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A great prepare for learning activity to gain students prior knowledge - I use this on mini whiteboards and students have to back their answers up with mathematical reasoning

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Exam questions and papers. Worked solutions provided

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Maths Genie - Free Online GCSE and A Level Maths Revision

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Maths Genie is a free GCSE and A Level revision site. It has past papers, mark schemes and model answers to GCSE and A Level exam questions.

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Exam questions and text book questions

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Higher topics exam questions with worked solutions

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AQA - Sample Assessment Material and Practice set 1 and 2

OCR - Sample Assessment Material and Practice set 1

Pearson Edexcel - Sample Assessment Material, Specimen set 1 and Specimen set 2.

WJEC Eduqas - Sample Assessment Material

Please note that these questions have been copied/retyped from the original sample/specimen assessment materials and whilst every effort has been made to ensure there are no errors, any that do appear are mine and not the exam boards (similarly any errors I have corrected from the originals are also my corrections and not theirs!).

The objective is to provide support to fellow teachers and to give you a flavour of how different topics "could" be examined. They should not be used to form a decision as to which board to use (as if they would .. but it needs to be said!). There is no guarantee that a topic will or won't appear in the "live" papers from a specific exam board or that examination of a topic will be as shown in these questions.

Please also see my other notes about this resource and also check out the questions by topic for the FOUNDATION TIER PAPERS !

PS - The only questions I have excluded , are a few of the questions in relation to scale drawings and bearings due to scaling the pictures.

PPS - Please do not put these papers on your own website - I am still updating them as and when I find mistakes!

PROBABILITY

Probability - H - Probability 1 v2

Probability - H - Probability 2 v2

Geometry - H - Angles in Parallel Lines v2

Geometry - H - Angles in polygons v2

Geometry - H - Area & Perimeter v2

Geometry - H - Enlargements v2

Geometry - H - Similarity & Congruence v2

Geometry - H - Reflections v2

Geometry - H - Pythagoras Theorem v2

Geometry - H - Exact Value of Trigonometric Ratios v2

Geometry - H - Translations v2
Geometry - H - Trigonometry v2 - SOLUTIONS v2
Geometry - H - Vectors v2

Geometry - H - Rotations v2

Geometry - H - Volume of Prisms, Cones, Pyramids and Spheres v2

Geometry - H - Plans & Elevations v2

Geometry - H - Circles Arcs and Sectors v2

Geometry - H - 2D Shapes and 3D Forms v2

Algebra - H - Algebraic Fractions v2
Algebra - H - Algebraic Fractions v2 - SOLUTIONS
Algebra - H - Algebraic Proof v2

Algebra - H - Coordinates v2
Algebra - H - Coordinates v2 - SOLUTIONS v2
Algebra - H - Equation of a Circle v2

Algebra - H - Factorising, Expanding, Solving Polynomials v2

Algebra - H - Forming & Solving Equations v2

Algebra - H - Functions v2

Algebra - H - Inequalities v2

Algebra - H - Iteration v2

Algebra - H - Quadratic Formula v2

Algebra - H - Sequences v2

Algebra - H - Simplify, Expand & Simplify v2
Algebra - H - Simplify, Expand & Simplify v2 - Solutions
Algebra - H - Simultaneous Equations v2

Algebra - H - Straight Line Graphs v2

Algebra - H - Substitution, Solving & Rearranging Equations v2

NUMBER

Number - H - Fractions v2

Number - H - Bidmas, Powers & Roots v2

Ratio - H - Compound Measures v2

STATISTICS
Statistics - H - Cumulative Frequency v2

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STICKY! 9-1 Exam questions by topic - HIGHER TIER - version 2

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Foundation topics exam questions with worked solutions

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STICKY! 9-1 Exam Questions by topic ... Foundation - VERSION 3 -

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Numeracy booklets with answers

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Numeracy Ninjas is a free Key Stage 3 numeracy intervention designed to fill gaps in students' basic mental calculation strategies and also to empower them with the numeracy skills and fluency required to fully access GCSE Maths concepts when they move to Key Stage 4 study.

Furthermore, through growth mindsets and the promotion of regular practice, we want to ensure students' perception of maths is positive and one in which they take pride and enjoyment.

Numeracy Ninjas is a project driven by the belief that all students can leave school functionally numerate. We aim to put the right resources into the hands of talented maths teachers, completely for free, in order to make this happen.

For too long, a levels-based culture focused on 'rapid and sustained progress' has only rewarded maths teachers for teaching students content at levels higher than their current test level. Teachers are typically not incentivised to fill gaps in students' basic lower-level numeracy skills. This is a great frustration to many maths teachers who know regular numeracy strategies practise should be part of all students' maths lessons.
This systemic problem has to change.
Students who are confident and fluent in the numeracy foundations of maths are better equipped to thrive when they learn the higher-level concepts.

We believe Numeracy Ninjas can play an important role in preventing any gaps students have in their basic numeracy strategies from becoming barriers to their learning.

And, they have gaps... Even the higher-attaining students. Click 'learn more' to see some surprising results when we diagnostically tested the numeracy skills of a whole year 7 cohort.

Numeracy Ninjas is a whole-school numeracy intervention run in Key Stage 3 maths lessons.

In each lesson students complete a 5 minute skills test which includes: 10 questions on mental numeracy calculation strategies, 10 timestables questions and 10 questions on key topics that must be mastered before studying GCSE Maths.

The tests are marked in class by students who record their Ninja Score out of 30. This corresponds to a particular colour Ninja Belt.

Only a Ninja Score of 30 will earn students the coveted Black Ninja Belt!

Teachers then discuss key mental numeracy strategies related to the questions with the class, before carrying on with their teaching of new learning material.

This little-and-often approach, in combination with a research-informed rota, which systematically plans the revisiting of skills, ensures students' improved numeracy skills and fluency are retained over time.

Numeracy Ninjas will always be a free product for schools to use and comes complete with the 5 minute skill books; full promotional material to support the delivery of the intervention including posters and certificates; and additional student activities for those students who need a little more support.

Should you like to celebrate students' success even further, optional Numeracy Ninjas branded merchandise for use as prizes can be purchased from our online shop.

Step 1- Let us know you're becoming a Ninja school

The Numeracy Ninjas project will evolve and grow over time. We want to take you on that journey with us. Please complete the form below to let us know you're going to be running Numeracy Ninjas in your school. We will keep you up to date with all things Ninja through our email newsletters.

Also, join our Online Discussion Forum where you can make suggestions for the project's development, discuss strategies for getting the most impact from running Numeracy Ninjas and more.

Step 2- Choose how you want to run Numeracy Ninjas

Make sure you've read our Terms and Conditions. Using the products implies you accept them.

We've made the product flexible so it can fit in with the curriculum time you have available in your school. Decide how many lessons per week you want to run the 5 minute skill tests. We advise running them in all your Key Stage 3 lessons to start with and then scaling them down to once or twice a week if any classes have students all reaching Ninja Black Belt status.

Once you've decided how many sessions per week you're going to run, download the Ninja Skill Booklets. Also, be sure to download our spreadsheet to record your students' results and monitor their progress over time.
Download Ninja Skill Booklets and record spreadsheet >
If you run additional interventions with Key Stage 3 students, download our Ninja Skill Focus worksheets which can be used for students to practise individual skills intensely for 10 days in a row.
Download Ninja Skill Focus worksheets >
Step 3- Beautify your classroom with our free promotional material

We've put together a great package of free promotional material to engage students in Numeracy Ninjas. There are posters, sticker sets, certificates and display materials- lots of things that look great and will help you launch Numeracy Ninjas in your school in style!
Download the free promotional materials >
Step 4- Read our guide on running Numeracy Ninjas

We've put together a quick-start guide to running Numeracy Ninjas in your classrooms. Use this and our accompanying presentations to introduce your teachers and students to the project and ensure you get off to a flyer.
Download the Numeracy Ninjas quick-start guide >
Step 5- Tell all your friends and stay in touch!

Join our social communities to stay up to date with Numeracy Ninjas developments and meet other schools participating in the project. Click the icons to visit our Facebook and Twitter pages. Use #NumeracyNinjas for discussions.

We'd greatly appreciate if you could please spread the word about Numeracy Ninjas to your colleagues in other schools. Word of mouth is the best form of advertising and we're relying on it so we can make this product free for all.

Your feedback means a lot to us. We want to make the product the best it can be and rely on real teachers at the coalface telling us what works and what could be better. If you've got something we need to know please do get in touch.

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There's nothing more satisfying as a teacher than seeing your students make progress. Reward them with some fantastic items from our Online Shop. There is a range of great branded merchandise suitable for all budgets.

Here are the bestsellers:
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Brilliant pick and mix questions - foundation based topics. Worked solutions provided

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Full preview available at https://www.jaggersmaths.co.uk/pick-n-mix-papers These are short GCSE papers aimed at grades 1, 2 and 3. Each paper covers 6 out ...

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Brilliant pick and mix questions based on crossover topics. Worked solutions provided.

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I am a Maths teacher at a secondary academy in Yorkshire. I focus on developing my teaching and learning and have a great passion for creating new resources. I have a degree in Mathematics, PGDE and Masters degree in Education all from the University of Sheffield.

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I am a Maths teacher at a secondary academy in Yorkshire. I focus on developing my teaching and learning and have a great passion for creating new resources. I have a degree in Mathematics, PGDE and Masters degree in Education all from the University of Sheffield.

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I am a Maths teacher at a secondary academy in Yorkshire. I focus on developing my teaching and learning and have a great passion for creating new resources. I have a degree in Mathematics, PGDE and Masters degree in Education all from the University of Sheffield.

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Brilliant pick and mixed questions for grade 7+. Worked solutions provided.

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Full preview available at https://www.JaggersMaths.co.uk/pick-n-mix-papers These are short GCSE papers aimed at grades 7+. Each paper covers 6 out of 30 pr...

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Problem solving exam style questions. Worked solutions provided.

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Going for gold! - GCSE problem solving papers

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These papers test skills that appear on both foundation and higher tier papers. Each paper has three versions to choose from: Bronze, Silver and Gold. They...

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The home of all of Mrs Jagger's maths resources.

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You can easily differentiate these worksheets.

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In 2016, I attended #MathsConf7 in Leeds. The outcome? A to-do list longer than my arm as I intended to create a textbook of exercises of increasingly difficult questions to improve upon the standard textbook diet that we in the UK feed from. 's 'Best New Resources' ahead of EdExcel's materials to support the new GCSE.
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In February 2020, Craig Barton announced me as 'the master of fluency practice' for these resources.
In April 2017, IDQs was announced as

In between these two times, I've had a promotion at work, a difficult time with a beloved family pet and a new arrival (Elizabeth Taylor, who is now 'not so new'), so time hasn't really been something that I've been accustomed to ...

... but I had turned my attention to randomising the Increasingly Difficult Questions as part of an eTextbook. A sample is available here and any feedback is absolutely welcome.

Anyway... Here are the sets of Increasingly Difficult Questions. I hope they're useful.

LEVEL 2 FURTHER MATHEMATICS

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You require a subscription for this website. It is a brilliant resource to differentiate tasks, answers are provided but no worked solutions.

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You require a subscription to use this website. Some clever activities with answers. Also create for display lettering.

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Primary Resources - KS2, KS1, Early Years (EYFS) KS3, KS4, Twinkl

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Instant access to inspirational lesson plans, schemes of work, assessment, interactive activities, resource packs, PowerPoints, teaching ideas at Twinkl!

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We have a subscription for this as a school. Amazing numeracy resources, mixed questions, treasure hunts and differentiated worksheets.

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SKILLS CHECKS - free samples

Weekly skills checks and record sheets for Key Stage 1 and Year 4 to Year 13.
6 Different 'levels' for Key Stage 4

Great value for money with a school subscription costing only £60 +VAT for 12 months.
Single user subscriptions for individuals also available for only £35 + VAT for 12 months

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SKILLS CHECKS - free samples Great value for money with a school subscription costing only £60 +VAT for 12 months. Single user subscriptions for individuals also available for only £35 + VAT for 12 months

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A lot of others rave about this on Twitter - I use the questions as a plenary and students answer on mini whiteboards.

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Jo Morgan is a brilliant one to follow - free resources and teaching ideas.

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Lots of brilliant resources, especially code breakers and tarsia puzzles.

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Free Maths Teaching Resources on Mr Barton Maths

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Hopefully this set of free resources will make the teaching of mathematics a little bit easier, informed and fun

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Worksheets which are differentiated. Also has lesson powerpoints.

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PixiMaths | Free Maths Teaching Resources | Homepage | Uppingham

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Welcome to PixiMaths where you will find an assortment of resources as well as SOWs and assessments for the new 9-1 maths GCSE.

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A website I have just discovered and I cannot wait to use this in the classroom.

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Use logic to solve visual, interactive mathematical puzzles. Create your own puzzles to share with your friends or the SolveMe Community.

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It has lots of numeracy resources including the famous Chris Moyles mental arithmetic songs.

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The Latest website from the team behind The Literacy Shed.

We have collected some videos that will help you present a range of maths topics in a fun way.

Please share any success stories that you have had using any of these resources.

Twitter: @grahamandre

email: grahamandre07@gmail.com

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The Latest website from the team behind The Literacy Shed. We have collected some videos that will help you present a range of maths topics in a fun way. Please share any success stories that you...

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Amazing loop card activities.

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Resources for students and teachers

This site has been designed to help with primary and secondary school maths. Although the site is in its infancy, there are already a wide variety of resources that are aimed at students who are starting to learn maths in the early primary school years, through to students aiming for top grades at GCSE... and more are being added all the time.

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Highly rated by teachers and students, these free maths resources have carefully thought out questions and detailed solutions. They are designed to make it easy for students to take the first steps in each topic, then strengthen and extend their knowledge and skills. The resources include revision questions for KS2 SATs and GCSE.

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Lots of crossover and numeracy resources.

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Access Maths is a website created to share and store maths resources and maths games for maths teachers. It has been born from a passion for well structured and enjoyable maths resources with an aim to inspire both teachers and students in the field of mathematics.

These maths resources are aimed to help teachers engage students within the maths curriculum, by presenting the work in a way which will excite the pupils and most importantly help them learn!

All the Access Maths resources and maths games here are tried, tested and created by myself. I hope they are as useful to you as they are, and have been for me.

The website itself is very much in its infancy stage so there are going to be plenty of updates and new maths resources over the coming new year. So keep checking for regular updates! There are also free maths games under construction constantly that you can find in the games page!

Play The Asteroid Game Now!

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Access Maths is a website created to share and store maths resources and maths games for maths teachers. It has been born from a passion for well structured and enjoyable maths resources with an aim to inspire both teachers and students in the field of mathematics.

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Thousands of problem solving tasks for students.

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Designed for KS2 but would support our numeracy lessons.

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Good questioning on interpreting graphs.

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Different starters for a lesson.

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Interactive Maths - The Interactive Way to Teach Mathematics

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Puzzles UKMT Random Question Generator @mathschallenge Random Questions School Of Hard Sums Random Questions Random Starter of the Day ​Mathematically Possible ​Adding Challenge ​Date Starter...

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If you've arrived at this page looking for activities that will help you to develop your mathematical thinking skills, you may be interested in our new Thinking Mathematically Collection.

Are you a student who likes to think about mathematical problems?

Why not test and develop your skills with this special selection of NRICH problems? They have been chosen because they only make use of simple mathematical concepts (the sort encountered as some point early in Stage 3): the emphasis is on the thinking rather than the knowledge.

Why not print out the table and tick off the problems you have solved? Will you be able to crack them all? Don't forget, if you get stuck you can look at the Hint or Solution at the top of each problem.

Happy solving!

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On this page we give a selection of good starter activities for those new to NRICH

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Alex posts a new puzzle every two week on The Guardian.

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Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle | Science | The Guardian

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Can you solve it? Alex has been setting a puzzle here every two weeks since 2015

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A subscription is required for this website. It has amazing interactive resources to use during a lesson and activities for lessons,

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Brilliant problem solving tasks which get students thinking.

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Unfortunately, my father Don Steward passed away from Covid-19 on 3rd May 2020.

Throughout his working life he was passionate about improving the teaching of mathematics and has requested that all of his work remains freely available.

As per his wishes, I have uploaded all of his work to this Blog in the pages section which contains links to google drive where slides and presentations can be downloaded for free.

Don has also requested that those who use his work make a discretionary donation to charities supporting education in Africa.

We have set up a Justgiving fundraising page to support this wish below:
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/jessesteward

Many thanks for all of the kind messages we have received which are of great comfort to myself and the family.

Kind regards,

Jess

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ideas and resources for mathematics teachers of 10 to 16 year olds

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I have only just discovered this website - there is lots on here! Let me know if you find anything amazing!

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Go Teach Maths: Handcrafted Resources for Maths Teachers

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Homepage - Go Teach Maths: Handcrafted Resources for Maths Teachers

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Ready-to-use mathematics resources for Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 and GCSE maths classes.

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Frayer Models are an excellent way to collate key notes and examples for pupils, to support in lesson work or retrieval quizzing.

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Forget knowledge organisers, for the maths classroom it is all about Frayer Models!

Frayer Models are an excellent way to collate key notes and examples for pupils, to support in lesson work or retrieval quizzing.

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All of the Frayer Models featured on the site download in Microsoft Word ™ and are fully editable to suit your classroom and your pupils.

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Frayer Models are a great resource for organising information for learners. Find lots of free maths Frayer models here.

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Each activity has an explanation from the author.

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You need to create a log in for this - you can have different memberships from free to paying.

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Hundreds of maths teacher resources, including classroom worksheets, lesson activities, quizzes and revision activities, created by teachers for KS3, KS4 and KS5. Free PDFs.

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It is forever growing - it is starting with year 7 topics and has learning journeys which helps with learning intent and success criteria.

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Welcome to my site. My name is Helen Hindle, I am the Head of a Maths department in Rainham, East London. This website is a work in progress, follow me on twitter @HelenHindle1 for information on…

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Brilliant PowerPoints for whiteboard activities.

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Aimed at KS3 students - focuses on problem solving.

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Not in school?
There are problems and activities here that you can try at home.

The Assessment Tasks are a good place to start.

More notes on using the materials at home...

Bowland Maths aims to make maths engaging and relevant to pupils aged 11-14, with a focus on developing thinking, reasoning and problem-solving skills. In these materials, the maths emerges naturally as pupils tackle problems set in a rich mixture of real-life and fantasy situations.

Assessment tasks
Bowland Maths includes a collection of over thirty 20-60 minute tasks with progression guides to support formative assessment of progress in mathematical reasoning and problem-solving skills.

Classroom projects
At the core of Bowland Maths are 26 extended mathematical investigations called Case Studies. Each case study includes teaching materials to support 3-5 maths lessons. Many, but not all, include ICT activities.

Professional development
The Bowland materials demand different approaches to teaching, such as collaborative learning through discussion and reflection, self- and peer-assessment and the use of less structured tasks. These 7 video-based professional development modules help teachers explore these techniques.

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Not in school? There are problems and activities here that you can try at home. The Assessment Tasks are a good place to start. More notes on using the materials at home... Bowland Maths aims to make maths engaging and relevant to pupils aged 11-14, with a focus on developing thinking, reasoning and problem-solving skills.

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I particularly love their crossover worksheets.

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Maths Teaching Resources, teaching blog and maths games.

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I find this really useful when pushing more able students with his questioning.

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DrFrostMaths provides an online learning platform, teaching resources, videos and a bank of exam questions, all for free.

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Very similar concept to which one does not belong.

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NonExamples.com - Something that is not an example of a rule or definition already shown, used for a clearer explanation.

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Since I started teaching three years ago, I've been well aware of the problems of traditional textbook exercises when introducing a class to a new concept, procedure. More often than not, textbook exercises became far too varied too quickly, with pupils becoming quickly unstuck, and it became difficult to identify the source of their confusion. Alternatively, it felt as though I was presenting students with 'just more practice of the same', which was deeply unsatisfactory (regardless of the prior attainment of the pupils).

Hence (and I am hugely indebted to Mr Barton and his book), creating sequences of intelligent, minimally varied practice questions seemed a reasonable step. When they are used to introduce pupils to a topic, they enable pupils to make connections and really focus on the underlying concept. The ones presented here are very much initial attempts - they are not a perfect model of how to write minimally varied exercises. All the same, I hope you find them of some use!

I am contactable at fortyninecubed (at) gmail . com, or on Twitter at @fortyninecubed.

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Since I started teaching three years ago, I've been well aware of the problems of traditional textbook exercises when introducing a class to a new concept, procedure. More often than not, textbook exercises became far too varied too quickly, with pupils becoming quickly unstuck, and it became difficult to identify the source of their confusion....