I taught in a range of schools for many years before moving into FE, where I found creative and imaginative approaches just as rewarding with adults. Most of my resources are concerned with giving control to the learner, through a range of methods. Some are great for just giving them experience of examination questions, and the chance to discuss these with other learners. I now concentrate on spreading the range of creations from UK KS1 to KS4, and across the Common Standards.
I taught in a range of schools for many years before moving into FE, where I found creative and imaginative approaches just as rewarding with adults. Most of my resources are concerned with giving control to the learner, through a range of methods. Some are great for just giving them experience of examination questions, and the chance to discuss these with other learners. I now concentrate on spreading the range of creations from UK KS1 to KS4, and across the Common Standards.
A big bundle of assorted resources for full lessons to teach area and perimeter in UK primary schools. Rectangles, squares, parallelograms, triangles. All with full NC specs.
Covers everything for years 4, 5 and 6.
Great for revision in KS3 or GCSE foundation and Functional Skills
GCSE Mathematics - Foundation and Higher Tier. Finding the equation of a line through two points and perpendicular lines.
A worksheet/activity that reminds learners of the algebraic form of a straight line, and goes on to finding the equation of a line joining two points and find the equations of perpendicular lines. Lots of GCSE style questions.
Foundation Tier
Plot graphs of equations that correspond to straight-line graphs in the coordinate plane; use the form y = mx + c to identify parallel lines; find the equation of the line through two given points or through one point with a given gradient.
Higher Tier
Plot graphs of equations that correspond to straight-line graphs in the coordinate plane; use the form y = mx + c to identify parallel and perpendicular lines; find the equation of the line through two given points or through one point with a given gradient.
GCSE Mathematics Higher Tier new for 2017 exams.
'recognise and use the equation of a circle with centre at the origin; find the equation of a tangent to a circle at a given point'
Clear introduction to circle equations on a cartesian grid using Pythagoras' theorem.
Lots of opportunity for learners to draw their own using the formula, and extending to equation of radius, finding a perpendicular line, and hence finding the equation of the tangent.
Maths Key Stage 2. Lots of questions in the style of SATs from right across the range of papers. Great for revision, practice, or checking learning at later stages, for example KS3 or Foundation GCSE. Covers all the specs for types of number: odd, even, square, factor, multiple, primes etc.
Maths Key Stage 2. Lots of questions in the style of SATs from right across the range of papers. Great for revision, practice, or checking learning at later stages, for example KS3 or Foundation GCSE. Using mathematics to solve problems using all four rules.
In Word and PDF for ease of editing or printing.
Lots of questions in the style of SATs from right across the range of papers. Great for revision, practice, or checking learning at later stages, for example KS3 or Foundation GCSE.
Full set of engaging activities to lead the learners to deriving methods and formulas for finding areas of triangles. Covers KS2 specs for Year 6, but good for revision and practice at any stage.
A full set of activities to engage the learners in finding the area of parallelograms and deriving methods and formulas. Good for practice or revision at any stage. Covers the specs for Year 6.
Developing area and perimeter to look at shapes with same areas but different perimeters, same perimeters but different areas, and equal area and perimeter. Engaging activities for the learners. Covers Year 5, but good for revision and practice at later stages.
A set of engaging activities to give the learners the concept of area. National Curriculum Year 4 mathematics.
Area by counting squares, area of rectangles as arrays, and addition and subtraction of rectangles to find the area of a rectilinear shape.
Statutory requirements
Pupils should be taught to:
• find the area of rectilinear shapes by counting squares
Notes and guidance (non-statutory)
They relate area to arrays and multiplication.
But also great for revision in Year 5 and above. I've done this sort of thing with Foundation GCSE!
Three sets of equations, all fairly simple linear and suitable for anyone from Year 6 upwards. Great for quick thinking, mental maths, abstract thinking, and reverse operations. And it might give you ideas for making some of your own.
Better still - get the learners to make one using a camera/phone/scanner and PowerPoint or a simple slide show.
Introduction to factors, multiples and prime numbers, with activities, worksheets, and SAT style questions for practise or assessment.
Great for revision at KS3 or Foundation GCSE. Plenty to engage, and some more challenging questions.
Mathematics Curriculum KS2
Year 5
Pupils should be taught to:
• identify multiples and factors, including finding all factor pairs of a number,
• know and use the vocabulary of prime numbers
• establish whether a number up to 100 is prime and recall prime numbers up to 19
They use and understand the terms factor, multiple and prime, and square numbers.
Year 6
• identify common factors, common multiples and prime numbers
Big bundle of worksheets/activities to revise or practise trigonometry of right angled triangles, with Pythagoras and sin, cos and tan for finding lengths of sides or angles. In Word or PDF. Great for homework or assessment of learning in the classroom. Now on KS3 but always needs revising in KS4, especially on the new GCSE 9-1 specifications.
• apply Pythagoras’ Theorem and trigonometric ratios to find angles and lengths in right- angled triangles
Short presentation to define and demonstrate perimeter, with pages of activities, worksheets, and a full assessment based on previous SATs KS2. Colourful, and can be extended in many ways, with centicubes for example.
KS2 – Year 4 - Perimeter
Statutory requirements
Pupils should be taught to:
• measure and calculate the perimeter of a rectilinear figure (including squares) in centimetres and metres
Notes and guidance (non-statutory)
Perimeter can be expressed algebraically as 2(a + b) where a and b are the dimensions in the same unit.
Year 4 - Geometry – properties of shapes
Two separate bundles of activities covering (a) triangles and (b) quadrilaterals, all for the new KS2 specifications. Specifically written for Year 4, they can easily be used at any level. In Word for editing or PDF for clear copies. Activities, worksheets and assessments, plus a short presentations on triangles and quadrilaterals. The presentations are included as PowerPoints and PDFs, to ensure at least one will open on any computer.
Statutory requirements
Pupils should be taught to:
• compare and classify geometric shapes, including quadrilaterals and triangles, based on their properties and sizes
Notes and guidance (non-statutory)
Pupils continue to classify shapes using geometrical properties, extending to classifying different triangles (for example, isosceles, equilateral, scalene) and quadrilaterals (for example, parallelogram, rhombus, trapezium).
Pupils compare and order angles in preparation for using a protractor and compare lengths and angles to decide if a polygon is regular or irregular.