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Total Maths Newsletter

Hello Colleague,

We hope this term is going well for you and that you’re looking forward to half-term coming up soon.

The entries deadline for the summer 2023 exams is Tuesday 21 February. Please ensure your exams officer has made your entries by then.

If you’re interested in entering any students for both AS Maths and A Level Maths this summer, Steven has just written a brand-new blog exploring this.

Following your feedback, we've revised the November 2023 provisional timetable. The revised provisional dates for the November 2023 GCSE (9-1) Maths exams are Wednesday 8, Friday 10 & Monday 13 November 2023. Please submit any feedback on the revised provisional timetable to the JCQ centre support by Friday 10 February.

Both the summer 2023 final exam timetable and the November 2023 revised provisional timetable 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, Ruth, Caroline and Steven – your OCR Maths Subject Advisors 

maths@ocr.org.uk
@OCR_Maths
01223 553998
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2023 exams – formulae sheets
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PDF versions of the GCSE (9-1) Maths formulae sheets and the Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Maths 2023 extra formulae sheet are now available to help you prepare candidates.

For more information about the 2023 formulae sheets, please see our subject update.

Remember we also have formulae tests and formulae sheet top tips resources available. Please see the article below for direct links.

For the 2023 exams, remember:

  • grading in 2023 will broadly be in line with before the pandemic,
  • advance information will not be issued,
  • final exam timetables for summer 2023 are now available.

Formulae sheets subject update
Formulae sheet top tips & tests

To help support students taking GCSE (9-1) Maths and Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Maths exams in 2023, download our formulae tests and formulae sheet top tips resources from the links below.
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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 month on 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.

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.

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Candidate exemplars from summer 2022

Teach Cambridge is our new secure platform for teachers to download materials from. Have you set up your access yet?

Candidate exemplar resources from the summer 2022 GCSE (9-1) Maths, A Level Maths and A Level Further Maths exams are available from Teach Cambridge.
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You can use candidate exemplars with the mark scheme and the examiner's report to support students preparing for this summer. When using the summer 2022 question papers as a mock, the exemplars may also be useful to guide you in using the mark scheme when marking student responses.

The November 2022 GCSE (9-1) Maths question papers, mark schemes, analysis grids and examiners’ reports are also available from Teach Cambridge.

To sign up and for more information, visit the Teach Cambridge support page on our website.

Please note that Core Maths and Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Maths aren’t yet on Teach Cambridge. To download their summer 2022 candidate exemplar resources, please visit the ‘Assessment’ webpage for Core Maths A, Core Maths B or Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Maths.

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A Level Maths spring network meeting
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On Thursday 16 March we’ll be holding our next A Level Maths online network meeting.

We’ll be discussing calculator technology, sharing details of future professional development and reviewing ideas for revision activities. You’ll also have the chance to network and discuss ideas with other teachers attending.

You can book your free place now.

Spring network meetings for other maths qualifications will be announced shortly. Look out for dates in next month’s Total Maths, or follow us @OCR_Maths for the latest updates.

A Level Maths spring network
Upcoming OCR Maths professional development

There are several professional development sessions coming up for you in the next few weeks. Book your place now to ask questions to the maths team or discover all about using technology in A Level Maths.

For full details and booking information, please see our Professional Development webpage.
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  • Wed 1 March – AS/A Level Maths B (MEI) - Enhancing your teaching: Effective use of technology 
  • Wed 8 March – GCSE (9-1) Maths - Ask the Examiner online Q&A
  • 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

Maths professional development

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