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Total Maths Newsletter

Hello Colleague,

We hope you’ve had a great term and are looking forward to a restful break. 😊

Please be aware that from this summer onwards GCSE (9-1) Maths question papers will have a more distinct ‘F’ or ‘H’ on their front covers and both Foundation and Higher tier question papers will be issued on white paper (previously, Foundation tier question papers were printed on ‘vanilla’ colour paper). This follows discussion with centres and a successful trial in November 2022. The November 2022 question papers available on Teach Cambridge show the new style front covers.

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, Steven, Ruth and Caroline – 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, as well as 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 A Level Maths alternative papers on Teach Cambridge

We’ve just published a new set of alternative papers for A Level Maths A (H240).

These alternative papers are amended versions of the 3 original summer 2022 H240 question papers (the question wording is the same, but the new papers have different values/equations/etc. in questions, so students need to make different calculations).
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By using them together with the original papers, they enable you to monitor your students' progress between assessments, or you could just use them as a normal mock.

If you’ve not set up an account yet, visit our Teach Cambridge page to find out how to do so.

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Core Maths resources are now on Teach Cambridge
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If you’ve not set up a Teach Cambridge account yet, it’s now the place to go to for our Core Maths resources.

This includes the pre-release material for the summer 2023 Core Maths A (H868) and Core Maths B (H869) exams, which are available from Teach Cambridge within the ‘Assessment’ section.

Also available on the site are all of our Core Maths past papers, schemes of work, topic exploration packs and much more. If you’ve not added our Core Maths qualifications to your Teach Cambridge account, go to your account setting and you can add them there (both Core Maths qualifications are in the ‘Level 3 Certificate’ menu).

If you’ve not yet set up your account, visit our website to find out how.

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New Entry Level Maths resources on Teach Cambridge

Now available on Teach Cambridge are candidate exemplars of the Entry Level Maths (R449) practical task from summer 2022.

To access these resources you will need to login to your Teach Cambridge account. If you haven’t signed up already, visit our website for instructions on setting up an account.
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Once logged in, make sure ‘Entry Level Certificate: Mathematics’ is selected in the subject dropdown menu (if it doesn’t appear in your dropdown, please go to your account settings and add it). Then in the left-hand menu select ‘Assessment’ and then ‘NEA/Coursework’ to view the exemplars.

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Upcoming OCR Maths professional development
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We have plenty of 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 or discover how to start out with our GCSE & A Level Maths qualifications.

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

  • Tue 18 April – AS/A Level Further Maths A - Ask the Subject Advisor online Q&A
  • Thu 20 April – AS/A Level Maths - Effective use of technology
  • 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
  • Thu 4 May – Starting to teach AS/A Level Maths B (MEI)
  • Fri 5 May – Starting to teach AS/A Level Maths A
  • Thu 11 May – AS/A Level Further Maths B (MEI) - Ask the Subject Advisor online Q&A

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A well-rounded Pi blog

To mark National Pi Day on 14 March (or to get in there early for Pi Approximation Day on 22 July) Steven has written another blog for you, ‘Celebrating Pi across the curriculum’.

In this blog he considers how pi appears in a number of different subject-specific settings, with teaching ideas and links to activities included. Take a read now to go on a round trip of Steven’s pick of pi facts, encircling everything from piano scales to a particularly pious basin…
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