Charlotte McFarlan
@charlottemaths.bsky.social
Ex Maths Teacher now working in ITT
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I think somehow it's going to take a lot more then that.
But yes, that would be welcome.
But yes, that would be welcome.
November 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I think somehow it's going to take a lot more then that.
But yes, that would be welcome.
But yes, that would be welcome.
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Free webinar aiming to help teachers "energise learning" of fractions in their classrooms. Aimed at teachers of students in Key Stages 2 & 3: https://www.cambridgemaths.org/events/view/maths-week-england-2025/
#mathstoday #maths #teaching
#mathstoday #maths #teaching
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Free webinar aiming to help teachers "energise learning" of fractions in their classrooms. Aimed at teachers of students in Key Stages 2 & 3: https://www.cambridgemaths.org/events/view/maths-week-england-2025/
#mathstoday #maths #teaching
#mathstoday #maths #teaching
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Calling excel wizards: is there a way to make like a macro thingy that can combine certain data from two different spreadsheets. ie, I want to take a report I run each week (Sparx homework) and add a field from second spreadsheet (admission number) in order to make a mail merge CSV?
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Calling excel wizards: is there a way to make like a macro thingy that can combine certain data from two different spreadsheets. ie, I want to take a report I run each week (Sparx homework) and add a field from second spreadsheet (admission number) in order to make a mail merge CSV?
Really enjoyed my first tutoring session with @actiontutoring.org.uk this morning. Great way to start the day ☺️
November 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Really enjoyed my first tutoring session with @actiontutoring.org.uk this morning. Great way to start the day ☺️
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spent last week thrashing out expanding brackets with a grid/area model last week with grade 1-3 yr 10s, felt like I was going nowhere fast and encountering lots of difficulties.
This morning did reverse process to factorise with same model. Insane success rate.
#mathstoday
This morning did reverse process to factorise with same model. Insane success rate.
#mathstoday
November 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
spent last week thrashing out expanding brackets with a grid/area model last week with grade 1-3 yr 10s, felt like I was going nowhere fast and encountering lots of difficulties.
This morning did reverse process to factorise with same model. Insane success rate.
#mathstoday
This morning did reverse process to factorise with same model. Insane success rate.
#mathstoday
This rings true for me and I didn’t realise it until after the fact. Once I was back in a school that took T&L seriously, I realised that at my 2nd school, my teaching had stagnated for 2 years.
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We talk a lot about getting better at teaching, but perhaps we don't talk enough about getting worse at teaching.
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We talk a lot about getting better at teaching, but perhaps we don't talk enough about getting worse at teaching.
open.substack.com/pub/adamboxe...
Getting worse at teaching
We talk a lot about how teachers get better at teaching, but don’t think enough about how teachers can get worse at teaching.
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October 24, 2025 at 6:37 AM
This rings true for me and I didn’t realise it until after the fact. Once I was back in a school that took T&L seriously, I realised that at my 2nd school, my teaching had stagnated for 2 years.
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Do you know a great history teacher?
Nominate them now for a new history teaching award! Maybe I'll see them at the Tower of London next year!
Nominate someone here: bit.ly/42yhGZP
#historyteachingawards
Nominate them now for a new history teaching award! Maybe I'll see them at the Tower of London next year!
Nominate someone here: bit.ly/42yhGZP
#historyteachingawards
October 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Do you know a great history teacher?
Nominate them now for a new history teaching award! Maybe I'll see them at the Tower of London next year!
Nominate someone here: bit.ly/42yhGZP
#historyteachingawards
Nominate them now for a new history teaching award! Maybe I'll see them at the Tower of London next year!
Nominate someone here: bit.ly/42yhGZP
#historyteachingawards
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October 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
There's a whole other world out there: www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy...
Love this 😍
Introduced my Year 7s to solving equations this week. Made a worksheet to focus on the single skill of identifying the inverse operation for each one-step equation. It also got students used to writing the operation on BOTH sides.
#Mathschat #MathsToday #AusMathsChat
#Mathschat #MathsToday #AusMathsChat
October 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Love this 😍
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🚨Small boat migrants getting “private health care” while the rest of us have to use the NHS?!🚨
That’s outrageous!
Or is it?
Might the reality be a little more mundane and a little less clickbait-worthy?
Let’s take a 👀
1/17
🧵
That’s outrageous!
Or is it?
Might the reality be a little more mundane and a little less clickbait-worthy?
Let’s take a 👀
1/17
🧵
October 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🚨Small boat migrants getting “private health care” while the rest of us have to use the NHS?!🚨
That’s outrageous!
Or is it?
Might the reality be a little more mundane and a little less clickbait-worthy?
Let’s take a 👀
1/17
🧵
That’s outrageous!
Or is it?
Might the reality be a little more mundane and a little less clickbait-worthy?
Let’s take a 👀
1/17
🧵
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Does anyone teach #coremaths OCR B? First year teaching this and finding it challenging, could really use some advice from someone who has taught it before.
October 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Does anyone teach #coremaths OCR B? First year teaching this and finding it challenging, could really use some advice from someone who has taught it before.
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Dr Oz: "You'll notice, President Trump, these are discounted from $242 to $10. I don't know what the math is on that. We can't even calculate it. It's too high to calculate."
October 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Dr Oz: "You'll notice, President Trump, these are discounted from $242 to $10. I don't know what the math is on that. We can't even calculate it. It's too high to calculate."
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What trips or visiting speakers do you have for #AlevelMaths?
October 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
What trips or visiting speakers do you have for #AlevelMaths?
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We understand students going into year 13 may still be using the fx-CG50 this year... Don't worry, we have lots of resources to help. education.casio.co.uk/blog/helping...
Helping A-level maths students get started with the fx-CG100 - Casio Calculators
What you can do to prepare your A-level maths students for success with the new Casio fx-CG100 graphic calculator.
education.casio.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We understand students going into year 13 may still be using the fx-CG50 this year... Don't worry, we have lots of resources to help. education.casio.co.uk/blog/helping...
This feels like a long shot but I remember reading a great blog / newsletter from Craig Barton about asking questions like “what’s 2x20?” when doing long examples. I think it would have been very roughly this time last year I saw it. Anyone got it? #MathsToday
October 16, 2025 at 8:32 AM
This feels like a long shot but I remember reading a great blog / newsletter from Craig Barton about asking questions like “what’s 2x20?” when doing long examples. I think it would have been very roughly this time last year I saw it. Anyone got it? #MathsToday
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at the maths challenge club i run we have just finished senior maths challenge prep. Next stop is ritangle, but is there anything right now that year 7s or 8s or 9s could be getting on with?
#mathschat #maths #mathstoday #mathsteaching #mtbos
#mathschat #maths #mathstoday #mathsteaching #mtbos
October 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
at the maths challenge club i run we have just finished senior maths challenge prep. Next stop is ritangle, but is there anything right now that year 7s or 8s or 9s could be getting on with?
#mathschat #maths #mathstoday #mathsteaching #mtbos
#mathschat #maths #mathstoday #mathsteaching #mtbos
I don’t suppose anyone has a scheme of work for AQA Level 2 Further Maths they would be willing to share with me? #MathsToday
October 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I don’t suppose anyone has a scheme of work for AQA Level 2 Further Maths they would be willing to share with me? #MathsToday
What a gorgeous lesson. Thanks for sharing
Looked at Factorials with Year 10 in #MathsToday
Started off looking at odds and evens based on the Maths Challenge question in the bottom right.
I always love using Maths Challenge questions as a starting point for planning - this one was particularly fun 🧵1/4
Started off looking at odds and evens based on the Maths Challenge question in the bottom right.
I always love using Maths Challenge questions as a starting point for planning - this one was particularly fun 🧵1/4
October 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
What a gorgeous lesson. Thanks for sharing
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In #MathsToday I made 40 A Level teachers colour in representations of the binomial distribution.
This is your regular reminder that if you teach #ALevelMaths you should definitely try to join your local Maths Hub’s A Level Pedagogy group. There is some brilliant stuff going on all over England.
This is your regular reminder that if you teach #ALevelMaths you should definitely try to join your local Maths Hub’s A Level Pedagogy group. There is some brilliant stuff going on all over England.
October 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
In #MathsToday I made 40 A Level teachers colour in representations of the binomial distribution.
This is your regular reminder that if you teach #ALevelMaths you should definitely try to join your local Maths Hub’s A Level Pedagogy group. There is some brilliant stuff going on all over England.
This is your regular reminder that if you teach #ALevelMaths you should definitely try to join your local Maths Hub’s A Level Pedagogy group. There is some brilliant stuff going on all over England.
Love this. “SLOP” as Jo Morgan calls it (shed loads of practice)
#Mathstoday
Both of my year 9 classes did loads of substitution work today. Got the exercise from the foundation sumbooks 2002. They are available online as a pdf. Loads of questions if the students just need loads of practice.
Both of my year 9 classes did loads of substitution work today. Got the exercise from the foundation sumbooks 2002. They are available online as a pdf. Loads of questions if the students just need loads of practice.
October 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Love this. “SLOP” as Jo Morgan calls it (shed loads of practice)
I know I’ve read stuff from @adamboxereducation.bsky.social on how to deal with shouting out but I can’t for the life of me find it now. Can anyone help? 🙏🏼
October 8, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I know I’ve read stuff from @adamboxereducation.bsky.social on how to deal with shouting out but I can’t for the life of me find it now. Can anyone help? 🙏🏼
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In #mathstoday, we started conic sections in FP1 with some model-making!
October 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
😍
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Mothers lose an average £65,618 in pay by the time their first child turns five
Mothers lose an average £65,618 in pay by the time their first child turns five
Women’s average monthly earnings fall by 42% compared with one year before birth, ONS study finds
Mothers lose an average of £65,618 in pay by the time their first child turns five, as the “motherhood penalty” risks their financial security, official figures show.
Mums in England are hit by a “substantial and long-lasting reduction” in their pay after they have children, as they become less likely to stay in paid employment, the Office for National Statistics have said. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Mothers lose an average £65,618 in pay by the time their first child turns five
Love the phrase “authentic listening skills”. Think this is so often missed and really important. Often something students struggle with more than explaining their ideas.
In #MathsToday I have been looking at where my department are in terms of developing oracy skills. I found that many activities lend themselves to discussion work naturally but that not all pupils engage in these discussions and not all pupils demonstrate authentic listening skills.
#oracy #voice21
#oracy #voice21
October 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Love the phrase “authentic listening skills”. Think this is so often missed and really important. Often something students struggle with more than explaining their ideas.
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#Mathstoday
Year 8 have been doing this Improper Fraction and Mixed Fraction matching task today from MrWhy1089 on TES. Did this with 2 groups, first cut out everything, second only did diagrams and improper fractions to begin with. The second group ended up completing more overall.
Year 8 have been doing this Improper Fraction and Mixed Fraction matching task today from MrWhy1089 on TES. Did this with 2 groups, first cut out everything, second only did diagrams and improper fractions to begin with. The second group ended up completing more overall.
October 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
#Mathstoday
Year 8 have been doing this Improper Fraction and Mixed Fraction matching task today from MrWhy1089 on TES. Did this with 2 groups, first cut out everything, second only did diagrams and improper fractions to begin with. The second group ended up completing more overall.
Year 8 have been doing this Improper Fraction and Mixed Fraction matching task today from MrWhy1089 on TES. Did this with 2 groups, first cut out everything, second only did diagrams and improper fractions to begin with. The second group ended up completing more overall.