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Total Maths Newsletter

Hi Colleague,

We hope this term has been good and that you’ve got a fun and restful Easter break ahead of you. 

Advance information is available for exams taking place this summer. Documents are all available within our advance information finder. For more information about 2022 or help with any queries, please see the first article below.

Pre-release material for the Summer 2022 assessments in Core Maths A (H868) and Core Maths B (H869) have now been published. For more information, please see our Subject Information Update. If you’re having trouble downloading the documents, please speak to your exams officer.

If you’re entering students for GCSE (9-1) Maths in the Summer 2022 series, please be aware that the deadline for making tier changes free of charge is Thursday 21 April. For more key dates and timetables, please see our website.

As ever, please do 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, Steven, Ruth and Caroline – your OCR Maths Subject Advisors

maths@ocr.org.uk
@OCR_Maths
01223 553998
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Advance information for summer 2022 exams
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Advance information for Summer 2022 exams in GCSE (9-1) Maths, Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Maths, Core Maths and AS / A Level Maths & Further Maths are all available now within our advance information finder.

For GCSE (9-1) Maths and Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Mathematics exams in 2022, formulae sheets are also now available for you to use in advance to help students prepare. Students will be given a clean copy for each exam.

We’ve now published several blogs with responses to frequently asked questions for maths teachers, teachers and students. If you have any further queries about 2022 assessments, please do get in touch with us and ask questions anytime. Contact details are in the intro box above.

Maths 2022 FAQ blog
Recent resources for A Level, GCSE and FSMQ: Additional Maths

This term we’ve published several brand-new resources for you.

We published our first set of A Level Maths A alternative papers last month. These are amended versions of the original June 2019 question papers (the questions are similar, but the new papers have different values/equations/etc. in questions, so students need to make different calculations). 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.
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Also recently published are our series of formulae resources for GCSE and Level 3 FSMQ: Additional Maths.

A Level Maths A alternative papers
Are you attending The Mathematical Association’s 2022 conference in April?
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On Wednesday 13 April, we’ll be delivering an online session where you can discover all about Core Maths qualifications.

Then, join us on Thursday 14 April at the in-person conference in Stratford-upon-Avon. Visit us in the exhibition area to find out the latest information about maths qualifications, support, resources and more.

For booking information, please see the MA website.

The Mathematical Association Conference
NEA support blog for Entry Level Maths

If you deliver Entry Level Maths, we appreciate it will have been a while since you marked and moderated the practical task.

To support you, we've produced a blog highlighting the support that is available, assisting you in ensuring that marking is carried out to the correct (pre-pandemic) standard this summer.
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NEA support blog - Entry Level Maths
Think OCR A Level Maths B (MEI)
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To give you a choice of courses, we offer two versions of our A Level Maths and Further Maths qualifications. One is designed by us and the other in partnership with independent charity Mathematics in Education and Industry (MEI).

A Level Maths B (MEI) is designed with students in mind. Integrating problem solving, modelling and the use of technology in a real world context, the qualification provides students with the maths skills they need to move into the world of work, or progress onto Higher Education.

To give you a taste of the wide range of planning and teaching resources available to support your teaching of this A Level, we've created a free sample pack of resources for you to download. The pack includes:

  • Sample Assessment Materials
  • Check-In test
  • Curriculum planner
  • Student guide
  • Revision guide
  • Posters
  • Delivery guides
  • Sample MEI activities.

Find out more and download sample pack
The launch of Teach Cambridge

Created in collaboration with teachers, Teach Cambridge is our new personalised and secure website, providing you with a single point of access to all the support and resources for GCSE, AS and A Level Maths. This replaces the need for you to use Interchange and our public website to access qualification materials.
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Teach Cambridge saves you time and effort by finding resources, training and support in a single search and allows you to personalise and save all the content you need relevant to you, meaning it’s always only one click away. You'll be able to access:

  • Key dates in one place
  • Key documents, such as specifications
  • Teaching and planning resources, such as schemes of work, summary brochures, delivery guides and teaching activities
  • Assessment materials, such as past papers, mark schemes, sample assessment materials and examiners' reports
  • Training and Professional Development events
  • Subject updates and more.

Watch this short video, which introduces you to the website and shows you some key features.

Please contact your exams officer to help get you set up. They will have received instructions explaining what they need to do. If not, they can contact our Customer Support Centre who will be happy to help them log you in to Teach Cambridge for the first time.

Teach Cambridge

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