A range of activities to support the delivery of topics with a 2012 Olympics theme. Parts 2 & 3 are now available and an index to the resources too. Starters and ideas for main lessons - provide resources for you to work from for lessons across different abilities. Problem solving activities and chances for students to explain their reasoning. Lots of opportunites for excellent display work too... Add as favourite as this will be regularly updated as resoures are added. Check out Tour de France maths too for sports themed ideas for lessons... This will be added to regularly.

Mathematical thinking task. The Tour de France is the greatest and most demanding annual sporting event. These problem solving activities are intended to provide a daily activity which will require the students to explore different areas of maths, and be able to reason and justify their solution. Most activities are starters and many have links to clips on sites like Youtube. Hopefully these will promote mathematical communication in lessons - add comments below on how you have used them or any ideas on how to develop further.

Bank of exam questions made into a revision booklet and used during Intervention Days. All are old syllabus exam questions but afford good practice - plenty of transformations too. Sadly no answers - sorry but as largely Foundation Tier shouldn't be an issue...

Bearings lesson with cartoon characters. I find bearings a very dry maths topic which is important and needs enlivening! Two worksheets, (watch out for printer settings - the distances may need adjusting!). After working through the two sheets I give out two copies of one of the other sheets and ask them to plan a route on one map and write instructions which they then swap with a classmate with the blank map for the other to see if the 'directions' work. Link to a clip from 'The Battle of Britain'

A 100 mark exam paper produced after Non-calculator paper complete with mark scheme. Emphasis on the harder questions - hope it's of use - was fed up last year seeing people trying to charge for this - hope it is of use!

First of two resources of Maths activities related to the World Cup (PART 2 UPDATED 3RD OCTOBER). Starters and one or two whole lessons are included. The RWC allows a chance to get some great wall display material. Lots of statistics available - encourage students to adopt a team. An excel template for students to save data to and associated worksheet with link and instructions have been uploaded. Includes links to World Cup websites including 'Rugger Maths' which has a World Cup Basic Maths Competition. Mark as favourite / rate to receive updates.

Exam style questions made into a booklet for revision purposes. Covers different applications.

A series of resources linked to the games. These include entry activities, starters, exam style questions and invesgations. An excel file elsewhere in my resources should enable you to search for appropriate resources without having to download every file. This will be reguarly updated in the coming weeks - see parts 1 and 2 too. The Day 22 activity will take some input from you to get going but should be interesting! See comments on Powerpoint.

This is the second of three range of activities to support the delivery of topics with a 2012 Olympics theme. A regularly updated index enables you to establish which resources are relevant to you. Starters, entry activities and ideas for main lessons - resources for you to work from for lessons across different abilities. Problem solving activities and oortunities to explain reasoning. Lots of opportunites for display work too... Add as favourite as this will be regularly updated. Check out Tour de France maths too for similar activities... This will be added to regularly.

Maths assembly powerpoint. As a Head of Maths I am regularly asked to give an assembly on how to revise for maths. I have developed the attached powerpoint, over the years to assist - the first 10 slides I have showing as the students come in - they are timed to move on every 30 seconds or so, and then the rest I use to talk through how to revise and also what to look for in exams. One of the files has the error to 'wake up students' - on reflection I shouldn't have shared that. I have taken my my school's logos off.

Maths classroom . This really straightforward idea has really caught the students imagination and we used the attached powerpoint for a very simple homework based upon the Olympics. The display has posters with numbers associated with the games created by our pupils. It started a term of Olympic themed activities so supplement the SOWs. Lots more resources in three areas in my resources titled London 2012 Olympics Maths - these are being regularly added to..year' (Complete with the words I'm Lovin&' it!)

How many of us spent an age planning what we were going to watch before applying for tickets for the games? This activity asks the students to plan a day at the Olympics (1st August 2012), and looks at the students leaving Swansea in time to be in London. Up to you if you want to change this! I picked somewhere a good distance from London! I am tempted to do this on computers - lots of links on the 2012 website to look at travelling. Something different - part of the Maths 2012 Olympics resources in 3 areas in my resources.

KS3 / GCSE statistics. An short activtity based upon the results of the 1km time trial at the Olympics from 1948 onwards. Part of a good number of 2012 Olympics maths resources located in several resources in my area. Tae a look at the Excel file to find appropriate resources...

A 2012 Olympics maths entry activity based upon Usain Bolt's world record. Pitched at three levels this is an ideal activity to have on the board as your students arrive. Find other resources based on the Olympics in resources in folders entiled LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS MATHS in my area including an index of all resources.

An activity (updated 1st March after a run through with a year 10 class) which will enable the class teacher to briefly explain how to read a gas meter and in basic terms show students how the bill is calculated. A powerpoint will help you walk though it and there is a work sheet to accompany it. Hope it proves useful! Took about an hour to work through, and I set a homework for the students to go away and discuss with their parents how they pay for their gas and electricity and get the parents to explain the bills - students to present back!

Using the map and scale pupils calculate the distance traveled by a competition winner to see World Cup fixtures. The extension work involves calculating how long it would take to travel to the venues. If someone fires through they could consider bearings too...

This is a cross curricular project set at a Central London school which can be used in it's entirity or adapted for your part of the World.

Designed for a Catholic Primary School, this short powerpoint is timed to take though during a long assembly etc. Attached video will link in to provide flickering candles around the station. - Updated - 25 March as station 10 needed rewording

This starter is based on a statistics page from the Telegraph for the France v England fixture which makes use of pie charts. Are the pie charts as presented a fair way of presenting the data of England's 53 wins compared to France&'s 37? A starter that you can use as a point to start discussing misleading graphs. In the past I have had students scour papers to create a misleading graphs display for me.

An exam style question which I intend to use an entry activity. Based upon a sample of synchronised swimming spectators this is part of the 2012 Olympics Maths Resources available in 3 areas in my resources.

A planning activity based upon Mark Cavendish racing on the Champs Elysees on the final Sunday of the tour. Adapted from the original Tour de France Maths activities. Ideal for a group activity to get the students communicating mathematically.