Maths problem solving booklets covering a wide range of mathematical problems designed to improve problem solving strategies as well as numeracy and mathematical ability. Designed to be printed as A5 booklets. Disclaimer: These are free because the problems are from a wide variety of sources, most of which I have forgotten. I am a maths problem magpie and collect maths problems wherever I find them. All I have done is bundled these ones up to make it convienent. If you find a problem that is yours and you don’t want it used please comment and I’ll remove it - cheers.

A project for groups to reinforce ideas about Money and Budgeting. Pupils have to make a series of real life decisions and stry within their budget.

This resource pack focuses of the force of buoyancy and includes a series of 4 lessons and all the resources needed to teach them. There are also additional activities that can be incorporated into the programme of study. Lesson 1 - a recap of forces, testing pupils prior knowledge and filling in any gaps with practical demonstrations and video clips Lesson 2 -introduction to buoyancy with 2 practical investigations for pupils Lesson 3 - an investigation into the buoyancy of drinks cans Lesson 4 - designing and testing a boat Some of the presentations contain links to videos on YouTube (they are not my property so I couldn't upload them here). If you can't get YouTube in your school consider ripping the videos onto your hard-drive to use, there are several pieces of software, or websites, where this can be done free of charge. Please feel free to adapt the resources as you see fit, they have all being uploaded in editable formats. If you find the resources useful please comment on TES and share them with other teachers. Thanks

This lesson was done for a school open day and comprised 6 linked activities which were done by groups of pupils in rotation. Everything you need is here: Introduction PPT Pupils Activity Booklet Instructions for 6 activities Resources & extension tasks Video clips (these are from YouTube and are not my original materiel) Climate Change Critical Literacy PPT & worksheet If you don't have access to First News then any newspaper or magazine articles can be used - or you could use articles from the internet.

Two sets of weekly Mental Maths Homework Sheets providing daily Mental Maths practice on a range of strategies and concepts.

Maths challenge cards covering a wide range of mathematical problems designed to improve problem solving strategies as well as numeracy and mathematical ability. Designed to be printed, laminated and reused. Disclaimer: These are free because the problems are from a wide variety of sources, most of which I have forgotten. I am a maths problem magpie and collect maths problems wherever I find them. All I have done is bundled these ones up to make it convienent. If you find a problem that is yours and you don’t want it used please comment and I’ll remove it - cheers.

Two lessons to teach pupils about meteorites, asteroids and comets and the differences between them. It includes information about the Solar System as well as information about specific meteorites. These lessons were put together when we borrowed a set of meteorites from STFC as part of the Tim Peake Project in 2016 - most of the resource is adaptable for teaching the concept without the set of meteorites. Introduction to meteorites, asteroids and comets Meteorite Craters + activity Meteorite crater recording sheet

A KS2 sheet for pupils to practice creating algebraic expressions and develop confidence manipulating algebra

I used this as homework with my Primary 7 (Year 6) class. They had to prepare, or help preparing, a meal at home and note down they made it and what the nutritional values of the food were. Their family then wrote comments about the food. Some of the work I have got in from that has been amazing - scrapbooks, powerpoints and presentations about how to make the meal step by step.

Challenging, real-life examples of calculating circumferences and perimeters of circles using Pi. Pupils also practise using a calculator to accurately calculate answers.

A budgeting problem involving completing a bank statement, calculating percentages, using a calculator and problem solving in real life contexts.

A set of 18 problem solving sheets (4 problems on a sheet). Mixture of concepts - I've used with Primary 6 & 7 pupils who need to be pushed and challenged. Also a set of 5 easier sheets. The problems are mostly NOT mine - I've collected them from 100's of different sources of the last 9 years - often I adapt them from Third Level (KS3) or GCSE questions so they are suitable for older primary pupils

An interactive WhoCan activity designed to test pupils knowledge of nouns and pronouns at KS2/2nd Level. Great way to get pupils to help each other and for the teacher to check of the understanding of pupils.

A well used activity where pupils have to find pupils in the class to answer questions as they move round the class. The first in a series of maths applications of this excellent activity.

Designed to challenge more able maths students at Primary 7 (Year 6), could be used in S1 as well. Pupils had to derive a formula to find the area of an ellipse given some background information - then they had to use their formula to calculate the area of some ellipses.

An interactive resource to develop understanding of the relationship between fractions, decimals & percentages. Great way for pupils to learn from each other - I also use the activity to test the understanding of specific pupils on particular concepts.

Set of 20 challenging maths problems for upper primary pupils. Covers a wide range of concepts and strategies. Includes worked solutions for all the problems.

Series of sheets for 1st Level/KS1 key concept revision. Covers Addition Time Sequences Subtraction Symmetry 3D shape 2D shape

A challenging book review template that makes a great recommended book display, or folder in class. It makes children really think about what they have read and why they enjoyed it, or not.

Basic Character and Setting sheets for primary school classes. Easy to use to support your children develop their character and setting ideas before writing a story. Can be turned into an inspirational class book.