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Total Maths Newsletter

Hello Colleague,

Welcome to the first Total Maths of 2024. 😊 We hope you had a wonderful break at the end of last year and that term has got off to a great start for you.

Congratulations to all students receiving results from the November 2023 GCSE (9-1) Maths series. Question papers, final mark schemes, examiners’ reports and analysis grids are all now published on Teach Cambridge. Please see the article below for information.

For the 2024 exams, Ofqual has now confirmed that students sitting GCSE (9-1) Maths will receive a formulae sheet. We can also confirm that students sitting Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Maths this year will receive an extra formulae sheet as well.

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

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

maths@ocr.org.uk
@OCR_Maths
01223 553998
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2024 exams and formulae sheets
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Ofqual has now published the outcome of their recent consultation on the formulae and equation sheets for GCSE (9-1) Maths, Physics and Combined Science exams in 2024. They confirmed that formulae and equation sheets will again be issued to students taking those qualifications this year.

Additionally, students sitting our Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Maths in 2024 will also receive an extra formulae sheet.

To help you prepare students, pdf versions of the 2024 formulae sheets have now been published on Teach Cambridge, as well as the GCSE (9-1) Maths and Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Maths â€˜Assessment’ webpages.

For more information on 2024 formulae sheets, please see our recent subject update.

The entries deadline for the summer 2024 exams is Wednesday 21 February. Please ensure your exams officer has made your entries by then.

2024 exam timetables and key dates are available from our website.

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GCSE (9-1) Maths - November 2023 series

Congratulations and well done to all students who received results last week from the November 2023 series.

Question papers, final mark schemes, analysis grids and examiners' reports are all now available to download from Teach Cambridge.
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In early December last year, we published draft versions of the mark schemes for those of you using the papers as mock assessments and wishing to make an early start in marking them. If you did download the draft versions, please do make sure you download the final mark schemes now.

Please ensure that all of these materials are kept secure so that others can use them as mocks through the upcoming year.

Grade boundaries for the series are available from our 'Grade boundaries' webpage.

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2024 professional development
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We’ve got plenty of professional development courses coming up in 2024. Head over to our maths professional development webpage to book your place now.

The below courses are taking place in January and February.
  • Monday 22 January - Enhancing your teaching: A Level Maths B (MEI) – Teaching Mechanics
  • Monday 29 January - Enhancing your teaching: A Level Maths B (MEI) – Teaching Statistics
  • Wednesday 31 January - A Level Maths Further B (MEI) – Summer 2023 exam review
  • Wednesday 31 January - A Level Maths B (MEI) – Ask the Examiner Q&A (Pure content)
  • Thursday 8 February - Core Maths – Ask the Subject Advisor Q&A
  • Thursday 22 February - Enhancing your teaching: Efficient use of Technology in A Level Further Maths A and Further Maths B (MEI)
  • Monday 26 February - Enhancing your teaching: Efficient use of Technology in Core Maths
  • Tuesday 27 February - GCSE (9-1) Maths – Ask the Subject Advisor Q&A
  • Wednesday 28 February - Starting to teach A Level Further Maths B (MEI)
  • Thursday 29 February - A Level Maths A – Ask the Examiner Q&A (Pure content)

Materials from past sessions are available to you to download from Teach Cambridge. Select your qualification, then in the left-hand menu go to ‘Training’, then ‘Past training events’.

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Spring 2024 maths Teacher Network meetings

Book your place now for our spring 2024 maths virtual network meetings.

At the below meetings we’ll look at ideas for problem solving resources, share our professional development programme, discuss teaching and assessment ideas for this academic year and give you the chance to ask any questions. 
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  • A Level Further Maths – Tuesday 30 January 16:00-17:30
  • Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Maths – Tuesday 6 February 16:00-17:30
  • A Level Maths – Thursday 8 February 16:00-17:30

Slightly later in February we’ll also have the GCSE (9-1) Maths network. At this we’ll review the summer 2023 and November 2023 series, update you on the latest resources and give you a chance to network and ask any questions you need.

  •  GCSE (9-1) Maths – Wednesday 28 February 16:00-17:00

 Booking for all of these (and some summer 2024 ones) is now available from our Teacher Networks webpage.

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New Core Maths and A Level resources
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If you’re using Core Maths to support students’ maths skills in other A Level subjects, download our new mapping guides. We’ve just published these for A Level Geography, A Level Biology, A Level Psychology and A Level PE. Each guide shows you the links between Core Maths and the other qualification’s content, helping you ensure students are fully supported and also showing different contexts that the maths content could be taught with.

Core Maths mapping guides are available from Teach Cambridge. Select either ‘Core Maths A’ or ‘Core Maths B’ in the bar at the top, then in the menu go to ‘Teaching’ and then ‘New to this qualification’.

For A Level Maths A, Maths B (MEI), Further Maths A and Further Maths B (MEI), we’ve just published new alternative papers based on the summer 2023 question papers. Used with the original papers, these alternative papers provide the opportunity for more practice and to monitor progress.

A Level Maths and Further Maths alternative papers are also available from Teach Cambridge. Select your qualification in the bar at the top, then in the menu go to ‘Assessment’, then ‘Exams’ and then ‘Alternative papers’.

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Examiner opportunities

Would you like to mark with us?

We're currently recruiting summer 2024 examiners for Core Maths, A Level Maths and A Level Further Maths.

Marking typically takes 2-3 weeks and takes place within May to July. Full training will be provided and it’s an excellent opportunity to work within the exam system, as well as develop your own understanding of a qualification and how it is assessed.
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Find out more and apply at the links below.

You can also create an account and sign up for job alerts to be notified about future opportunities.

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