A massive collection of 116 puzzles for display on interactive whiteboards! These puzzles encourage lateral thinking and "thinking-outside-the-box" and are not really targeted at any specific year group. Volume 1 contains relatively easy puzzles so they could be used by a variety of age and ability groups from Year 5 all the way up to Year 11 as lesson starters or lesson ends, or a quick break from the rest of the lesson. Have used them for years with my own classes and they are very popular! Have updated them for amore modern look. Ideal for maths lesson as logical thinking is encouraged but could be used by teacher's of any subject. All sorts of puzzles are included involving coins, words, logic, matchsticks, sequences, trick questions, maths magic, physical and shape puzzles. Start the PowerPoint and choose your puzzle ! 116 puzzles mean there are enough for three per week for the whole school academic year! (HINT:- It may be helpful to use the coin and matchstick puzzles without the PowerPoint being run, because then students can drag and move the coins / matchsticks around on the interactive whiteboard! Enjoy..!

Remember the classic children's game Guess Who? Well this is Guess What! Designed to support and encourage childrens' mathematical reasoning and verbal questioning through playing a game. There are two versions - the shape game and the numbers game. The teacher chooses a shape or number and secretly writes this down on a piece of paper which is hidden from the children. Children then have to ask mathematical questions to eliminate shapes / numbers to ultimately guess the teacher's shape / number. Only questions with "yes" or "no" answers can be asked. E.g. Is your shape 3D? Does you shape have any curved edges? Does your shape have any equal sides? etc. Suitable for aged 9-14 children. Children can play whole class versus the teacher or in pairs in their book (to do this they just need to draw a 6 by 4 square grid in their books to correspond with the game board projected on the whiteboard! Lots of fun for children to enjoy their maths learning.

A deadly virus is sweeping Mathland and turning people in to Zombies. Which ever team has the Virus Cure when the Infected Zombie Value reaches 100, wins. Plan your strategy carefully and use the spooky character cards with special powers (in the form of maths operations) wisely. Characters include Frankie, The Mummy, The Pump King, Warty Witch, The Count, Dr Egg Head, Scary Spider, Zombie Dude, Devil Ghost, Knight Bones and Boo Boo. The Special Monster Maths Power cards allow you to practice rounding to the nearest 10, square numbers, prime numbers, adding and subtracting and work with place value digits, whilst gaining control of the all important Virus Cure card for your team. For an extra challenge there are 3 extra versions of the board to play - the prime number game board, the square number game board and the negative numbers edition whose board spans from -49 to 50. The class teacher can help all teams keep track of the Infected Zombie value by annotating the provided game board on the interactive whiteboard. There is a Powerpoint version to display which will help all teams decide their tactics and play their next card. Do they steal the Virus Cure now? Or wait until later in the game? But by then will it be too late? Will another team play a better strategy? Simply print out and laminate the game cards if the deck of cards is to be used year after year, but well worth it as children aged 8 - 15 will love using their basic maths skills whilst having fun! Even older students enjoy the strategic and fast paced team game along with the funky branding. Guaranteed satisfaction any time of term if studying rounding, prime, square or negative numbers or for end of term fun. There is also a Christmas Edition and Super Heroes Edition of this game.

Step into wonderland with 7 different problems centered around Lewis Carroll's work. A selection of cross-curricular projects which can be used together with an Alice in Wonderland or Victorians project. Objectives covered include: -complete, read and interpret information in Carroll Diagrams -solve problems involving calculating time differences -solve problems involving converting between units of time -solve problems involving addition and subtraction of units of money using decimal notation. -calculate the area perimeter of rectangles and composite rectilinear shapes. -find and simplify a ratio -recognise and use square numbers Includes powerpoint with answers and project booklet. Aimed at upper KS2. Thanks

A pack of 5 Revision sheets/tests for the new GCSE 9-1. Each one contains 30 different questions based on the specifications for the new GCSE, all fitted onto one double sided A4 sheet. Great for keeping photocopying down whilst practicing loads of exam style questions! Topics covered include those new to the Foundation curriculum plus some included in the Higher curriculum, and are aimed at students targeting grade 5. Hence this pack is suitable for top end Foundation students and also for great for grade 5 and general revision for Higher students. Solutions are also included. There is a record sheet (which can be used as a revision list) for each pupil to record their score after each attempt and try to beat it the next time! Each worksheet has similar questions & key skills but with new examples each time in order for students to build confidence, fluency, and consolidate their learning. Answers for all questions are provided, ideal for revision. (PDF files)

A fun introduction to multiples and factors in KS2 based on a farm theme. Objectives covered include: - recall multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12 × 12 - recognise and use factor pairs and commutativity in mental calculations - identify multiples and factors, including finding all factor pairs - establish whether a number is prime and recall prime numbers up to 19 - begin to identify common factors and common multiples The pack contains PowerPoint, starter, workbook, game and all answers including SATs style questions at the end.

This engaging cross-curricular pack investigates both rotational and reflectional symmetry by combining Maths and Art! Aimed at discovering symmetry in KS2, this pack includes teaching Powerpoints with video links and a workbook mixing Maths SATs style questions (with answers) with opportunities for artwork based on Symmetry. Pupils will first investigate reflectional and rotational symmetry using masks,tile patterns, and tracing paper with options for creating portraits and skylines. Rotational Symmetry patterns can then be made using ICT, tracing paper and paper snowflakes. Pupils spend time investigating symmetry with tracing paper and mirrors and deepening their understanding by producing Art which could also be used to produce a great classroom display. Pupils then move on to answer past SATs questions on symmetry without using aids. (NB: To make full use of this resource Youtube access will be required for video tutorials. Art materials will be also required for the Art projects)

Print unlimited worksheets for column addition practice! Included is a worksheet generator with 3 worksheets of mixed questions with increasing difficulty, including decimals. This tool generates a new set of questions with one click. (Just click 'calculate now' and a new set will be generated each time - see instruction page.) Great for repeated practice for one-to-one's, intervention, homework and revision . Use over time to build up confidence and fluency! (NB: Requires Microsoft Excel- instructions on the first tab)

This fun, Great Fire themed resource includes a set of 8 activities /lessons with skills including: -Show that addition of two numbers can be done in any order (commutative) -Partition numbers -Add two different two-digit numbers -Solve simple problems in a practical context involving addition and subtraction of money -Recognise and use the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction -Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 5 times table -Find ½ and 1/4 of a shape -Find ½ of numbers by splitting them -Order numbers inc large numbers. -Literacy link: Write sentences involving days of the week The pack includes a power point with answers, student worksheets and role play cards to laminate all aimed to fit in with the topic in year 2. To make full use of the activities you will need to use the coins cards for role play but it would be better with plastic coins. One activity is also based on using play dough "cakes" from pudding lane bakery to split into halves/quarters and weighing out each half using scales. This could be used one task at a time , or later in the year/ at the end of term as a review exercise to consolidate different topics. NB: (UK Version - prices are in £'s)

Generate great discussion and lots of opportunities for questioning, with this lesson designed to target common misconceptions for the topic of Area and Perimeter. Each slide has a question with 3 possible answers. Sometimes one or two are correct, sometimes none. The lesson is based around a discussion of, - Who is correct? - What have the others done wrong? Pupils need to work together in pairs or teams and just need a whiteboard/paper to make notes. This makes for some really interesting discussion and this lesson has been used for teaching training purposes as it really highlights pupils thinking on the topic and the common misconceptions. Just reassure them that it’s OK to make mistakes and learn from them! Suitable upper for KS2/KS3

Get your 5 a day Mini-Maths for the whole year! This great time saving resource provides 3 differentiated sets of short Arithmetic questions for every day of the week (Mon-Fri) for the whole year (35 weeks) with all answers provided. The whole week prints onto a single double sided A4 sheet (a 1 page wonder!) to keep photocopying down and there is tracking document provided. These could be used as a daily warm up/starter or as a mini homework for every day of the week. For each day there are 3 sets of questions at different difficulty levels - Great, Super & Awesome: These could be used in a variety of different ways e.g. - start on Great/Super and once you are getting most correct move up - use a different section per year group/per set - for a longer activity see if pupils can complete all 15 questions - use in form time/ for intervention This is also a great way to improve fluency and see progress as they can be marked quickly and pupils can keep track of their scores for each section over the course of the year. They are suitable for KS2/lower KS3

Brighten up SATs revision with this great fun alternative to past papers! This Swash-buckling board game involves pupils moving around the board and answering past SATs questions in order to win treasure. This pack includes the board, the rules and 32 SATs question cards with answers (you could also add your own cards by using SATs papers in the future). The last page also invites pupils to invent their own game for the students to revise with the following year (but of course they must provide answers to the questions they set!) To play you will need to cut up the question cards (I suggest laminating them for future use) and print the board in colour for each team. I usually let the rest of the team decide if the question has been answered correctly (that way they all have to work it out!) but there is an answer sheet provided for checking if they are not sure. You will also need counters, dice and mini whiteboards.

A ‘Spook-tacular’ 12 task Halloween themed Maths booklet which can be printed back to back. This would be great as a revision lesson as it covers a range of topics including: -Word problems -Equivalent fractions -Co-ordinates and Direction -Ratio -Codes -Sequences -Percentages -Conversions Symmetry You could print out the whole booklet or alternatively have one page per table and structure a carousel lesson(s) where teams rotate around the tables and solve the problems. Great for some Halloween fun and all answers included! Aimed at KS2 (or lower KS3)

Cross-curricular lesson(s) on distance- time graphs with a Hunger games theme. Links together Maths, English, Physics and possibly P.E. (could also link in with archery) Students begin to Interpret and construct distance-time graphs, looking at the stories that could be represented by parts of the graph and what type of movement the graphs could describe. This also includes a practical activity where students move around and graph their movements and opportunities for extended writing in which they describe the story that could be shown by a graph in more detail. This would be great for a break out week / end of term activity. Please let me know if you like this resource, thanks!

A great fun resource on problem solving ideal for end of term, breakout week, maths clubs or just for fun! 5 double sided pages of puzzles, each one containing problem solving tasks along with number problems, riddles, jokes and visual puzzles. Suitable for a variety of ages (who doesn't love a puzzle!) and all answers are included. Easy to print /copy and could be laminated ready to use again. The sheets are set up with points for each task, so it could be run as a team competition to see who can get the most points (for riddles and jokes the answer is provided, but I give them a point for any answer with a sensible explanation!)

A pack of 20 different KS1 Arithmetic tests - Each one containing 24 different SATs style questions based on sample materials, all fitted onto one double sided A4 sheet. Part of the "one page wonder" series of resources, these are great for keeping photocopying down whilst practising loads of past questions!There is a record sheet for each pupil to record their score after each attempt and try to beat it the next time! Each worksheet has similar questions & skills but with new numbers each time in order for pupils to build confidence, fluency, and consolidate their learning. Answers for all questions are provided each on a single page which can be projected onto IWB in one go or printed out on a single sheet to allow for self/peer marking. Could be done in class with support or at home for revision - Ideal for some intensive last minute SATs preparation. (PDF files)

Teamwork exercise based around trying to recreate a hidden poster by working as a team. This version has a 2D shape poster so could be used when learning about properties of shape - pupils must look at the poster one at a time then return and describe to the team what they have seen. (i.e. there is a red parallelogram in the top left hand corner etc...) The same idea could be used for other topics - you just need another poster. Great for team work, ice breakers, discussion and lots of fun too! Please let me know if you like using this resource, thanks!

A pack of 12 different worksheet generators for Number. Generate 100’s of different worksheets with built in differentiation (questions get harder as the sheet progresses) and simply click a button to change all of the questions! Print out a variety of worksheets easily for repeated practice for intervention homework/ revision etc.. This pack includes 12 different topics: 1. column addition 2. mixed addition (students to set out their own columns) 3. mixed subtraction 4. long multiplication 5. division (short & long) 6. easier arithmetic mixed 7. harder arithmetic mixed 8. times tables 9. adding fractions 10. mixed fractions calculations 11. decimal calculations 12. negative numbers

A 10 task booklet, with solutions, covering a variety of topics all around the theme of the Stone Age, including: • compare, add and subtract mass (kg/g) • solve problems, including missing number problems • 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables • compare and order number, inc. fractions • add and subtract numbers • Multiplying 2-digit by 1-digit • make 3-D shapes using modelling materials • measure lengths and find area • interpret and present data using pictograms and tables Includes 2 versions, an easier and harder booklet, all aimed to fit in with the stone age topic at lower KS2. This could be used one task at a time, or later in the year/ at the end of term as a review exercise to consolidate different topics.