Oct 2 2025

Mathematics and Poetry

Today, October 2nd, is National Poetry Day in the UK. A look at some mathematical poems…

From 3Blue1Brown- Math Poetry. I love the problem in that first poem, Moser’s Circle Problem. It is a problem I have used with many classes – a brilliant ‘cautionary tale’ for students.

The problem is illustrated here on Desmos.

Transum – Polygon Riddle

We could try this Polygon riddle from Transum Mathematics, one of a collection of Maths Poems on Transum.

From Harry Baker – Poet and Mathematician – his video discusses his own journey from Maths to Poetry and the links between Maths and Poetry. The video includes two of his poems at times 3:50, 59 on primes, and 7:40, a puzzle – an A-Z of Time and Space.

See also – Math Poetry, from Oliver Knill, Harvard, and for younger students, Best Math Poems for Elementary School Students from We are teachers.

Aug 29 2025

Back to school 2025…

Some useful posts and pages for the start of term…

The menu on the right-hand side features some posts which may be helpful.

Featured Posts

Note also the top menu where we have, for example, questions by topic KS3-KS5.

A reminder of the resource collections for KS3-KS4

Each of these pages includes a description of the GCSE content and links to resources, there is a link at the top of each page for sites easily searchable by topic; the old but still useful National Strategies Exemplication Examples are also included.

Exemplification Examples – Algebra

Information and resources for IGCSE Mathematics is available from the top menu tab, GCSE/IGCSE/L2 Further Maths (14-16)

Also available from the top menu tab are resources for AQA Level 2 Further Mathematics

Many excellent resources for A Level teaching can be found on this page, A Level (16+) Resources. I have included the A Level baseline test and resources from Pixi Maths. This very useful set of resources includes solutions as well as the baseline test, a question-level analysis and also an intervention booklet and solutions.

PixiMaths – A Level Baseline Intervention Booklet
Webmaths – Year 12 “3 a day”

We also have on Webmaths, for A Level Maths, “3 a day” for Year 12 Maths; these resources look excellent; you can also find Year 13 3 a day. The starters are included in the Advanced Level Starters collection.

OCR, Bridging the Gap – A Student Guide

Staying with the Transition from GCSE to A Level, this post, GCSE to A Level Transition includes a resource collection for students starting A Level Maths, and supporting their Year 12 work.

Information and resources on University Admissions tests can be found here.

Aug 21 2025

GCSE Results 2025

The page, Exam Results 2025, with links for results statistics and grade boundaries for the UK examination boards now includes GCSE. The page also features articles and posts on results analysis. Links are provided for the examination boards’ access to scripts and results analysis tools.

MathsBot – Jonathan Hall
FFT education datalab
Aug 9 2025

Exam Results 2025

I have created a page, Exam Results 2025, with links for results statistics and grade boundaries for the UK examination boards. The page also features articles and posts on results analysis. Links are provided for the examination boards’ access to scripts and results analysis tools.

Mathematics, Learning and Technology, Exam Results 2025
Jul 26 2025

Summer Maths

For the summer break – some Maths puzzles and activities!

I have often mentioned OCR’s Maths puzzles; you can see the puzzle collection on BlueSky. Here’s the last puzzle of the academic year – appropriate for the summer!

#MEIConf2025 was great again.Here’s the final #OCRMathsPuzzle of the academic year.Each summer symbol in the grid below represents a number.The product of the numbers in each row and in each column equal the given totals.Work out the number that each symbol represents.#UKMathsChat #surds

— Steve Walker (@stevemaths.bsky.social) 2025-07-04T16:20:30.962Z

Nrich has previously posted many Summer Challenges for Primary and Secondary Students.

Nrich – University of Cambridge

On Transum Mathematics, you can find many suggestions for holiday activities. The puzzle illustrated is a level 1 puzzle; 12 levels are available.

The holiday collection offers numerous activities to encourage students to continue learning during the holidays. These are categorised, and we have a lovely mixture of learning, puzzles, and games to make students think.

Transum Mathematics

Or perhaps try some curve stitching on Transum.

A reminder that numerous puzzles are available on the Puzzles and Games series of pages:

Index

Geometry includes a collection of puzzles from Catriona Agg, who has made a collection of screenshots (Google Drive link) freely available.

Catriona Agg

Given three squares and a rectangle. What’s the shaded area?

In response to this puzzle, Rob Smith created an Autograph file. Rob has set this up to change both squares, and you can also move a point on the smaller square.

Try these brilliant GeoGebra puzzles from Daniel Mentrard, also, his 64 geometric puzzles.

Puzzles – Daniel Mentrard