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Total Maths Newsletter

Hi Colleague,

We hope this term has been good for you so far and that your preparations are going well for the first summer exam series for a few years.

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.

For the November 2022 GCSE (9-1) Maths series, Ofqual has confirmed the date that advance information will be published. It will be published on our website on Monday 27 June 2022. 

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

maths@ocr.org.uk
@OCR_Maths
01223 553998
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Summer 2022 exam series information
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Here's a handy reminder of the support for the summer series.

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.

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

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
Alternative papers for GCSE (9-1) Maths

We’ve just begun publishing a brand new set of alternative papers for GCSE (9-1) Maths.

These GCSE (9-1) Maths alternative papers are amended versions of the original November 2021 question papers (the questions are similar, 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.

Many of you have been requesting these resources, so we’ve begun publishing individual papers as soon as they’re ready rather than hanging on until the full set is ready to be published. The alternative papers for J560/01 and J560/04 are now published and the remaining four alternative papers will be published in the coming weeks. Keep an eye on @OCR_Maths to see when the remaining papers are published.

GCSE (9-1) Maths alternative papers
Alternative papers for A Level Maths
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We’ve just published a brand new set of alternative papers for A Level Maths B (MEI). These follow the recently published A Level Maths A alternative papers.

These A Level Maths alternative papers 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.

A Level Maths B (MEI) alternative papers A Level Maths A alternative papers
Calculators for AS/A Level Maths and Further Maths blog

In his latest blog, Steven provides an updated summary of the calculator requirements for AS/A Level Maths and Further Maths assessments.

Don't forget however, many different forms of technology will be useful in supporting students in learning content. What you use in the classroom is entirely up to you.
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Read Steven's blog
ExamBuilder blog
ExamBuilder

Neil has recently written a blog for all subjects, giving an introduction to our newly updated ExamBuilder platform.

The blog looks at how you can use ExamBuilder to create tests and question papers of your own devising, as well as how you can use the platform to support students prepare for the 2022 assessments with the advance information.

Read ExamBuilder blog
Upcoming conferences

If you’re planning on going to a conference this term, we’ll have a stand at a couple. Do come and say hello to get all the latest qualification information and more.

On Saturday 25 June we’ll be at La Salle Education’s #MathsConf29. This takes place at Kettering Conference Centre and includes a number of sessions running throughout the day.
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We’ll also be at the MEI 2022 conference the week after. This runs from Thursday 30 June – Friday 1 July and this year is held at Keele University in Staffordshire.

LA Salle Education #MathsConf29 MEI 2022 conference

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