I currently teach high school maths (and have done now for ten years). I'm in the process of sorting through my resources and will be adding more weekly!
I currently teach high school maths (and have done now for ten years). I'm in the process of sorting through my resources and will be adding more weekly!
Santa had just finished putting all of the toys onto his sleigh. He then returned home to enjoy a well-deserved treat.
As Santa went to fetch his treat, he noticed the plate was empty. Someone had stolen his treat!
As Santa’s highest-ranking Christmas Elf, you must solve the crime and find out who stole Santa’s treat.
You have the names and details of 32 suspects who were in the area when the crime took place. The thief is one of them.
There were five witnesses to the robbery. Each witness has left you a clue. The clues have been given in code so that only you, with your amazing code‐breaking skills, will be able to crack them and solve the crime.
You can decode the clues in any order you wish. Every time you solve a clue you can eliminate some suspects.
Each clue will remove half of the suspects from the list, until you are left with just one…
Who is the thief?
Game Play
The robbery mystery takes approximately 30 minutes based on players’ experience, skill, age and group size.
Extra Ideas
For groups or pupils who solve the mystery quicker than others why not have them write a secret message of their own for their classmates to decode.
You could have some keys printed out for them to use (e.g. Morse code, pig pen cipher, braille, semaphore etc… these are easily found with a quick web search)
You could suggest they hide a message in a passage of text (e.g. have their message in capitals or back words letters with in text) or for it to be read left to right.
They could design their own code / create symbols for each letter of the alphabet and use it to wrote a secret message.
A murder was committed last night during a Halloween party.
As the highest-ranking crime detective, you must solve the crime and find out who the murderer is.
You have the names and details of 32 suspects who were at the party when the crime took place. The murderer is one of them.
There were five witnesses to the murder. Each witness has left you a clue. The clues have been given in code so that only you, with your amazing code‐breaking skills, will be able to crack them and solve the crime.
You can decode the clues in any order you wish. Every time you solve a clue you can eliminate some suspects.
Each clue will remove half of the suspects from the list, until you are left with just one…
Who is the murderer?
Game Play
The murder mystery takes approximately 30 minutes based on players’ experience, skill, age and group size.
Extra Ideas
For groups or pupils who solve the mystery quicker than others why not have them write a secret message of their own for their classmates to decode.
You could have some keys printed out for them to use (e.g. Morse code, pig pen cipher, braille, semaphore etc… these are easily found with a quick web search)
You could suggest they hide a message in a passage of text (e.g. have their message in capitals or back words letters with in text) or for it to be read left to right.
They could design their own code / create symbols for each letter of the alphabet and use it to wrote a secret message.
There is a huge variety of questions in this addition onesie worksheet! It includes basic practise on addition with 2, 3 and 4 digit numbers as well questions on reasoning and problem solving.
Great selection of questions for mixed ability classes - straight forward practise for the those who need it and questions to challenge and enrich those who are confident at addition.
Lots of different contexts for your students to practise addition skills.
This worksheet aims to provide differentiation and challenge whilst saving teachers time!
All answers are provided for the questions.
These mastery worksheets on Pythagoras’ Theorem and Trigonometry (SOHCAHTOA) include questions on fluency, reasoning and problem solving.
Providing differentiation and challenge for students whilst saving teachers time!
All answers are provided for the questions.
This is a mastery worksheet on Histograms that includes questions on fluency, reasoning and problem solving.
This worksheet aims to provide differentiation and challenge whilst saving teachers time!
All answers are provided for the questions.
This is a mastery worksheet on Nth Term of Linear Sequences that includes questions on fluency, reasoning and problem solving.
This worksheet aims to provide differentiation and challenge whilst saving teachers time!
All answers are provided for the questions.
This is a mastery worksheet on Percentages of Amounts that includes questions on fluency, reasoning and problem solving.
This worksheet aims to provide differentiation and challenge whilst saving teachers time!
All answers are provided for the questions.
This is a mastery worksheet on Sequences that includes questions on fluency, reasoning and problem solving.
This worksheet aims to provide differentiation and challenge whilst saving teachers time!
All answers are provided for the questions.
This is a mastery worksheet on Significant Figures and Estimating that includes questions on fluency, reasoning and problem solving.
This worksheet aims to provide differentiation and challenge whilst saving teachers time!
All answers are provided for the questions.
This is a mastery worksheet on Place Value of Decimals that includes questions on fluency, reasoning and problem solving.
This worksheet aims to provide differentiation and challenge whilst saving teachers time!
All answers are provided for the questions.
This is a mastery worksheet on Place Value of Whole Numbers that includes questions on fluency, reasoning and problem solving.
This worksheet aims to provide differentiation and challenge whilst saving teachers time!
All answers are provided for the questions.
This is a mastery worksheet on Rules of Indices that includes questions on fluency, reasoning and problem solving.
This worksheet aims to provide differentiation and challenge whilst saving teachers time!
All answers are provided for the questions.
This is a mastery worksheet on Standard Form that includes questions on fluency, reasoning and problem solving.
This worksheet aims to provide differentiation and challenge whilst saving teachers time!
All answers are provided for the questions.
This is a mastery worksheet on Division of Decimals that includes questions on fluency, reasoning and problem solving.
This worksheet aims to provide differentiation and challenge whilst saving teachers time!
All answers are provided for the questions.
This is a mastery worksheet on Addition and Subtraction of Decimals that includes questions on fluency, reasoning and problem solving.
This worksheet aims to provide differentiation and challenge whilst saving teachers time!
All answers are provided for the questions.
This bundle includes three mastery worksheets on
Addition and Subtraction of Fractions Mastery
Multiplication of Fractions Mastery
Division of Fractions Mastery
All worksheets include questions on fluency, reasoning and problem solving.
These worksheets aim to provide differentiation and challenge whilst saving teachers time!
All answers are provided for the questions.
This bundle includes four mastery worksheets on
Place Value - Whole Numbers Problem Solving Mastery Worksheet
Place Value - Decimals Problem Solving Mastery Worksheet
These worksheets aim to provide differentiation and challenge whilst saving teachers time!
All answers are provided for the questions.
5 Robot themed maths worksheets on two digit addition with carrying.
Pupils must find the answer to each addition sum then use the key at the bottom of the page to see what color to use.
These cards are designed to help learners to solve problems, explore ideas, establish connections and collaborate with others.
Learners will need to choose an appropriate mental or written strategy and know when it is appropriate to use a calculator.
Learners will need to prioritise and organise the relevant steps needed to answer the problem.
Each of these problems are presented in four different ways depending on how you want to use them in your classroom.
• Section 1 – The problem and a solution box.
• Section 2 – The problem, mixed up hints and a solution box.
• Section 3 – The problem, ordered hints and a solution box.
The answers are also included.
This is a mastery worksheet involving fluency exercises on multiplying and dividing surds, expressing a surd in it’s simplest form, manipulating surds in brackets. These skills are then developed further making pupils think in the reasoning and problem solving questions.
Includes one page of fluency questions, one page of reasoning and three pages of problem solving questions on the GCSE topic of surds.