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Total Maths Newsletter

Hello Colleague,

We hope you had a lovely break over half-term and are enjoying the longer days as we approach spring. Hopefully the weather will improve soon. 😊

Thank you for your feedback on the November 2023 provisional timetable. The confirmed dates for the November 2023 GCSE (9-1) Maths exams are Wednesday 8, Friday 10 & Monday 13 November 2023.

Final exam timetables for both summer and November 2023 are available from our key dates and timetables webpage.

As always, if you have any questions or if we can give you any further support, please get in touch. Our role is to support you as you deliver our qualifications.

Neil, Caroline, Steven and Ruth – your OCR Maths Subject Advisors 

maths@ocr.org.uk
@OCR_Maths
01223 553998
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2023 exams
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For the 2023 exams:

  • grading in 2023 will broadly be in line with before the pandemic,
  • advance information will not be issued,
  • GCSE (9-1) Maths students will receive a formulae sheet in each exam,
  • Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Maths students will receive an extra formulae sheet in the exam.

For more information about the 2023 formulae sheets, please see our subject update and Steven’s recent blog on the Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Maths extra formulae sheet.

Remember we also have formulae tests and formulae sheet top tips resources available. You can download these from the qualification webpages.

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New GCSE (9-1) Maths resources on Teach Cambridge

If you’ve not set up a Teach Cambridge account yet, you’re missing out on some of our latest resources. Visit our Teach Cambridge page to find out how to set up an account.

The GCSE (9-1) Maths summer 2022 alternative papers are all available from Teach Cambridge, as are the summer 2022 candidate exemplars.
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We’ve also uploaded another batch of our GCSE (9-1) Maths revision worksheets, created in collaboration with Cambridge University Press. The folder now contains 57 worksheets. You can download these also from Teach Cambridge, though the folder is available from the qualification webpage too.

Remember the November 2022 question papers, mark schemes, analysis grids and examiners’ reports are all published for you on Teach Cambridge too.

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Pre-release materials for summer 2023 Core Maths exams
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Pre-release material for the summer 2023 Core Maths A (H868) and Core Maths B (H869) exams will be published next Wednesday, 15 March. As these are exam materials, they will be accessible only to your exams officer and you will need to contact them to download the materials for you. They will be available to your exams officer in the ‘Pre-release material’ section of Interchange.

For more information, please see our recent subject update.

The Advanced Maths Support Programme (AMSP) are running two online meetings discussing the pre-release materials for OCR Core Maths A & B on Tuesday 21 March and Monday 27 March, which we encourage you to sign up for.

Core Maths pre-release subject update
Spring network meetings for GCSE, FSMQ & A Level Maths

This month we’ll be running free online network meetings for several of our maths qualifications. At each, we’ll begin by speaking to you about a few topics important to the qualification and giving you the latest updates on support. Following that, you’ll have the chance to ask questions about any aspect of the qualification, plus share your ideas too.
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Whether you’re an experienced teacher or just starting out, get yourself a place and we look forward to speaking to you there.

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Upcoming OCR Maths professional development
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We have several professional development sessions coming up for you in the next few weeks. Book your place now to ask questions to the maths team, learn about using technology to deliver A Level Maths A or discover what makes our GCSE (9-1) Maths qualification unique.

For full details and booking information, please see our Professional Development webpage.

  • Thu 23 March – AS/A Level Maths A - Enhancing your teaching: Effective use of technology
  • Tue 18 April – AS/A Level Further Maths A - Ask the Subject Advisor online Q&A
  • Tue 25 April – Switching to OCR GCSE (9-1) Maths
  • Tue 25 April – AS/A Level Maths A - Ask the Subject Advisor online Q&A
  • Thu 27 April – AS/A Level Maths B (MEI) - Ask the Subject Advisor online Q&A

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Updated A Level Maths blogs

Ahead of this summer’s exams, Steven has revisited and updated a couple of his previous A Level Maths blogs.

As students start thinking about revision, both you and they can read his Studying A Level Maths at home blog to discover ideas for independent learning away from the classroom.

In the second blog, Steven looks at feedback on hypothesis tests from examiners of AS and A Level Maths.
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Maths blogs

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