Ready to use resources, differentiated for a range of abilities. Creative activities designed to engage and challenge. Lessons inspired by a decade teaching in highly competitive prep schools and now by my two sons and the home learning I do with them. Always motivated to provide visually appealing and interactive resources. Download a free activity now to delight your class or children.
Ready to use resources, differentiated for a range of abilities. Creative activities designed to engage and challenge. Lessons inspired by a decade teaching in highly competitive prep schools and now by my two sons and the home learning I do with them. Always motivated to provide visually appealing and interactive resources. Download a free activity now to delight your class or children.
A creative maths lesson for the Christmas period!
Included is a worksheet with differentiated tasks for the children to choose from, based around the idea of designing some Christmas wrapping paper using their maths skills.
Encourage children to choose skills they need to develop and the most able might choose more than one criteria for their designs.
A fun and absorbing task. Introduce by looking for mathematical elements in real or online examples.
A summer themed maths quiz in powerpoint format. Great for summer/end of term fun. Children could work individually, in pairs or small groups as required. Suitable for Year 6 or similar. A mixture of question types including percentages, fractions, ratio, and measurement.
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Children use the coordinates to identify the letters needed to spell festive words. They then write their own for a partner to solve.
Differentiated 4 ways to suit Grade 5 or similar. There are two grids, one in the first quadrant (for activity A) and the other in 4 quadrants (for activity B, C and D).
Use a stand alone festive maths activity or as a warm up activity before completing other coordinates work such as Christmas Coordinates in 4 Quadrants.
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5 end of summer term maths homework tasks suitable for year 6 or similar, in PDF format. Homework tasks are designed to be lighter for both pupils and teachers at the end of the school year (minimal to no marking required). Equally could be used as time filler tasks during the school day.
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Practise the concept of 1 more and work on those drawing skills too with this festive Easter draw 1 more activity.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
• Colour PDF
WHAT PREPARATION IS NEEDED?
• No preparation needed
HOW CAN IT BE USED?
• At school or at home, morning work, after school activity, learning support etc.
Also available: Christmas and Halloween versions, or a well-priced collection of 6 draw 1 more worksheets covering a range of themes including shape, fruit, nature, vehicles and animals.
Practise the concept of 1 more and work on those drawing skills too with this festive Christmas draw 1 more activity.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
• Colour PDF
WHAT PREPARATION IS NEEDED?
• No preparation needed
HOW CAN IT BE USED?
• At school or at home, morning work, after school activity, learning support etc.
Also available: Easter and Halloween versions, or a well-priced collection of 6 draw 1 more worksheets covering a range of themes including shape, fruit, nature, vehicles and animals.
Practise the concept of 1 more and work on those drawing skills too with this Halloween draw 1 more activity.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
• Colour PDF
WHAT PREPARATION IS NEEDED?
• No preparation needed
HOW CAN IT BE USED?
• At school or at home, morning work, after school activity, learning support etc.
Also available: Easter and Christmas versions, or a well-priced collection of 6 draw 1 more worksheets covering a range of themes including shape, fruit, nature, vehicles and animals.
Children complete the symmetrical picture of the butterfly.
Differentiated as follows:
• LA complete the 1st quadrant only
• MA complete 1st and 4th quadrants
• HA decorate the template half given and complete by reflecting in the 2nd and 3rd quadrants.
An activity suitable for Year 6 or similar and great for end of summer term fun.
Also available:
Coordinates Symmetry 4 Quadrants Sun
Coordinates Symmetry 4 Quadrants Flower
Summer Symmetry Coordinate Pictures
Children complete the symmetrical picture of the flower.
Differentiated as follows:
• LA complete the 1st quadrant only
• MA complete 1st and 4th quadrants
• HA complete the 2nd, 3rd and 4th quadrants.
An activity suitable for Year 6 or similar and great for end of summer term fun.
Also available:
Coordinates Symmetry 4 Quadrants Butterfly
Coordinates Symmetry 4 Quadrants Sun
Children complete the symmetrical picture of the sun.
Differentiated as follows:
• LA complete the 1st quadrant only
• MA complete 1st and 4th quadrants
• HA complete the 2nd, 3rd and 4th quadrants.
An activity suitable for Year 6 or similar and great for end of summer term fun.
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Children use coordinates to find letters to spell out summer-themed vocabulary. Differentiated as follows: A is in 1st quadrant only, B is shorter words in 4 quadrants, C is longer words in 4 quadrants, D is scrambled words in 4 quadrants. At each level the final task is to create their own question(s) for a classmate. Good task for end of year maths fun.
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Sports Day themed maths quiz in PowerPoint format. Children can work in pairs or small groups to answer the questions which cover the following areas: ratio; percentages; measurements, including time; fractions; place value…Suitable for Year 6 or similar - a more able or older class could use it like a fast paced individual task whereas a younger class could work on it in slower time in mixed ability groups.
Answers included!
Also available:
Wimbledon Maths Quiz
Summer Maths Quiz
Codebreaking Coordinates
A maths quiz for Year 6 or similar based around facts and figures to do with the Wimbledon championships.
Quiz is in PowerPoint format and could be used for children working in pairs or small mixed ability groups.
Mixed questions including time, area, fractions, percentages and mental calculations.
Answers included in PPT notes!
Why not try one of these?
Sports Day Maths Quiz
Summer Maths Quiz
Codebreaking Coordinates
3 quizzes: Summer, Sports Day and Wimbledon themed. Plus a codebreaking coordinates activity. Suitable for Year 6 or similar.
Answers included for all 4 activities.
A Halloween themed maths quiz in Powerpoint format. A mixture of maths questions including: units of measure, ratio, time, and division. Suitable for Y6 or similar, Children could work in pairs or small groups.
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Two Halloween themed quizzes: one for maths and one for English. Mixed questions for maths, possessive nouns for English. Suitable for Year 6 or similar.
3 summer themed coordinate pictures in 4 quadrants, differentiated 3 ways.
For the sun and flower versions children need to complete 1, 2 or 3 quadrants depending on ability.
For the butterfly picture the higher ability task is to finish the half of the butterfly shown by decorating it before completing the other half by reflecting their design in the y axis.
Practising the concept of 1 more? Is drawing a motivating aspect or one that also needs encouraging? This set of worksheets provides a simple and short creative activity to keep practising these important skills. 6 versions of draw 1 more including shape, fruit, vehicle, nature and animal themes. Great for using as morning work, an after school activity or for learning support. Different versions can be used over a period of time with an individual or provide choice for a group or class of children.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
• 6 page colour PDF
WHAT PREPARATION IS NEEDED?
• No preparation needed just print and use as required
HOW CAN IT BE USED?
• At school or at home, morning work, after school activity, learning support etc.
Also available: free seasonal versions – Christmas, Easter and Halloween
An Easter themed maths quiz in Powerpoint format with answers included in notes. A mixture of maths questions including: units of measure, probability, ratio, proportion, multiplication and division. Suitable for Y6 or similar, Children could work in pairs or small groups.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
• Powerpoint quiz with 10 pages of questions. Answers included in slide notes.
WHAT PREPARATION IS NEEDED?
• No preparation is required.
HOW CAN IT BE USED?
• Children can work individually, in pairs or small groups and write their answers on mini- whiteboards.
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Five coordinate pictures to create. Four are in four quadrants and one is in the first quadrant only. The unicorn is the most challenging, followed by the dolphins. The gecko and flamingo are of a similar level and the giraffe is naturally the easiest being in the first quadrant only.
Included: instructions, full size images of completed pictures and graph paper with axes already completed.
A great activity for Year 6 or similar. Suitable end of term activity - fun but requires lots of concentration!
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