Teach First Secondary Mathematics

We had a brilliant week with our 150 trainee mathematics teachers last week at their first training days in Birmingham, Leeds and London. We geeked out over fractions and circle theorems and started thinking in depth about misconceptions and their PGCE assignment #MathsToday

We had a fantastic time with Year 2 at last week's Kick Off Days. Lovely to catch up, do some hard maths and start exploring ambassador projects. Next week it's Year 1's turn. They'll try some Talking Maths card sorts, do a deep dive into circle theorems and think about misconceptions #MathsToday

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Exciting week for us as we welcome over 150 ECTs back for the first training day of year 2. They will be thinking about their class data, digging into effective revision, learning about the ambassador project they will complete this year, and doing some maths from @mathsadvance.bsky.social

Teach First trainees and ECTs can get a discounted digital membership for @amiemathematics.bsky.social. This gives you free/discounted access to events, 30% off all publications, access to a journal of your choice and access to communities. Ask your Subject Development Lead for info #MathsToday

And another academic year is underway! Good luck to all our trainees as you meet your new classes, we can't wait to see your first lesson observations this term! And to our ECTs, welcome back and we'll see you for Kick Off Summit at the end of this month #MathsToday

We had a fabulous time in Newcastle at the end of July with our incoming trainees for National Gathering. We loved geeking out on mathematics pedagogy with them and had some great talks from @meimaths.bsky.social on AI and from @ncetm.bsky.social on connections in mathematics

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We're off to Newcastle tomorrow for National Gathering and we can't wait to meet our new trainees in person! As well as a subject session with us, trainees have opted into sessions from @meimaths.bsky.social and @ncetm.bsky.social, and @amiemathematics.bsky.social will be there too! 🧮 #MathsToday

We were joined by over 100 of our ECTs this week at their final training days in London, Manchester and Nottingham. It was a brilliant opportunity to reflect on their progress, celebrate their successes and hear all about the ambassador projects they've worked on this year 🥳 #MathsToday

We're looking forward to seeing our Year 2s for their final training day of the programme next week! We will be looking at challenge without acceleration and digging into the new problem solving resources from @mathshorizons.bsky.social #MathsToday

It's just three weeks until we are headed to Newcastle with our incoming trainees for a big in-person finish to Summer Institute. We're excited that as well as their core/mathematics sessions, trainees can choose to attend sessions from @meimaths.bsky.social and @ncetm.bsky.social as part of Ed Fest

Today our incoming trainees are getting prepped for School Centred Learning next week, their first week in a school as part of their training. Massive good luck to all of them! We can't wait to hear how it goes! #MathsToday

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Today is our first subject seminar for full-time Summer Institute trainees. This is the holding slide if anyone fancies a go at some lovely problems #MathsToday

Welcome to full-time Summer Institute trainees, who start today! Part-time trainees start thinking about subject this week and one of the first things we'll be asking them is why they have decided to become a maths teacher. Maths teachers, what was your 'why' when you started teaching? #MathsToday

Maths teachers 👋 We'll be chatting to our incoming trainees next week about using Bluesky for professional growth. We'd love to know... Why are you here? What do you get out of it? And any tips for how to get value from it? #MathsToday

🧮 Calculator Crunch is nearly here Five days of free maths challenges for Year 6 (P7) & 7 (S1) 🏆 Win a class set of Casio fx‑83GT CW calculators or maths resources 📅 15–19 June 👉 buff.ly/bGYNFAU #CalculatorCrunch

We're excited to kick off our Summer Institute this week, where next year's trainees will be getting September-ready. We'll be meeting our part-time cohort tomorrow for a deep dive into building positive relationships with pupils, colleagues and parents/carers 🚀

Happy half-term 🎉 It's been a busy one for our trainees with assignment hand-ins and final QTS observations. Many of our ECTs are experiencing exam-season for the first time as Y11 teachers, as well as wrapping up their ambassador projects. We hope everyone gets a rest next week and enjoys some sun🌞

Y2s engaged superbly with their final online seminar last week. They looked at the problem with problem-solving with David Thomas from @axiommaths.bsky.social, were introduced to @meimaths.bsky.social by Sharon Tripconey & Carol Knights, and reflected on the culture of their mathematics classrooms 👏

In an assessment lots of pupils drew this is as the line y=x for this reflection, drawing a line diagonally from bottom left to top right. This normally works if you have 'square' axes but not in this case!

Our Y1s will be handing in their PGCE assignment tomorrow. They've been doing some practitioner research looking at a particular misconception and how to address it. Massive well-done to them on all their hard work! 👏 What interesting misconceptions have you seen recently? #MathsToday

We're hiring! 🎉 We're looking for a subject specialist to join our wonderful team of mathematics development leads. You'd be supporting trainees and ECTs on our programmes to develop their subject and pedagogical knowledge #MathsToday www.teachfirst.org.uk/working-teac...

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On Thursday, our ECTs will be able to join the final session in our three-part spotlight series on teaching Year 11 and preparing them for exams. This session is on 'The Final Countdown'. What do your final few weeks with Y11 look like? #MathsToday

Welcome to the summer term! A busy one for us as we support trainees to the QTS and PGCE finish lines, we have our last Online Seminars, and we get ready for our final in-person training day with our Y2s. We can't wait to see the ambassador projects they've been working on! #MathsToday

📊 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

We loved our last training days of the year with Y1s last week. Trainees in London, Birmingham and Leeds looked at using rich tasks, different ways of scaffolding, and calculator use, as well as diving into the topic of iteration. They also shared their advice for next year's cohort #MathsToday

We'd love to hear how you're celebrating pi day! Pi recitals? Free-hand circle drawing? Something else? Think Maths have some nice arty ideas as well as a competition your students can enter think-maths.co.uk/pi-comp/ #MathsToday

We're looking forward to tomorrow, when Y2s will join us online for a deep dive into dyscalculia with Magdalene Lake followed by a look at what makes a great mathematics task #MathsToday

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We're looking forward to seeing our trainees online on Wednesday. They'll be engaging with some academic reading, have a choice of sessions honing in on different parts of their PGCE assignment, and finishing with an exciting session from Jayne Webster about representations in maths #MathsToday

The last one of these was excellent. Well-worth signing up for #MathsToday

Well done to our Y1s who submitted a sample of their literature review yesterday for feedback, another milestone of the PGCE year done ✅ This half-term, many of them will be starting their practitioner research in their classrooms and we're excited to hear how it goes! #MathsToday

We know our trainees will be busy writing up a sample of their literature reviews for their PGCE assignment over the next week. Remember that @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social have loads of support available on My Hallam to help with academic writing and referencing #MathsToday

Missed our recent webinars on 'Low Threshold High Ceiling'? Catch up with our recordings for both Primary and Secondary teachers on our guidance page here: nrich.maths.org/articles/low...

Pleased to share the blog I wrote for Oracy Cambridge. oracycambridge.org/oracy-in-mat... I mention the @ncetm.bsky.social ‘s Oracy in mathematics framework. If you’re developing Oracy in the maths classrooms in your school, get in touch.

As we approach the end of this half-term, we're nearly half way through the school year! Wishing our trainees and ECTs a restful break when it arrives. For an enjoyable end of (half) term maths lesson, @mathsjem.bsky.social has some lovely resources www.resourceaholic.com/2015/07/eot.... #MathsToday

It's spotlights week for our ECTs with sessions going on to support with ambassador projects and classroom practice. Team maths are putting on some extra sessions this term. George Bowman from @mathsadvance.bsky.social, @janehawkins.bsky.social and Magdalene Lake will all be coming along to support!

Was great to see our Y1s at training days in Birmingham, Leeds & London last week. We loved hearing how you're getting on in school and geeking out on some maths with you all. Trainees also got thinking about their next steps in their practitioner research for their PGCE assignment #MathsToday

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Over the next three days, we'll be welcoming over 200 trainees to their second in-person training day. They’ll be taking a deep dive into the topic of graphs, thinking about how they engage with research and developing their criticality ready for that PGCE write-up! #MathsToday

We're getting our teeth stuck into this report from the Observatory for Mathematical Education. It provides interesting insight into what's happening in mathematics classrooms - well worth having a read for our programme members and mentors #MathsToday

Well done to ECTs for their engagement on training day 2 last week. We enjoyed dropping into breakout rooms and hearing all about the brilliant work happening with pupils as part of the ambassador projects. We're excited to support with these in seminars and interactions this term #MathsToday

🚀 Ready for Training Day 2! Tomorrow, ECTs explore oracy with @janehawkins.bsky.social and reasoning for SEND with Magdalene Lake. Plus lots of opportunity to discuss in reading groups and Ambassador Projects groups.🤝 Let’s share, learn & inspire! #TFMathematicsY2 #MathsToday