<h1>End of year quiz, question programmers wanted, upcoming developments</h1>Dear teachers,<br> Congratulations on getting to/towards the end of the school year! I really hope you all have a restful summer, and thank you for the support throughout the year. Per popular request, the maths department at my own school, Tiffin (where I will continue to work one day a week) has put together a general knowledge quiz, which you are welcome to use. You can find the quiz <a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/downloadables.php?rid=582'>here</a>. It includes a video observation round (my own contribution!), and a music round. <br><br> <h2>A reminder about subscriptions, and what's to come</h2> As per the previous letter, we will be continuing the same subscription model for the 2024/25 academic year. The base cost is £600 + VAT but your school can opt for any level of discount up to 100% based on your school's ability to afford; there will be a grace period in September for schools to organise. Subscription fees supports our increasing running/staff costs as we scale up our operation - we are a charity and do not make a profit. We offer a huge amount to schools, from task setting and monitoring, creating your own collections of questions using a huge bank of exam questions and 1500 question generators, and of course our huge collection of slides. But a huge number of developments and improvements are on the way! <ol> <li><strong>We are improving our PowerPoint offering</strong>, particularly for KS3 and KS4 Foundation Tier, thanks to a team of 5 contributors, led by our new Director of Learning. We will be releasing our first batch of new/updated resources for September. <li>We are also <strong>massively increasing our number of Key Skills</strong>, our random question generators, with the view to emulating all common types of exam questions. New Key Skills are released on almost a daily basis. <li><strong>We are reorganising the site to combine the 'downloadables' section, course system and skill explorer all in one place</strong>. As a school you'll simply select the National Curriculums and exam boards/publishers that are of interest to you, with the site experience more tailored to your students' and teachers' needs. We hope to release this early in the coming academic year (and September if possible). <li><strong>We are working on Dr Frost 6</strong>, to be released mid/late next academic year. This will include a brand new user interface, a new Live! game, new task setting modes (including 'follow up tasks', which sets different questions for each student based on what they were weaker at), better tools for measuring progress, Google Classroom integration, the ability to schedule a scheme of work to a calendar and in general focusing on the experience for students as they progress through a curriculum or scheme of work in self-directed learning (including more use of AI). </ol> <h2>Dr Frost 'Top Tips' Training Sessions</h2> Maddie will be running training sessions throughout September and October for current users who want to check that they're using the platform to its fullest potential. We'll also of course be running more general onboarding sessions. Feel free to contact <a href='mailto:[email protected]'>[email protected]</a> for more info. <h2>Calling all teachers who are programmers!</h2> Looking for some summer work? We're also looking for 2 new people to join our Key Skill development team, paid on the side of your teaching job. Key Skills are random question generators. We make extensive use of the Desmos API to generate diagrams, and we are very fastidious about clear, detailed explanations for answers. Our developers use an in-house engine to produce these question generators. We use PHP, but no prior PHP knowledge is required. If interested, please email <a href='mailto:[email protected]'>[email protected]</a> with your CV and a brief cover letter. <h2>New Key Skills</h2> <ul> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1927'>Determine the equation of a line from a modelled context.</a> (Jul 11th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1926'>Solve simultaneous equations with 3 unknowns.</a> (Jul 8th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1922'>Find the equation of a circle, with given centre and radius/diameter, in expanded form.</a> (Jul 2nd 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1919'>Determine the median, mode and range of a list of algebraic data.</a> (Jun 29th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1917'>Determine whether a straight line cuts or is tangent to a circle.</a> (Jun 24th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1916'>Compare two sets of data using averages and the range.</a> (Jun 24th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1915'>Deal with a change to the median, mode or range.</a> (Jun 24th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1914'>Select an appropriate average in a given context.</a> (Jun 22nd 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1912'>Determine an algebraic expression for an angle involving angles on a line or angles about a point, for simple expressions only.</a> (Jun 20th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1911'>Find the amount left given the fractions of an amount in other groups.</a> (Jun 19th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1909'>Determine the value of a variable for simple expressions of angles on a line or angles around a point.</a> (Jun 19th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1904'>Find the speed of a particle striking a wall at an angle.</a> (Jun 18th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1903'>Find the speed in vector form of a particle striking a wall at an angle.</a> (Jun 18th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1902'>Find the angle of deflection of a particle striking a wall.</a> (Jun 18th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1901'>Find the median, mode and range from a chart.</a> (Jun 18th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1900'>Determine an angle in a diagram involving an isosceles triangle with an extended side.</a> (Jun 17th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1898'>Use the discriminant to determine the values for algebraic coefficients in a quadratic equation, requiring rearrangement.</a> (Jun 16th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1897'>Combine ratios where the second two ratios are subdivisions of each part of the first.</a> (Jun 15th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1896'>Determine whether a linear expression is a factor of a polynomial.</a> (Jun 14th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1895'>Solve a multi-step worded problem involving a percentage change.</a> (Jun 13th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1894'>Find the median, mode and range from a table.</a> (Jun 12th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1893'>Combine ratios where the second ratio is a subdivision of one of the parts of the first.</a> (Jun 10th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1892'>Calculate tax due on a salary or purchase based on allowances and different thresholds.</a> (Jun 9th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1889'>Problem solve involving combining ratios involving lengths.</a> (Jun 9th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1888'>Combine ratios in order to reflect on the total possible quantity of items.</a> (Jun 9th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1887'>Combine two three-part ratios to form one.</a> (Jun 9th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1886'>Find the percentage of some portion of an amount.</a> (Jun 9th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1884'>Use the discriminant to determine the values for algebraic coefficients in a quadratic equation, where there are equal roots.</a> (Jun 8th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1883'>Subtract mixed numbers leading to a positive remainder.</a> (Jun 7th 2023)</li> <li><a href='https://www.drfrostmaths.com/explorer.php?ssid=1880'>Use the discriminant to reason about the number of solutions of a factorised cubic.</a> (Jun 7th 2023)</li> </ul> <br><br> Have a great summer,<br><br> Jamie & the DFL team