying Negatives
5 Maths Gems #61
New GCSE CPD
Misspelt Words Display

July 2016

Divisibility Rules
5 Maths Gems #60
Looking Ahead
Mathsy Gifts: The Sequel
5 Maths Gems #59
Join #TeamMaths
Warwick 2016

June 2016

Scheme of Work Development
5 Maths Gems #58
Maths School Trips
researchED Maths and Science 2016
5 Maths Gems #57

May 2016

Useful GCSE Questions from Linked Pair Papers
5 Maths Gems #56
GCSE reform - will it work?
#mathscpdchat - Celebrating Don Steward
C2 Revision Resources
Revision Clocks Galore
C1 Revision Activity
See you there...?
Animations for A level

April 2016

Talking Points
Gem Awards 2016
5 Maths Gems #55
A Level Revision Resources
5 Maths Gems #54
Posters vs Posters
A tour of resourceaholic.com

March 2016

5 Maths Gems #53
A Level Reforms: First Thoughts
5 Maths Gems #52
#mathsmeetglyn with Don Steward
Questions about Exercise Books - #mathscpdchat
5 Maths Gems #51
#mathsconf6
Knowledge Gaps

February 2016

5 Maths Gems #50
5 Maths Gems #49
♫ You say zero, I say nought ♫
Common Errors Made by Maths Teachers
5 Maths Gems #48
The Joy of Planning

January 2016

Handwriting
New GCSE: Pythagoras Questions
Seeking Generality with Don Steward
Classroom Photos - #mathscpdchat
Five things you might not know about the new GCSE content #2
Worries
Mr Barton's Podcast
5 Maths Gems #47
Five things you might not know about the new GCSE content #1
5 Maths Gems #46

December 2015

Dates for the Diary
Top of the Blogs
#christmaths15
5 Maths Gems #45
New GCSE: Real Life Graphs

November 2015

5 Maths Gems #44
Resources for New GCSE Topics
5 Maths Gems #43

October 2015

5 Maths Gems #42
Some Things I've Tried
In Case You Missed It...
Five to Follow #ff
Christmaths Party!
5 Maths Gems #41
A Level Resources #2

September 2015

What Went Well - Foundation GCSE
#mathsconf5
A Level Resources
5 Maths Gems #40
High Expectations

August 2015

Complete the Rules
5 Maths Gems #39
Icebreakers
Multiple Choice Questions
5 Maths Gems #38
Behaviour Management for Beginners
5 Maths Gems #37
New GCSE: Tangents and Areas
5 Maths Gems #36
5 Maths Gems #35

July 2015

New GCSE: Sequences
5 Maths Gems #34
Words of Wisdom: Teaching Foundation GCSE
End of term resources
5 Maths Gems #33

June 2015

MEI Conference 2015
Pret Homework
#mathsconf4
Favourite Problems
5 Maths Gems #32

May 2015

New GCSE: Inequalities
Algebraic Division
5 Maths Gems #31
5 Maths Gems #30
Enrichment
Jo's #TwitteratiChallenge
5 Maths Gems #29

April 2015

5 Maths Gems #28
Tricks and Tips 3: Quadratics
Gem Awards 2015
CPD - Maths teachers lead the way

March 2015

Higher GCSE Revision
Tricks and Tips 2: Sequences, Linear Graphs and Surds
5 Maths Gems #27
Tricks and Tips 1: HCF
#mathsconf2015
5 Maths Gems #26
Maths Twitter Lesson Planning - #mathsTLP

February 2015

5 Maths Gems #25
Stretching Practice
Off on a Tangent
5 Maths Gems #24
5 Maths Gems #23

January 2015

Dreaming about Maths
Polygraph Rocks
5 Maths Gems #22
A Week in the Classroom
5 Maths Gems #21

December 2014

Teaching Indices
5 Maths Gems #20
5 Maths Gems #19
Back to school
5 Maths Gems #18
5 Maths Gems #17
5 Maths Gems #16

November 2014

Resourceaholic reflects
5 Maths Gems #15
Ideas from Shanghai
5 Maths Gems #14
Ideas for Teaching Circle Theorems
5 Maths Gems #13
5 Maths Gems #12

October 2014

A place for gimmicks?
5 Maths Gems #11
The Art of Collaboration
Lessons from Training
5 Maths Gems #10
Teaching Trigonometry
5 Maths Gems #9
Bridging the Gap to A Level

September 2014

5 Maths Gems #8
Open Evening
5 Maths Gems #7
Practical tips for a (newly) qualified maths teacher
5 Maths Gems #6
Starters and Inequalities
Introducing Differentiation
5 Maths Gems #5
Pythagoras' Theorem

August 2014

5 Maths Gems #4
5 Maths Gems #3
The Hidden Treasures of Shell Centre
Introducing Algebra
5 Maths Gems #2
Thoughts on Teaching Fractions
5 Maths Gems #1
Animations and Simulations
Teaching Box and Whisker Plots
Deliberate Mistakes
Consistent Mathematics

July 2014

Scatter Graphs
Kicking off Year 12
Your First Maths Lesson with Year 7
Long Live Stem and Leaf
Resources, resources, resources...
Bringing babies into a statistics lesson
End of term!
Linear Graphs
Resource Library: Complex Numbers

June 2014

Resources Anonymous
All about gradient
Maths Vocabulary
Shortcuts vs Concept Development
Area and Volume
Teaching with Desmos
Venn Activities
Binary
Student Communication using Blogs
Maths Movie Quiz

May 2014

Two ways to use comic strips in Maths teaching
Skewness
Similarity
Revision with Year 11
A Level Revision
Trial and Improvement
Multiplication and Colour
Radians
A Percentages Trick
Linear Simultaneous Equations
Surds
Large Square Roots
Coded Averages
Angles Facts
Factorising Harder Quadratics
Highest Common Factor and Lowest Common Multiple

April 2014

Dividing by Zero
Logs
Matrix Multiplication