"The more you can step back and free yourself from the language (especially the choice of ten as a grouping size), the more flexible and mathematical your viewpoint will be." - Paul Lockhart (Arithmetic). Chart from Pi in the Sky' by John Barrow.

💔

Ozzy Forever!

R.I.P. Ozzy Osbourne.

Goodbye dear friend - thanks for all those years - we had some great fun. 4 kids from Aston- who’d have thought, eh? So glad we got to do it one last time, back in Aston. Love you.

RIP Ozzy. An icon who defined early heavy metal music \m/

Drink some beer, ride steam trains and hear my band play live music 🎶

Don't count, see the amount! A simple to use and customisable tool for subitising. mathsbot.com/tools/subitisi…

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🥇 🏆 ⚽️

Teaching directed number soon? "Proof by Patterns" is a nice way to see why a − (−b) = a + b. Start from the top row and encourage pupils to see what patterns they spot. mathsbot.com/grids/commutat…

New blog post. "The way the curriculum might be set out in your school, year by year, is not a thing. It is not a thing. It is something that someone has invented to try and control and organise children’s learning — and teachers’ teaching" atulranatutors.co.uk/uncategorized/…

You spend more time on social media than you intend to, because time flows faster on these platforms, causing you to lose hours in what feels like minutes. This is no accident; it’s a result of a decades-long plot to steal your time. My new essay. gurwinder.blog/p/how-social-m…

Looking to help your GCSE or A level students understand how their exams are graded? 📝 Our animation breaks down the entire process from exam hall to results day. Find out more in our “Understanding grading” toolkit: ⬇️ gov.uk/government/col… @JCQCiC Confederation of School Trusts

Always stick to what makes you weird, odd, strange, different. That’s your source of power.

What matters is not education or money, but your persistence and the intensity of your desire to learn; that failures, mistakes, and conflicts are often the best education of all; and how true creativity and mastery emerge from all this.

Unlock better sleep and a healthier heart. Simple tweaks to exercise, meditation, and sleep hygiene can have a massive impact on nighttime heart rate variability. #HeartHealth #Wellness

New blog post. "Wiles’ story is the ultimate testament that meaning in mathematics comes not from ease, but from suffering well for something beautiful. By endurance and love for the struggle itself, Wiles solved Fermat’s Last Theorem." atulranatutors.co.uk/uncategorized/…

Happy holidays everyone! ⛱️🌻⛵️ I've found one more copy of Small Numbers, Big Ideas to give away! Give this a like and repost and I'll pick a winner on Sunday 17th. amazon.co.uk/Small-Numbers-…