BIDMAS is a lie. And your child deserves better.It’s not real maths — just a shortcut masquerading as understanding.Most children are taught to follow it blindly, without ever learning what an operation truly is.Unary. Binary. This is the hidden architecture of calculation — in primary, secondary, and beyond.And it changes everything once seen. But first,…
By the time I was 11, I had already lived in five different countries. By 13, I had quietly fallen behind in mathematics and failed my end-of-year exam. It wasn’t for lack of intelligence. It wasn’t even for lack of effort. I was just lost in a cycle of constant school transitions, new languages, and…
In the middle of my short holiday at the Peak District an article appeared on the famous US newspaper on the 6th of August 2020. The article was titled ‘Everybody Is a Live-Streamer in Covid-19 Era‘ and I featured on the opening paragraph for that story. The article was published in print of the Wall…
This blog post is a write up of my fourth maths conference. La Salle Education run the UK’s largest network of maths teachers’ professional development along with an online platform Complete Maths. Attended by around 400 maths teachers and a few tutors, the conferences are invaluable professional development, training and networking with fellow maths teaching…
I have come out of the other side, the Easter tuition period is by far the busiest time of year for me. I first experiened this during the Easter holiday period of 2007, and some of the work I did at the time has led to work even to this very Easter holiday. Amazing how…