Dan Draper

Modulus Equations and Sketching: Some questions I wrote that build using variation. Post includes discussion behind why I've structured it this way, solutions and link to a Desmos page. mrdrapermaths.wordpress.com/2026/10/28/m...

When shit feels bad, remember that WE ARE CURING CANCERRRR

My first morning in the Omaze house. I didn’t sleep. I could hear crying from behind the door I’m not allowed to open.The only thing to eat is frozen prawns. I went for a wander round the 4 acre garden and found a box of VHS tapes marked ‘For the next one’. I’m sure it’s fine. I’m sure it’s all fine

15 minutes into Widow’s Bay. Can already tell I’m going to be insufferable about this show to all and sundry.

Soz, tin foil hat time. I reckon all this school closure chat is to distract from that report that said ten billion pounds were wasted on PPE contracts.

This is like a three word review of what you’ll find in my house.

Right maths teachers. In #mathstoday I am planning a problem solving SoL for KS3 using one lesson per fortnight of our extra timetable time. Think ICCAMS/ NRich/ Improving Learning in Maths - that kind of vibe. I’m doing ok but have spare sessions. Hit me with your fave tasks please! RT 🙏🏻

proportion and ratio tables #maths

Seeing a lot of “the heat only kills the elderly and those with existing conditions, stop complaining” and feeling a familiar sense of disappointment. I don’t know how to explain that you should care about people etc etc but also: we are all people and vulnerable.

Halfway through The Fifth Elephant (reading the Watch novels in order) and I think Detritus is becoming my favourite Discworld character. Him sticking up for Cheery made me tear up. I love him so much. 🥹

Been to the doctors and he had to look in the back of my throat. I TOOK MY GLASSES OFF. So embarrassing.

That Guardian 100 best books doesn't even have the best Hilary Mantel on it. Ridiculous.

Closes Tuesday! 🙌 It’s dead good here.

Finishing up with Year 13 in #Mathstoday, looking at some slightly lesser spotted questions to do with integration and logarithms #Alevelmaths

Some "Power Equations" , equations with indices, or whatever you like to call them. (And so detached from posting here I realise I don't have a clue what hashtag to use... 😐) Downloadable version with worked solutions here: kshancock.co.uk/lessonresour...

Ormiston River Academy are looking for a Director of Mathematics. Could it be you? The school is in Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex. Take a look at the advert and apply by Monday 27th April. mynewterm.com/jobs/137152/... Reposts welcome!

You have until Wednesday to apply for one of my 2 vacancies. We are DELIGHTFUL.

Short stories are great. You can read one before breakfast.

Oh yeah definitely the one thing sci fi and fantasy has been missing is the male gaze

New! My 197th gems post. Ideas, updates and resources for maths teachers. 💎 www.resourceaholic.com/2026/04/5-ma... #ukmathschat #mathstoday #alevelmaths

Had to write about an imaginary culture where the social norms are different so I spaffed on about a society who communicate through dance because it’s about the only verb I could bloody conjugate. 🤡

Used this lovely task from Underground Maths with year 12 today. I love that it has no calculating, it’s all reasoning. 🥰🙌 undergroundmathematics.org/calculus-mee... #MathsToday #ALevelMaths

📊 New KS4 PD materials! Statistics and probability materials now available to support subject knowledge, planning and classroom practice. Explore core concepts including representations, analysis and probability. www.ncetm.org.uk/news/new-ks4... #Maths #EduSky #UKMathsChat

Wherever possible, I like to check for prerequisite knowledge in a meaningful way. Here's a simple one for completing the square.

Revising for a French written test I’ve got next week and I’m in that bargaining stage. ‘How badly can I do and still pass if I nail my speaking test?’

MATHS TEACHERS! We are expanding our team due to increased curriculum time. *2 posts available* Lovely, dedicated & supportive team. Easily commutable from Leeds & York. Happy to answer questions via DM. Please share if you can. www.king-james.co.uk/job/teacher-... Reposts appreciated!

Due to a relocation we have another vacancy. Do you want to come and teach maths in the beautiful national forest? 🌳 🏡 Come and join a team that love to talk about teaching maths DM if you have any questions share.google/nZ9dKhpLJXwj...

My year 13s are struggling with reverse chain rule, so wrote these as a bridging task before we look at adjusting to get a reverse chain rule result. #MathsToday #ALevelMaths

My school is hiring a maths teacher for September! www.swchs.net/blog/?pid=37... Come and work with a brilliantly supportive department, with loads of high quality shared resources, in a school that takes staff workload and wellbeing really seriously.

The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer. 🧵 1/5

If Reform had won, Labour's statement would be that this result is a stark reminder we need to listen and learn from voters who rightly feel betrayed by modern politics. But the Greens won by a comfortable margin, so it's: these voters are stupid and also sinister and, ugh, Muslims

Picked up Bog People from my local library on Friday and powered through it over the weekend. Superb anthology of #folkhorror - no filler, all great tales. Highly recommended. www.awesomebooks.com/book/9781784...

Used this from Underground Maths today. (undergroundmathematics.org/introducing-...) Prompted great conceptual discussion around zooming in and looking at local properties on curves. It made differentiation from first principles so much easier to grasp afterwards too. Love UM! #MathsToday

Making use of the split tile buttons to complete the square even if the coefficient of x is odd. youtu.be/eFLhyWYLyZ8 #MiniMathsBots

I give my yr12 pure lot paper homework every lesson and one of them’s just pulled an uno reverse card out of their pocket and placed it on their desk. The gall! 😅

The narrative that teens are all phone-obsessed hermits is so damaging and over simplified - we need to celebrate the other narratives like this one: amazing work from the young lads cumbriacrack.com/2026/01/26/t...

Used a double number line in #MathsToday to help pupils get to grips with going from one number to another using multiplication.

⭐Three vacancies for Maths Education Support Specialists at @meimaths.bsky.social ⭐ 1) School & Stakeholder Engagement 2) Secondary Teacher Support 3) Level 3 Teacher Support Closing date is 09-02-2026 More info can be found here: mei.org.uk/about/careers/ ⭐Please share⭐

A friend of mine has just launched this website that I think is pretty great for generating quick starters for A-Level maths and he has started adding some questions for Further Maths too. mrhardymaths.co.uk #MathsToday #ALevelMaths

Why don't they keep AI focused on scientific & medical uses, to enhance human intelligence instead of trying to replace it and turning us into stupid lumps devoid of imagination, wondering & problem solving abilities?