This was certainly the case when I started to unpack my mixed heritage and what it meant to grow up in a white country still grappling with its own sense of identity. I think for many people writing is a safe space in which to interrogate ideas too dangerous or confronting to yet speak. She made up this wonderfully creative story about a bear and I still remember thinking how cool it was to hear a story I’d somehow written. I bashed on random keys for a while, pulled the paper out and told mum to read it to me. In fact, at the age of 4, I remember mum plonking me in front of a manual typewriter in her office and telling me to write a story. My mother was an academic, so these interwoven practices were normalised pretty early in my life. I spent a lot of time in libraries growing up and my love of reading certainly inspired my passion for writing. Cath was a contributing author to the anthology Growing Up African in Australia and her first novel Metal Fish Falling Snow won the 2021 Victorian and Queensland Premier’s and Prime Minister’s Award for Young Adult Literature. She has written for print media including The Age, The Huffington Post and SBS Life. An award-winning screenwriter Cath has also worked in the screen industry as a story consultant. Of Afro-Caribbean and Anglo-Irish heritage, Cath Moore graduated from AFTRS with a Masters in screenwriting and holds a PhD in Danish screenwriting practices.

Provide clear paths of progression that combine pure and applied maths into a coherent whole.Our January Member Spotlight features Cath Moore, who was recently announced as the winner of the 2021 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Young Adult Literature for her novel Metal Fish, Falling Snow! nd the support of MEI (Mathematics in Education and Industry).Prepare students for assessment with skills-building activities, worked examples and practice questions tailored to the changed criteria.Develop a fuller understanding of mathematical concepts with real world examples that help build connections between topics and develop mathematical modelling skills.Cement understanding of problem-solving, proof and modelling with dedicated sections on these key areas.Confidently teach the new statistics requirements with five dedicated statistics chapters and questions around the use of large data sets.Cover the use of technology in Mathematics with a variety of questions based around the use of spreadsheets, graphing software and graphing calculators. Help students to develop their knowledge and apply their reasoning to mathematical problems with worked examples, stimulating activities and assessment support tailored to the 2017 Edexcel specification.The content benefits from the expertise of subject specialist Keith Pledger a. Edexcel A Level Mathematics Year 1 (AS) (Paperback)īy Goldie, Sophie Whitehouse, Susan Hanrahan, Val Moore, Cath Muscat, Jean-Paul

Metal Fish, Falling Snow by Cath Moore