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Total Maths – November

Hi Colleague,

We hope you had a great break over half term and are keeping warm as the nights draw in. ðŸ˜Š 

The formulae sheets that students will be given in 2022 GCSE (9–1) Maths and Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Mathematics exams are now published and available for you to use in preparing students. Please see the first article below for more information and links.

Have you ever wondered what a day in the life is like for a member of the maths team, as we support you with our qualifications? In a recent blog, Neil shares what a single day can bring.

Information about new resources and upcoming professional development is also below. As always, get in touch if there’s any further support that we can offer you. 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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2022 formulae sheets for GCSE & FSMQ now published
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In the 2022 GCSE (9–1) Maths and Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Mathematics exams, students will be given a formulae sheet alongside each of their question papers.

For GCSE (9–1) Maths, separate formulae sheets will be provided to Foundation tier and Higher tier students, as appropriate.

These formulae sheets will be provided in both the summer 2022 and November 2022 series. You can view and download the formulae sheets from the links below. Teachers can use the formulae sheets in teaching and mock assessments now, to make sure students are familiar with them prior to the exams.

Students will get a clean printed copy in each exam.

In addition to the formulae sheets for the above qualifications, please be aware that advance information will be issued by 7 February 2022 for GCSE (9–1) Maths, Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Mathematics, Core Maths and AS & A Level Maths and Further Maths. For more information on 2022, please see our news article.

Formulae sheets article
Autumn 2021 question papers

Question papers from the autumn 2021 series are available securely via OCR Interchange. The final GCSE (9–1) Maths paper sat this week will be available later in the week.

Mark schemes will be available later, along with Examiners' Reports. 
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Please do ensure that these are all kept secure so others can use them as mock assessments through the upcoming year.

OCR Interchange
New and updated GCSE (9–1) Maths resources
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If you’ve been using our GCSE (9–1) Maths ‘Grades 1 to 4 practice materials’, we’re pleased to say that we’ve now published Analysis Grids for you to use with them.

They're now included in the zip folders for both Set 1 and Set 2.

Using the Analysis Grids, you can now get detailed information about students’ performance in the materials, helping you identify strengths & weaknesses in their learning. You can also save a PDF report for each student, showing their performance.

We’ve also updated our ‘Support highlights’ document, which guides you through some of our most popular qualification resources and other support links.

Grades 1 to 4 practice materials
New and updated A Level Maths and Further Maths resources

We’ve recently published some new A Level Further Maths B (MEI) Section Check In tests, for the Further Pure with Technology option. You can download these now for ‘Investigating curves’ and ‘Exploring differential equations’. There should be more soon too…

We’ve also updated some of our resources for A Level Maths.
Maths teacher and a student

For Maths A you can download updated ‘Support highlights’ (a quick guide to available qualification support and resources) and a ‘Model 3: Curriculum planner’ (to support teachers writing their own bespoke scheme of work for a condensed one-year course, including notes on key points based on previous years' assessments).

For Maths B (MEI) you can download updated 'Support highlights' (a quick guide to available qualification support and resources) and a ‘Curriculum planner 2021/2022’ (to support teachers writing their own bespoke scheme of work for a condensed one-year course, including notes on key points based on previous years' assessments).

Further Maths B (MEI) Section Check In tests
Upcoming GCSE (9–1) Maths professional development
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We have several GCSE (9–1) Maths professional development sessions coming up soon.

As ever, full details and booking information for these and other courses can be found on our Professional Development webpage.
  • Tuesday 23 November – Switching to OCR GCSE (9–1) Mathematics – J560
  • Wednesday 24 November – Mark schemes and marking training for GCSE (9–1) Mathematics – J560
  • Thursday 02 December – Ask the Examiner Q&A: GCSE (9–1) Mathematics – J560

2021/22 GCSE (9–1) Maths professional development
Upcoming A Level Maths professional development

We’ve got a couple of A Level Maths professional development sessions coming up over the next few weeks for you.

Full details and booking information for all our courses are available on our Professional Development webpage.
Teachers in a webinar
  • Wednesday 10 November – Ask the Subject Expert Q&A: A Level Mathematics A & B (MEI) – H240/H640
  • Wednesday 24 November – How to mark a mock paper: A workshop for A Level Mathematics A – H240

2021/22 A Level Maths professional development

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