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We also have a collection of Short Problems, linked to the curriculum, which you might want to use as lesson starters, homework tasks, or as part of internal assessment exercises.

If you want to focus on developing your students' problem solving skills and help them to think like mathematicians you may be interested in the two collections below.

These collections of activities are designed to develop students' capacity to work as mathematicians.

These resources have been chosen to help secondary students develop good mathematical habits.

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We also have a collection of Short Problems, linked to the curriculum, which you might want to use as lesson starters, homework tasks, or as part of internal assessment exercises. If you want to focus on developing your students' problem solving skills and help them to think like mathematicians you may be interested in the two collections below.

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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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Short instructions, repeated by students.  We did discuss writing a 'contents list' for the lesson on the board at the start as well.

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Short instructions, repeated by students.  We did discuss writing a 'contents list' for the lesson on the board at the start as well.

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Everything we do is Problem Solving + Growth Mindset

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Everything we do is Problem Solving + Growth Mindset

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Use the White Rose 'End of block assessment B' for summative assessments.  Feel free to edit these, and use a mix of peer and self marking.  Mark one assessment per half term yourself, going through the DIRT process.

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Use the White Rose 'End of block assessment B' for summative assessments.  Feel free to edit these, and use a mix of peer and self marking.  Mark one assessment per half term yourself, going through the DIRT process.

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Move around the room whenever possible but encourage students to 'struggle' with problems before offering support.

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Move around the room whenever possible but encourage students to 'struggle' with problems before offering support.

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Learning Journey for Probability and Statistics

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Learning Journey for Probability and Statistics Year 7 Year 7 Use the language of probability Place events on a probability scale Calculate probability with equally likely outcomes List the outcomes of an event (the sample space) Understand that probabilties add up to 1 Use Venn

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Learning Journey for Geometry and Measures

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Learning Journey for Geometry and Measures Year 7 Year 7 Solve problems involving the area and perimeter of rectangles, triangles, parallelograms and trapeziums Accurately draw angles and construct polygons Use basic angle rules and prove that angles in a triangle add up to 180

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Learning Journey for Algebra Year 7 Year 7 Understand algebraic notation Substitute values into expressions Understand equality and equivalence Solve 1 and 2 step equations Recognise linear and non-linear sequences Represent functions using a function machine Represent functions

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Use Example Questions or 'True of False' to check for understanding at the end.

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Use Example Questions or 'True of False' to check for understanding at the end.

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All content beyond this point is for the higher tier only.

Copyright © Maths Genie. Maths Genie Limited is a company registered in England and Wales with company number 14341280. Registered Office: 143 Lynwood, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5DF.

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Free online GCSE video tutorials, notes, exam style questions, worksheets, answers for all topics in Foundation and Higher GCSE. The content is suitable for the Edexcel, OCR and AQA exam boards.

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This website is my attempt to assemble a collection of high-quality, sequences of questions and examples using key principles from Variation Theory. By holding key features between questions and examples constant, together with the mathematical behaviour that I call Reflect, Expect, Check, Explain and the supporting role of the teacher, I believe we can help students better understand key mathematical ideas.

You can find out more about the site and the different types of sequences available by visiting the Introduction.

You can access all the sequences of questions and examples from the Topics menu above.

My 2020 book, Reflect, Expect, Check, Explain: Sequences and behaviour to enable mathematical thinking in the classroom, goes into detail about making the most of these activities in the classroom. You can order the book from Amazon, John Catt, or wherever you get your books.

My 2023 book, Tips for Teachers: 400+ ideas to improve your teaching, details my most recent thoughts on using these sequences effectively. You can order the book from Amazon, John Catt, or wherever you get your books.

I have an online course store which offers low-cost, high-quality CPD on-demand. Each course contains short videos, resources, research, activities and questions to reflect upon. The courses most suited to the sequencers on the Variation Theory website are:

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Sequences and behaviour to enable mathematical thinking in the classroom - by Craig Barton @mrbartonmaths

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Maths Teaching Resources | Dr Austin Maths

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Dr Austin Maths is a free-to-use Maths teaching resources website, focussing on quality resources for KS4 IGCSE and GCSE Maths.

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Do not feel restricted to the White Rose resources.  Use the 'I do', 'We do', 'You do' model.   Include extended 'You do' practice, encouraging students to work independently.  Include 'turn and talk' opportunities.  Provide timing guidance. Plan 'challenge' questions. 

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Do not feel restricted to the White Rose resources.  Use the 'I do', 'We do', 'You do' model.   Include extended 'You do' practice, encouraging students to work independently.  Include 'turn and talk' opportunities.  Provide timing guidance. Plan 'challenge' questions. 

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Use Example Questions or 'True of False' to set the scene and link to previous learning.

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Use Example Questions or 'True of False' to set the scene and link to previous learning.

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The Corbettmaths 5-a-day for the 9-1 GCSE.

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Use Corbett 5-a-day, White Rose Flashback 4 or similar for a 5 minute recall starter.  Use a subset of 5-a-day to reduce the time taken.  Build in the odd short nrich puzzle.

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Use Corbett 5-a-day, White Rose Flashback 4 or similar for a 5 minute recall starter.  Use a subset of 5-a-day to reduce the time taken.  Build in the odd short nrich puzzle.

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Maths resources for teachers | White Rose Maths

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Find the free maths schemes and all related teaching resources for each of the year groups. View our Maths resources from White Rose Maths.

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Maths resources for teachers | White Rose Maths

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Find the free maths schemes and all related teaching resources for each of the year groups. View our Maths resources from White Rose Maths.

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Use the White Rose Maths Scheme of Learning document as the basis for your planning, rather than just going straight to the lesson resources.

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Use the White Rose Maths Scheme of Learning document as the basis for your planning, rather than just going straight to the lesson resources.

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Use the Learning Journeys to set this work in context

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Use the Learning Journeys to set this work in context

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Learning Journey for Multiplicative Relationships Year 7 Recognise and convert between metric units Year 7 Year 8 Year 8 With enlargement, understand and use scale factors Recognise similar shapes Solve problems involving currency conversion Use conversion graphs Understand ratio

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Learning Journey for Number Year 7 Year 7 Understand place value Complete calculations with whole numbers and decimals Round numbers Complete calculations with negative numbers Identify factors, multiples and primes Recognise equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages Add and