Amanda Austin

Keep myself busy in this terrible weather with more Further Maths vectors resources: ✨Vector Equation of a Plane Crack the Code ✨Angles Between Lines and Planes Match-Up ✨Intersections of Lines and Planes True or False Find them at www.draustinmaths.com/a-level-further-maths #MathsToday #ALevelMaths

New to the STEP Support Programme website are the interview preparation pages. Find them in the menu at step.maths.org Any comments or suggestions very welcome! #MathsToday #AlevelMaths #UKMathsChat

In the distant past, before becoming a secondary maths teacher, I was a primary school teacher. I have taken what I learnt then to design these highly scaffolded worksheets which help all students to access the KS3 curriculum. All resources are free resources.themathshabit.co.uk

I've added a new Vectors section to the A-level Further Maths section of the website, with three new resources: ✨2D Vector Equation of a Line Fill in the Blanks ✨3D Vector Equation of a Line Match-Up ✨Scalar Product True or False Find them at www.draustinmaths.com/a-level-further-maths #ALevelMaths

Last week in #MathsToday two activities given to Year 12 as an intro. One from Susan Wall found in the great book "Teaching ALevel Maths" from @susanwhitehouse.bsky.social and @mrsouthernmaths.bsky.social. Second from MEI.

I've added and tweaked a few questions on Factors, Multiples and Primes. Here's a one-click set of 20 increasingly difficult questions. mathsbot.com/unitMixed?id...

New! My 203rd gems post. Ideas, resources and updates for maths teachers. www.resourceaholic.com/2026/10/5-ma... Lots of great stuff in this one! #ukmathschat #alevelmaths

#Mathstoday My year 11s had a go at this lovely Dr Austin task today - Recognising graphs. They not been exposed loads to cubic of reciprocal graphs so did find it hard at time but most of them got there in the end.

In #MathsToday, Year 10 did some averages with fractions: interwovenmaths.com/averages-wit... This was one of the original Interwoven Maths tasks when the site launched, and I still love the different fraction skills it requires, e.g. finding the midpoint of two fractions in the third column.

#Mathstoday Year 10 have been working on negative fractional indices today. I've really been liking these Maths helper questions, they are really good for a Set 1.

A growing collection of simple to use, printable resources. Including ratio tables, clocks, isometric grids, number pyramids, part-whole models and much more. mathsbot.com/printableMenu

Continuing to add to the A-level Further Maths resources: ✨Maclaurin Series Crack the Code ✨Momentum and Impulse with Vectors Fill in the Blanks ✨Work Done on an Inclined Plane Fill in the Blanks All freely available at www.draustinmaths.com/a-level-further-maths #ALevelMaths #MathsToday

I've spent a bit of time on Linear Equations within the MathsBot curriculum today. Here's a one-click resource which generates 24 increasingly difficult ones to solve. mathsbot.com/unitMixed?id...

In #MathsToday #ALevelFM we were working on de Moivres theorem. All was good until we got to ones like this where they needed to make the arguments match. Does anyone know where I could find more questions like this?

In #MathsToday, Year 10 were doing some averages from frequency tables. They started with this from one of @studymaths.bsky.social's #1001MathsBots [table not revealed at first!]. And then moved on to some variationy practice questions. interwovenmaths.com/frequency-ta...

#Mathstoday Yr11 have been looking at quadratics as a whole, turning points, roots and Y-Intercept. They definitely need more practice but they are getting there.

In #MathsToday, Year 8 have started a chapter on Ratio and Proportion. Certainly a contender for one of my favourite topics to teach. And it is one with a lot of particularly lovely NCETM Checkpoints to choose from - these are two highlights for me. www.ncetm.org.uk/classroom-re...

A quick recap of solving equations for Year 8 tomorrow. #mathstoday #ukmathsteachers #mathsteachers

In #mathstoday, I’ve been playing around with using Numicon to represent the structure of different sequences visually for my Year 7 students.

In #MathsToday, Year 13 Further Maths had a lesson in the morning to revise for an afternoon Core Pure 1 assessment. I printed off a nice double-sided A3 revision mat. There's something about that format that I find feels more approachable than 50 questions in a list! interwovenmaths.com/mats/cp1

UPDATE: I've just added randomly generated versions of the 2026, 2025 and 2024 papers to the compact and full versions of the KS2 arithmetic papers. mathsbot.com/primary/ks2M... mathsbot.com/primary/ks2

Get UKMT Senior Maths Challenge ready! We have all of the SMC past papers to help students prepare buff.ly/V3NQiuk

New! A post about what I've been doing lately in my department & my lessons - hopefully with some ideas for teachers to borrow. Plus a link to my latest podcast with Craig Barton where we chat about set changes, AI for homework and poor use of the equals sign. www.resourceaholic.com/2026/09/sept...

Coincidentally, I've been linking all of my year 11's quadratic work to sketching graphs today. We explored x=0, y=0 (and hence solving, usually by factorising) and completing the square for min/max. There's a brilliant @draustinmaths.com worksheet that I then gave them to practice. Small steps 😁

New Content! We now have the 2026 KS2 SATs papers buff.ly/zXQKI9e #mathsteacher #ks2maths

Yesterday we looked at algebraic function machines. Year 7 enjoyed making the inputs and outputs with the real tiles and asked me if they could use them again in the next lesson. I also enjoyed using my new pen tool of course! #MathsToday

I got to do some #MathsToday 😁 using this lovely task with new leads of A Level Pedagogy Work Groups. If you teach A Level anywhere in England, I would really encourage you to contact your local Maths Hub and join a Work Group for 3 days of brilliant free CPD.

#Mathstoday Yr11 had a go at the mix volume and surface area of prisms sheet from Dr Austin. So many times the student was stuck just because they didn't read the question and was trying to find the surface area on a volume question. www.draustinmaths.com/_files/ugd/7...

In #MathsToday Yr 1 #AlevelMaths proved the quadratic formula using an underground maths card sort, did some explorative work on key features of quadratic functions using factorised form and completing the square and then completed DrAustin finding quadratic equations from their graphs. Links below

In #MathsToday, Year 10 Level 2 Further Maths wrapped up Binomial Expansion with some lovely questions from @draustinmaths.com, who has an excellent selection of L2FM worksheets at: www.draustinmaths.com/level2fm

New A-level Further Maths resources added today: ✨Different Forms of Complex Numbers Fill in the Blanks ✨Multiplying and Dividing Complex Numbers Match-Up Steadily building a (hopefully useful) bank of Further Maths resources at www.draustinmaths.com/a-level-further-maths #MathsToday #ALevelMaths

UPDATE: I've just added a pen overlay tool to the Algebra Tiles. It needs a bit of tweaking (rubber tool etc) and once I'm happy I'll roll it out to the rest of the manipulatives. mathsbot.com/manipulative...

In #MathsToday I spent time with a student on TMUA questions. His big question was how do you know whether to take an algebraic or graphical approach because if you don't pick the right one you run out of time. Any advice? Also, has anyone collated logic qu from MAT which would be good TMUA practice

And Year 13 did some complex numbers questions from @tlmaths.bsky.social and @danihosford.bsky.social's excellent Core Pure Part 2 book: sites.google.com/view/tlmaths... It has really lovely questions, and nicely brings in ideas from other topics in clearly labelled questions. I highly recommend.

In #MathsToday I gave my new yr 12 class some of the trickier questions from their IGCSE exams in the summer to see if there were any rusty skills! Yr 10 recapped fraction skills including considering whether a common numerator might be more efficient when comparing fractions such as 3/11 and 4/15

In #MathsToday, I had my first after-school lesson with Year 10 Level 2 Further Maths. We looked at some different problems that just happened have some Pascal's triangle under the surface. Then explored how you can interpret each problem either recursively or combinatorially.

#Mathstoday Year 10 looked at Surface Area today. Made them all draw the faces to make sure they include them all. Tried a harder question at the end, it seems like they do need a bit more practice on applying the skills.

I'm going to try to do #MathsToday as consistently as possible this year (although I might struggle on days when I only teach Computer Science!). Today, in my first lesson with Y10, we did some of @dandraper.bsky.social's lovely significant figures tasks: mrdrapermaths.wordpress.com/2020/11/14/z...

#Mathstoday Yr8 had a look at negative numbers. Yr10 did more box plot practice and started statistics with my new yr11 ELC group. Nothing of huge excitement but sometimes there isn't going to be.

In #mathstoday Y9 reviewed expanding double brackets. They groaned when I showed them a variation grid from @studymaths.bsky.social's site, but good discussions followed when I encouraged them to spot the patterns and find shortcuts to help speed up filling it in. mathsbot.com/grids/binomi...

It's back to school this week for many, so this is your annual reminder about draustinmaths.com. There are now over 1200 free maths resources, including over 100 resources for A-level Maths and Further Maths. And when you've exhausted all of those, there are a few paid-for resources too!

This year we are launching A Level statistics. Reaching out to anyone who has delivered this already? #AlevelStats Appreciate a retweet to reach more people 🙏🏽

New! My 202nd gems post. Ideas, updates and resources for maths teachers. 💎 www.resourceaholic.com/2026/08/5-ma... #ukmathschat

Underground Maths back up and running today 😀 #ALevelMaths

Any edexcel markers on here? Did you mark F paper 1 … Q12a? The Asma cycling question …. I have a query?!? If you can help DM me please?

I'm looking for a tablet that I can link to my school laptop and project on to the screen in the classroom. I'd like to be able to annotate pdfs, PPs etc and also take pictures of students' work to display on screen. Essentially a blend of visualiser and IWB. Any recommendations? #MathsToday

More new complex numbers resources: ✨Complex Numbers in Modulus-Argument Form Match-Up ✨Multiplying and Dividing Complex Numbers Fill in the Blanks ✨Loci on an Argand Diagram Match-Up Find them all at www.draustinmaths.com/a-level-further-maths #ukmathschat #alevelmaths #mathstoday

I’m incredibly excited to launch HoD Space - I genuinely think it is going to be a game changer in secondary school maths departments. Sign up for a free trial today: www.hodspace.com My blog post explains what, how and why: www.resourceaholic.com/2026/08/hod-... Please share! #ukmathschat

New! My 201st gems post. Ideas, updates and resources for maths teachers. 💎 www.resourceaholic.com/2026/08/5-ma... #mathstoday #ukmathschat #alevelmaths