This Christmas maths codebreaker uses skills learnt in multiplying 4 digits by 2 digits, Rounding to decimal places, rounding to significant figures and simplifying fractions to reveal Christmas jokes. Make your students feel like a spy trying to crack a code in a fun and novel way for students to practise rounding, multiplying and simplifying fractions. UPDATED 16/12/19 - fixed the code box on rounding to decimal places. It was showing the incorrect on on the question sheet. Each skill has a different sheet, so there are 4 total worksheets all with awesome Christmas clip art and answers included. The skills included here are normally taught/covered in lower KS3 but could be used for any year group as a fun consolidation. Students need to answer the questions and find each corresponding letters in order to reveal a christmas joke. Great starter for lessons or to give to early finishers. Suggestions for use: Give to students to do by themselves (self differentiated or teacher chooses) Give for homework Use as a collaborative task - (pairs/3s work out a column each) See here for a FREE Christmas codebreaker that uses multiplcation skills. If you would like more Christmas themed maths activities please click here.

This is a lesson on function machines which includes a powerpoint, workbook and treasure hunt. Objectives include finding outputs of function machines, inputs of function machines(using inverse operations), operations and creating expressions using function machines. This is a time saving resource for busy teachers. You should be able to teach a lesson with hardly any preparation (mainly printing). Fully differentiated objectives: Blue: Find the output of a function machine Gold:Use inverse operations to find the input of a function machine Red:Find the operations of a function machine Challenge (Purple): Use function machines to create expressions This resource includes: • A PowerPoint • A differentiated Work booklet that includes self-assessment sections •A treasure hunt for using inverse operations to find the input of a function machine • Full answers The PowerPoint includes the following format: • Objective and levels • A “how to teaching portion” with animated examples •A miniwhiteboard AFL check •Answers to the booklet questions • Plenary (with answers) You can input your own grades to reflect your own schools assessment criteria. In the word booklet (in the first table) if you input a grade (e.g the blue section) it should automatically change the rest of that colour into the same grade. This will take up a whole lesson at least. Click Here for more function machines resources. Including worksheets and treasure hunts.

This is a powerpoint and workbooklet for constructions and accurate drawings where students will learn how to recap how to construct lines, angles, circles and triangles using a ruler and protractor. Then they will move onto constructing perpendicular bisectors and angles. This is a time saving resource for busy teachers. You should be able to teach a lesson with hardly any preparation (mainly printing and maybe some cutting!). Fully differentiated objectives: Blue: Draw accurate lines, angles, circles and triangles (using ruler and protractor) Gold:Construct perpendicular bisectors (including through a point) Red:Construct angle bisectors Challenge (Purple): construct a triangle using a compass (this is not on the powerpoint and is an independent task for students to see if they can work it out) This resource includes: • A PowerPoint • A differentiated Work booklet that includes self-assessment sections • Answers ( I recommend printing them onto tracing paper as it is very easy to mark then!) • 3 foldable how to guides for how to do constructions (perpendicular bisector, perpendicular bisector through a point, angle bisector). This is for students to have some independent learning/to help with revision in place of putting it all on the powerpoints. See the preview pictures for what they look like. The PowerPoint includes the following format (watch the preview video Here): • Objective and levels • A “how to teaching portion” with animated examples • Plenary (with answers) Recommendations: Print off the 3 per page foldables on different colours for different topics (see the cover image for an example) -This will involve some extra preparation from the teacher Print off the 3 topics on one page foldables on white and students can colour the titles in and cut out the foldables themselve - less preparation for the teacher The powerpoint and booklet are currently set up for GCSE maths grades, however you can edit the grades to reflect KS3 or your own schools assessment criteria. In the word booklet if you change any grade (e.g the blue section) it should automatically change the rest of that colour into the same grade. This will take up a whole lesson at least.

This Halloween maths transformations activity will give students lots of practice at different types of transformations using a halloween theme! Skills include – Translations using vectors, rotations, reflections in a y= or x= line and enlargements (fractional and positive). Help your students to engage with transformations this seasonal Halloween activity! ~Included: ☠Howling wolf ☠ Cat ☠ Zombie ☠ witches hat ☠Bat All answers are included. If you would like more Halloween themed maths activities please click here.

A set of function machines worksheets. Skills covered are finding the output of a function machine, finding the input of a function machine using the inverse operations, finding the operations of a function machine and writing an expression from a function machine. There are approximately 34 questions per difficulty in these worksheets. Each topic is colour coded by difficulty. Full solutions included in the same format as the questions to make it easier to mark! Difficulties include ★ Blue (easy) Finding the output of a function machine with 2 operations ★ Gold (medium) - Finding the input of a function machine by using inverse operations ★ Red (Hard) Finding the operations of a function machine ★ Purple (challenge) - - Writing the algebraic expression from a function machine See here for more function machines resources, including lessons, worksheets and treasure hunts.

Adding and subtracting fractions Treasure hunt. 3 different difficulties for adding and subtracting fractions included with these treasure hunts. Adding and subtracting fractions with common denominators, adding and subtracting fractions with uncommon (multiple) denominators and adding and subtracting fractions with uncommon denominators. Answers and student record cards included. Easy (blue) -Adding fractions with the same denominator -Subtracting fractions with the same denominator Medium (gold) -Adding fractions where one denominator is a multiple of the other -subtracting fractions where one denominator is a multiple of the other Hard (red) -Adding fractions with different denominators -Subtracting fractions different denominators Check out my other fractions resources: Adding and subtracting fractions mazes Adding fractions worksheets Subtracting fractions worksheets Adding and subtracting fractions worksheets

A set of differentiated worksheets for finding a percentage of an amount. Skills covered are finding percentages of amounts in multiples of 10%, multiples of 5%, multiples of 1%, multiples of 10% where calculations may involve decimals, multiples of 5% where calculations may involve decimals, multiples of 1% where calculations may involve decimals, percentage increase and decrease. Fantastic to use in lessons where you have a lot of different stages of learning (or over a few lessons!). Also great to give to students for homework and they could pick the difficulty they wanted to do! Included is a PDF version and a Powerpoint version where the text within the tables are editable. Difficulties include (for whole number calculations): ★ Blue (easy) – Finding percentage of amounts in multiples of 10% ★ Gold (medium) - Finding percentage of amounts in multiples of 5% ★ Red (Hard) Finding percentage of amounts in multiples of 1% Difficulties include (for decimal calculations): ★ Blue (easy) – Finding percentage of amounts in multiples of 10% ★ Gold (medium) - Finding percentage of amounts in multiples of 5% ★ Red (Hard) Finding percentage of amounts in multiples of 1% ★ Purple (challenging) Finding percentage increase and decrease of amounts using a mixture of all the skills above. There are approximately 60 blue questions, 60 gold questions, 60 red questions and 30 purple questions in these worksheets. Each topic is colour coded by difficulty. Full solutions included in the same format as the questions to make it easier to mark! Also included is a contents page so you can quickly look up what you need! Click here for more percentage resources.

Powerpoint lesson for using equivalent fractions to: simplify, compare and order fractions with all resources included. Resources include a work booklet, assessment for learning activities (bingo and active out of set pairing activities), starter and plenary. Skills covered include – finding a missing number in a set of equivalent fractions, cancelling fractions to their simplest form and ordering fractions with different denominators. Appropriate for KS3 or for GCSE. Time saving resource for busy teachers! You should be able to teach a lesson with hardly any preparation (mainly printing and maybe some cutting!). Fully differentiated objectives: Blue: Find equivalent fractions, including simplifying. Gold: Compare the size of fractions with different denominators Red: Order fractions with different denominators This resource includes: • A PowerPoint. •A PDF of the PPT slides so you know what is coming next. •Answers on the PowerPoint and in a separate PDF document for easy reference. • A differentiated Work booklet that includes self-assessment sections and help boxes • An active card sort where students have to match the equivalent fractions (also options for doing this as an out of seat task) The PowerPoint includes everything you need to teach right away. The lessons use the following format: •Starter • Objective and levels • A “how to teaching portion” with animated examples • Assessment for learning activities • Answers to all the booklet questions • Plenary (with answers) •Notes on the PPT slides. The powerpoint and booklet are currently set up for GCSE maths grades, however you can edit the grades to reflect KS3 or your own schools assessment criteria. In the word booklet if you change any grade (e.g the blue section) it should automatically change the rest of that colour into the same grade. This will take up a whole lesson. This lesson would be appropriate to use as part of the Pearson Edexcel Foundation textbook unit 4, find more resources for that here. This is the first lesson in the series and is followed by the lesson you can find here.

Differentiated area of a circle treasure hunts Treasure hunt based on finding areas of circles. These could be used as follows: ★Printed on A4 and placed around the room for an active task ★Printed 4 on one sheet and used individually on desks used as loop cards These cards include the following objectives: ★Finding the area of a circle (blue) ★Finding the radius/diameter from the area (gold) ★Finding the area of a sector of a circle (red) There are 10 different cards and student record cards. They should write the letter of the card they visited into the box, they should then write the letter of the next card they visit in the next box, following the arrows. All answers included. =±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=± Other products you might like ★Area of a circle worksheets ★Area of a circle flash cards ★Differentiated area of a circle task cards ★Area of a circle treasure hunt (free) =±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±=±

A set of Treasure hunts with questions on the Order of Operations (BIDMAS/BODMAS) for students to complete in class. Skills covered include - using order of operations without brackets or indices, using it with brackets and using it with indices. Answers and student record cards included. The 3 levels of difficulty that have been included: ★★Blue(easy):Know and use the order of operations with simple calculations (no brackets) ★Gold(medium):Use the order of operations with more complex calculations including brackets ★Red(hard):Use the order of operations with more complex calculations including brackets and indices See here for more BIDMAS resources, including powerpoint lessons, worksheets and codebreaker activities.

Great to set students for electronic homework. They can print off the worksheet afterwards and stick it it. Questions should be entirely random (I would advise the students to refresh the questions initially). See https://goo.gl/dDno4h test out a free version of finding the circumference. Differentiated quiz on the following: -Work out the area -Work out the radius or diameter length when given the area -Work out the area of a sector Features: -Hint button that shows/hides a hint -Press a button and it will self mark and give a score out of 10 -Refresh the questions so you get any entirely new set of questions (basically unlimited questions!) -Print the page You will need to enable Macros for this to work (there should be a yellow bar that pops up when you open a file that you can enable macros from) See here if you need any additional help with this: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Enable-or-disable-macros-in-Office-files-12b036fd-d140-4e74-b45e-16fed1a7e5c6

Great to set students for electronic homework, or for assessment use on a computer. They can print off the worksheet afterwards and stick it it. Questions should be entirely random (I would advise the students to refresh the questions initially). See https://goo.gl/dDno4h test out a free version of finding the circumference. Differentiated quiz on the following: -Work out the volume of a cylinder -Work out the radius/diameter from the volume -Work out the surface area of a cylinder Features: -Hint button that shows/hides a hint -Press a button and it will self mark and give a score out of 10 -Refresh the questions so you get any entirely new set of questions (basically unlimited questions!) -Print the page You will need to enable Macros for this to work (there should be a yellow bar that pops up when you open a file that you can enable macros from) See here if you need any additional help with this: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Enable-or-disable-macros-in-Office-files-12b036fd-d140-4e74-b45e-16fed1a7e5c6

Great to set students for electronic homework, as an assessment on a computer or to simply use for revision. They can print off the worksheet afterwards and stick it it. Questions are entirely random (I would advise the students to refresh the questions initially). Features: -Press a button and it will self mark and give a score out of 20 -Refresh the questions so you get any entirely new set of questions (unlimited questions!) -Print the page You will need to enable Macros for this to work (there should be a yellow bar that pops up when you open a file that you can enable macros from) See here if you need any additional help with this: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Enable-or-disable-macros-in-Office-files-12b036fd-d140-4e74-b45e-16fed1a7e5c6

Dividing fractions worksheets If so this set of worksheets is good for students that need a lot of repetition! This could be used as classwork, homework or a quiz. There are 8 unique worksheets and 160 questions in total in this product. Each worksheet features: ★20 questions evenly spaced out ★Room for students to write their answers ★An attractive decorative frame ★All answers are included on a separate, easy to read page and will save you time when marking work.

Great to set students for electronic homework. They can print off the worksheet afterwards and stick it it. Questions should be entirely random (I would advise the students to refresh the questions initially). See https://goo.gl/dDno4h for a more basic free version of just finding the circumference. Differentiated quiz on the following: -Work out the circumference of a circle -Work out the radius or diameter length when given the circumference -Work out the arc length -Work out the perimeter of a sector Features: -Hint button that shows/hides a hint -Press a button and it will self mark and give a score out of 10 -Refresh the questions so you get any entirely new set of questions (basically unlimited questions!) -Print the page You will need to enable Macros for this to work (there should be a yellow bar that pops up when you open a file that you can enable macros from) See here if you need any additional help with this: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Enable-or-disable-macros-in-Office-files-12b036fd-d140-4e74-b45e-16fed1a7e5c6

Differentiated worksheets on Enlargements for students to complete in class. Skills include positive enlargements, negative enlargements and fractional enlargements all colour coded for difficulty. This is most suitable for Challenging KS3 students and Higher Tier GCSE. I also have a one suitable for KS3 and Foundation tier which only includes positive and fractional scale factors (The questions are different on each version so if you buy both products there are no duplicates). In this product 4 levels of difficulty have been included: Blue (easy) -Enlarge an object by an integer scale factor from a centre of enlargement Gold (medium) -Enlarge an object by a fractional scale factor from a centre of enlargement. Red (hard) -Enlarge and object by a negative scale factor from a centre of enlargement Purple (challenging) Describe fully an enlargement; work out a scale factor and centre of enlargement. Updated - fixed a couple of wrong answers. If you need more transformations worksheets check out my bundle here

This gymanstics pair balances reference sheet and task card set are perfect for your Primary or Secondary Gymnastics Lessons. This resource includes a set of Gymnastics Pair Balances task cards for pairs balances and routines as well as an A4 differentiated visual aid (with around 50 balances) students can use to copy the paired balances from. The tasks take students through how to match and mirror individual balances and matching and mirroring independently. They also included tasks that use the pair balances resource sheet: Students select and practice Find ways of getting into and out of the balances Linking 2 pair balances together Developing their own balances from pair or base positions given Creating a short sequence The pair balances resource sheet includes balances that are differentiated by colour. Easiest to hardest: Green, Yellow, Red, Purple I would only suggest purple and red to those that are really competent gymnasts and have done some sports acro before - otherwise support would be required. If you want lesson plans for pair routines check out my SOW here! Recommendations for use: Give each group a copy of the resource and they can self differentiate Give each group a copy and give them a colour to try based on their ability Ask students to pick a balance and change one of the positions to create a new balance and show the class Get students to adapt the balances for apparatus Need other gymnastics balances? Click here

This gymnastics group balances for groups of 4 reference sheet and task card set are perfect for your Primary or Secondary Gymnastics Lessons. This resource includes a set of Gymnastics group balances task cards for group balances and routines as well as a differentiated visual aid (with around 30 balances) students can use to copy the group balances from. The task cards contain 16 tasks on 13 pages. The tasks take students through how to match, mirror and complement individual balances as well as creating their own interpretations independently. They also included tasks that use the group of 4 balances resource sheet: Students select and practice Find ways of getting into and out of the balances Linking 2 group of 4 balances together Developing their own 4 person balances by matching and mirroring pairs balances, trio balances, top positions or base positions given Creating a short sequence Easiest to hardest: Green, Yellow, Red, Purple I would only suggest purple and red to those that are really competent gymnasts and have done some sports acro before - otherwise support would be required. Recommendations for use for the A4 resource card: Give each group a copy of the resource and they can self differentiate Give each group a copy and give them a colour to try based on their ability Ask students to pick a balance and change one of the positions to create a new balance and show the class Get students to adapt the balances for apparatus Need other gymnastics balances? Click here

A group of resource and task cards for individual gymnastics balances that students can use to select and accurately replicate balances for their routines. Useful in a secondary or primary PE lesson on balance or routines and great for independent work. This is used in my Scheme of work for individual routines available here Included in this resource: A4 black and white page with approx 45 balances on for students to copy Differentiated by colour A4 page with approx 45 balances on (green - easy, yellow - medium, red- hard, purple -challenging An A4 page where the balances are grouped by difficulty An A4 page where the balances are grouped by height (good for compositional work with students to get them to see the different between heights) An A4 activity/task card with 7 different tasks students can work through independently - culminating in them creating a short sequence of their own.(editable and pdf versions) Recommendations for the A4 page of 45 balances: Give each student a copy of the resource Give a group a copy and challenge them to match or mirror the balances Ask students to pick a balance and change one of the leg or arm positions to create a new balance and show the class Get students to adapt the balances for apparatus Need other gymnastics balances? Click here