I regularly upload resources that I have created during 30 years as a teacher. Most of these are maths, but there are some ICT/Computing and Tutor Time activities. All of the resources are my own and are not available from third-parties. The resources have been tweaked over time and I have had many happy lessons and shed-loads of happy and successful students.
At the end of 2017 the TES announced that I was the most downloaded new author and in 2018 another 2 million were added to the count.
I regularly upload resources that I have created during 30 years as a teacher. Most of these are maths, but there are some ICT/Computing and Tutor Time activities. All of the resources are my own and are not available from third-parties. The resources have been tweaked over time and I have had many happy lessons and shed-loads of happy and successful students.
At the end of 2017 the TES announced that I was the most downloaded new author and in 2018 another 2 million were added to the count.
Ideal for GCSE revision, this worksheet contains exam-type questions which require the Expansion of Triple Brackets. The questions gradually increase in difficulty, with some challenging problems at the end.
These review sheets are great to use in class or as a homework. They are also excellent for one-to-one tuition and for interventions.
For similar-style revision sheets on other topics, click š tes.com/../more...
Included is a NEW STYLE of PowerPoint, which allows individual questions to be selected for enlarged display onto a screen. The answer can then be worked out āliveā by the teacher (or student) or a single click will reveal my solution. This not only helps in class, but it is also very useful for a student who is revising at home š.
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This activity gives students practice at rearranging different formats of the equation of a straight-line into the form y = mx + c. They then determine the gradient and intercept of the line.
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Note that unlike most Treasure Hunts, this one has the added feature that the answers give an encrypted clue. Deciphering this clue reveals where the treasure is hidden!
A Treasure Hunt is a great activity which children love. They are ideal for revision, starters or plenaries. They are a really great way to get students to answer questions quickly and enjoy doing so.
These question cards have been prepared in two sizes. The large cards can be pinned around around the classroom and used for a whole class activity; the smaller (loop cards) can be used for group work or by individuals ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ they are particularly helpful for one-to-one tutorials and during interventions.
This is my poster for SOH CAH TOA, which shows all three types of calculations for this topic. I give students the A5 version for revision and have a large version on the wall somewhere.
Click šwww.tes.com/.../more-posters... to see my other posters, which are also available for free.
These topic-focused SATs questions at the end of a unit will help to test and extend studentsā understanding as well as helping them to prepare for SATs next year. These questions have fully-worked solutions which can be displayed on a whiteboard making feedback with students more efficient.
Click š tes.com/ā¦/KS2-Maths-Questionsā¦ for similar-style compilations on the other KS2 topics.<hr>This particular compilation is from the FRACTIONS, DECIMALS AND PERCENTAGE strand and contains questions which require students to shade a given fraction of a shape or identify how much of a shape has been shaded.<hr>I have designed this compilation to be printed as an A4 or A5 booklet which is in the style of the actual SATs papers and is convenient for use in class or as homework. It can even be given to individual students if a parent is asking for āsome more workā!
KEY POINTS:
I have provided full answers, with comments and working where helpful.
I have maintained the style of the actual SATs questions so that students can become comfortable with the way that SATs questions are presented.
Most of the questions are from actual SATs papers, but I have also added questions so that this resource matches the requirements the current curriculum better than the older resources that are still in common use (note that many of the older resources of this type contain questions on topics which are no longer examined).
I have spent a lot of time arranging the questions so that there is a general increase in difficulty as students work through them, and so that they fit on the pages better ā this means less wasted space and significant paper-saving when printing š
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Students and parents find this Information and Record Book very useful (itās probably of use to teachers too).
The references I use for the topics are the same as I use for my Exam Practice Questions. Click tes.com/ā¦/Practice Questionsā¦ to browse the list of (about 50) available topics. Note that I am regularly adding practice questions for even more of the topics.<hr>This Information and Record Book is for the Pearson (Edexcel) specification. It is designed for Higher Tier students, but the Word file is editable and contains lots of useful information for Foundation Tier students, too.<hr>The book is designed to be printed as an A5 booklet with the formulae sheet spread across the middle pages.
These worksheets (with solutions) help students take the first steps and then strengthen their skills and knowledge of Factorising Expressions in which the common factor is a number. Questions are carefully planned so that understanding can be developed, misconceptions can be identified and so that there is progression both across and down each sheet. Interactive versions of these sheets are available at
https://www.maths4everyone.com/skills/factorising-2264.html
The interactive version allows individual questions to be selected for enlarged display onto a screen. The answer can then be worked out āliveā by the teacher (or student) or a single click will reveal my solution. This not only helps in class, but it is also very useful for a student who is revising at home.
This carefully selected compilation of exam questions has fully-worked solutions designed for students to go through at home, saving valuable time in class.
Click š tes.com/../Exam Question Practiceā¦ to download question compilations for more than 50 other topics.
I usually print these questions as an A5 booklet and issue them in class or give them out as a homework. I also make them available for a student who wants to do focused independent study on a topic.
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These worksheets (with solutions) help students take the first steps and then strengthen their skills and knowledge of Factorising Expressions in which the common factor is a letter. Questions are carefully planned so that understanding can be developed, misconceptions can be identified and so that there is progression both across and down each sheet. Interactive versions of these sheets are available at
https://www.maths4everyone.com/skills/factorising-2264.html
The interactive version allows individual questions to be selected for enlarged display onto a screen. The answer can then be worked out āliveā by the teacher (or student) or a single click will reveal my solution. This not only helps in class, but it is also very useful for a student who is revising at home.
These worksheets (with solutions) help students take the first steps and then strengthen their skills and knowledge of Factorising Quadratics in which the coefficient of x-squared is one and all the terms are positive. Questions are carefully planned so that understanding can be developed, misconceptions can be identified and so that there is progression both across and down each sheet. Interactive versions of these sheets are available at
https://www.maths4everyone.com/skills/factorising-simple-quadratics-2272.html
The interactive version allows individual questions to be selected for enlarged display onto a screen. The answer can then be worked out āliveā by the teacher (or student) or a single click will reveal my solution. This not only helps in class, but it is also very useful for a student who is revising at home.
These worksheets (with solutions) help students take the first steps and then strengthen their skills and knowledge of Interpreting the Equation of a Straight Line. Questions are carefully planned so that understanding can be developed, misconceptions can be identified and so that there is progression both across and down each sheet. Interactive versions of these sheets are available at
https://www.maths4everyone.com/skills/understanding-the-equation-of-a-straight-line-2913.html
The interactive version allows individual questions to be selected for enlarged display onto a screen. The answer can then be worked out āliveā by the teacher (or student) or a single click will reveal my solution. This not only helps in class, but it is also very useful for a student who is revising at home.
These Glossary and Key Facts contain more than 100 definitions and explanations, checked with the mark schemes of past exam papers.
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I am working on Part 2 of the glossary, which will contain the definitions missing from here :-)
This is a fun interactive whiteboard game, created in PowerPoint, with triggered animations. All my students have loved this activity ('Sir, can we play the chain-game?'). It is enjoyable for both high and low ability ā it not only helps students learn the 2, 5 and 10 times-tables, but they also need to remember where the numbers are hidden!
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I typically use this activity as a starter and then as a plenary at the end of the lesson. It gets the whole class involved ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ even when it's not a students turn, they are repeating the numbers in their head and they are desperate to say where the next number is!
The way that I play the game:
1. I go through the members of the sequence and ensure that the students are familiar with each of the numbers;
2. When the board is revealed, I give about 15 seconds to āpeekā at the uncovered board so that the students can try to learn where the first few numbers are;
3. I then call up the students one-at-a-time to try an uncover as many numbers as they can before they go wrong.
NOTES:
I encourage the students to call out the number that they are looking for because this reinforces the learning.
This activity works very well if you get two students to play against each other ā either on the interactive whiteboard or on PCs.
These reusable cards are excellent for one-to-one tutorials and interventions. They are also great when working with small groups or as a starter/plenary for a whole class. For Loop Cards on more than 50 other topics click š www.tes.com/../more....
This particular set of cards allows students to practise calculating unknown angles in triangles. Students will need to use the angle properties of scalene triangles as well as angles on a straight line and around a point.
Note that the questions have been carefully selected so that they provide good coverage of this topic and so that the opportunities for students to guess answers are minimised.
Colour coding:
All my loop cards are colour-coded to indicate the approximate level of the questions:
KS2 ā red and orange
KS3/GCSE Foundation ā orange and green
GCSE Higher ā green, blue and purple
Further information:
In this download there are four sets of similar cards and a student chooses one of the sets and sorts them into order by answering the questions. Then they try to do it faster using a different set, which has the same questions, but a different sort order š
My favourite use of loop cards is for two students to have different versions of the cards and race each other. They then check their answers, shuffle, swap packs and race again (quickest overall time wins). More instructions are included in the download.
Cut out card size is approx. 65 x 90 mm.
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These worksheets (with solutions) help students take the first steps and then strengthen and extend their skills and knowledge of Adding Fractions. Questions are carefully planned so that understanding can be developed, misconceptions can be identified and so that there is progression both across and down each sheet. Interactive versions of these sheets are available at
https://www.maths4everyone.com/skills/addition-and-subtraction-1551.html
The interactive version allows individual questions to be selected for enlarged display onto a screen. The answer can then be worked out āliveā by the teacher (or student) or a single click will reveal my solution. This not only helps in class, but it is also very useful for a student who is revising at home.
These worksheets (with solutions) help students take the first steps and then strengthen their skills and knowledge of writing written expressions usingAlgebraic Shorthand. Questions are carefully planned so that understanding can be developed, misconceptions can be identified and so that there is progression both across and down each sheet. Interactive versions of these sheets are available at
https://www.maths4everyone.com/skills/algebraic-shorthand-and-equivalent-expressions-2114.html
The interactive version allows individual questions to be selected for enlarged display onto a screen. The answer can then be worked out āliveā by the teacher (or student) or a single click will reveal my solution. This not only helps in class, but it is also very useful for a student who is revising at home.
These worksheets (with solutions) help students take the first steps and then strengthen their skills and knowledge of Collecting Like Terms in expressions that contain Multiple Variables. Questions are carefully planned so that understanding can be developed, misconceptions can be identified and so that there is progression both across and down each sheet. Interactive versions of these sheets are available at
https://www.maths4everyone.com/skills/multiple-variables-2132.html
The interactive version allows individual questions to be selected for enlarged display onto a screen. The answer can then be worked out āliveā by the teacher (or student) or a single click will reveal my solution. This not only helps in class, but it is also very useful for a student who is revising at home.
These worksheets (with solutions) help students strengthen their skills and knowledge of Collecting Like Terms. Questions are carefully planned so that understanding can be developed, misconceptions can be identified and so that there is progression both across and down each sheet. Interactive versions of these sheets are available at
https://www.maths4everyone.com/skills/combined-variables-2133.html
The interactive version allows individual questions to be selected for enlarged display onto a screen. The answer can then be worked out āliveā by the teacher (or student) or a single click will reveal my solution. This not only helps in class, but it is also very useful for a student who is revising at home.
These worksheets (with solutions) help students take the first steps and then strengthen their skills and knowledge of Finding the Power of a Powers. Questions are carefully planned so that understanding can be developed, misconceptions can be identified and so that there is progression both across and down each sheet. Interactive versions of these sheets are available at
https://www.maths4everyone.com/skills/simple-expressions-2221.html
The interactive version allows individual questions to be selected for enlarged display onto a screen. The answer can then be worked out āliveā by the teacher (or student) or a single click will reveal my solution. This not only helps in class, but it is also very useful for a student who is revising at home.
These worksheets (with solutions) help students take the first steps in the skills and knowledge of Listing and Describing Sets. Questions are carefully planned so that understanding can be developed, misconceptions can be identified and so that there is progression both across and down each sheet. Interactive versions of these sheets are available at
https://www.maths4everyone.com/skills/numbers-8111.html
The interactive version allows individual questions to be selected for enlarged display onto a screen. The answer can then be worked out āliveā by the teacher (or student) or a single click will reveal my solution. This not only helps in class, but it is also very useful for a student who is revising at home.
This activity gives students practice at interpreting worded descriptions and converting them into algebraic expressions.
Click --> https://tes.com/.../Treasure Hunts for similar style Treasure Hunts on 40 other topics.
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Note that unlike most Treasure Hunts, this one has the added feature that the answers give an encrypted clue. Deciphering this clue reveals where the treasure is hidden!
A Treasure Hunt is a great activity which children love. They are ideal for revision, starters or plenaries. They are a really great way to get students to answer questions quickly and enjoy doing so.
These question cards have been prepared in two sizes. The large cards can be pinned around around the classroom and used for a whole class activity; the smaller (loop cards) can be used for group work or by individuals ā they are particularly helpful for one-to-one tutorials and during interventions.