I'm a teacher of 10 years in Mathematics and various other subjects. I have a Masters in Education as well as being a professional lesson content creator. All lessons I create I use myself as well as share to my own department. I'm always looking to better my lessons in such elements as: the quality of content; quantity; engagement of the pupils; exam prep; efficiency of the lesson; retention curve; accessibility and challenge and various others. I have big plans for Blacksmith Maths.
I'm a teacher of 10 years in Mathematics and various other subjects. I have a Masters in Education as well as being a professional lesson content creator. All lessons I create I use myself as well as share to my own department. I'm always looking to better my lessons in such elements as: the quality of content; quantity; engagement of the pupils; exam prep; efficiency of the lesson; retention curve; accessibility and challenge and various others. I have big plans for Blacksmith Maths.
This lesson is designed to help GCSE pupils learn about the standard from. This is a complete lesson that includes a wealth of resources whilst maintaining a high standard of work. The lesson is suitable for all abilities and offers both accessibility and challenge.
This resource goes back through large and tiny numbers and how we can write them in standard form. The method taught in this lesson is counting from the first non-zero number. The lesson offers plenty of time for AfL and for the students to reflect. Exam questions, cross topic exposure and problem solvers also included.
Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Teacher Guide
Starter
Cognitive load friendly
Discussion tasks
Definitions and examples
Visual aid
AfL Diagnostic questions
Differentiated questions and solutions
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Exam style questions (GCSE- A level) and mark scheme run through.
Exit ticket
FUSE
Reasonings
Paper-less lesson
Please review and follow
This homework is designed to support GCSE pupils learning of HCF anf LCM. The exercise is suitable for all abilities and will help students retain the information learned from the lesson. I put these two topics together to fit in with Exam-boards scheme of work.
This resource will take students through factors, multiples, prime numbers, prime decomposition and HCF/LCM. The homework offers questions that increase in difficulty allowing accessibility and challenge. Exam and more problem solver type questions are also included. The sheet also gives the students a chance to reflect on their learning.
Homework includes
Recall questions (previous topic)
Topic skill questions
Applied questions/ Exam questions
Random problem solver
Reflection page
Solutions, solutions, solutions
The worksheets included go through the entire surds topic for GCSE. It is also great for AS mathematics as a recap. Each worksheet has a lesson that links to it. The lessons are £3 and include these worksheets.
Topics included
L1 - Adding and subtracting surds
L2 - Simplifying surds
L3 - Rationalising the denominator
L4 - Rationalising the denominator (Binomials)
H1 - No rationalising denominator of (Binomials)
H2 - Entire Surds topic
Extra - Codebreaker
Extra - Escape room
Worksheets include
Starter questions
Differentiated worksheet
Challenge questions
Exam style questions with mark scheme
Cross topic questions
Problem solvers
Solutions
Word and PDF versions
This lesson is designed to help GCSE pupils learn about index laws including: adding numbers with indices; multiplying and dividing numbers with indices; brackets and indices; changing the base of numbers with indices. This is a complete lesson that includes a wealth of resources whilst maintaining a high standard of work. The lesson is suitable for all abilities and offers both accessibility and challenge.
The lesson offers students multiple rules around indices. The lesson offers plenty of time for AfL and for the students to reflect. Exam questions, cross topic exposure and problem solvers also included.
Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Teacher Guide
Starter
Cognitive load friendly
Discussion tasks
Definitions and examples
Visual aid
AfL Diagnostic questions
Differentiated questions and solutions
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Exam style questions (GCSE- A level) and mark scheme run through.
Exit ticket
FUSE
Reasonings
Paper-less lesson
Please review and follow
Worksheets included. Each worksheet has a lesson that links to it. The lessons are £3 and include these worksheets. Next to the worksheets below are the links to the lessons.
L1 - Factors, multiples and prime numbers
L2 - Product of prime factors (Prime decomposition)
L3 - HCF and LCM - including problems
H1 - Factors multiples and primes
Extra - Assessment included
Worksheets include
Starter questions
Differentiated worksheet
Challenge questions
Exam style questions with mark scheme
Cross topic questions
Problem solvers
Solutions
Word and PDF versions
Worksheets included. Each worksheet has a lesson that links to it. The lessons are £3 and include these worksheets. Next to the worksheets below are the links to the lessons.
L1 - Addition an subtraction of decimals - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/adding-and-subtracting-decimals-lesson-bundle-12062205
L2 - Multiplying decimals - Chinese box method - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/multiplying-decimals-lesson-bundle-12038887
L3 - Dividing decimals - Short division - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dividing-decimals-lesson-bundle-12064449
L4 - Ordering and comparing decimals - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ordering-and-comparing-decimals-lesson-bundle-12075013
L5 - Rounding and significant figures - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/rounding-and-significant-figures-lesson-bundle-12367322
L6 - Estimation - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/estimation-lesson-bundle-12367325
H1 - Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of decimals homework
H2 - Ordering and comparing decimals, rounding and significant figures and estimation homework
Extra - Assessment included
Worksheets include
Starter questions
Differentiated worksheet
Challenge questions
Exam style questions with mark scheme
Cross topic questions
Problem solvers
Solutions
Word and PDF versions
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Worksheets included. Each worksheet has a lesson that links to it. The lessons are £3 and include these worksheets. Next to the worksheets below are the links to the lessons.
L1 - Addition an subtraction - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/adding-and-subtracting-negative-numbers-lesson-bundle-12074415
L2 - Long multiplication - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chinese-box-method-long-multiplication-lesson-bundle-12074407
L3 - Division - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/short-division-bus-stop-lesson-bundle-12074412
L4 - Adding and subtracting negative numbers - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/adding-and-subtracting-negative-numbers-lesson-bundle-12074415
L5 - Multiplying and dividing negative numbers - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/multiplying-and-dividing-negative-numbers-lesson-bundle-12074421
H1 - Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division homework
H2 - Adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing negative numbers homework
Extra - Assessment included
Worksheets include
Starter questions
Differentiated worksheet
Challenge questions
Exam style questions with mark scheme
Cross topic questions
Problem solvers
Solutions
Word and PDF versions
Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Teacher Guide
Starter
Discussion task
Definitions and examples
AfL Diagnostic questions
Differentiated questions and solutions
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Exam style questions (GCSE- A level) and mark scheme run through.
Cross-topic exposure
Problem solvers -one topic based, one random.
Plenary - Mathematical reasoning
FUSE
Reasonings
Please review and follow
For more resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/osmith25
Sheet includes
Starter questions
Differentiated levels of questions
Challenging questions
Problem solver
Exam style questions with mark scheme
Cross topic - questions
Solutions included
This bundle of lessons is designed to help GCSE pupils learn about surds. The lesson take students through the basics of surds right through to rationalising the denominator of Binomials. This is a complete unit of work with lessons, worksheets and homeworks. Each lesson includes a wealth of resources whilst maintaining a high standard of work. The lessons are suitable for all abilities and offers both accessibility and challenge.
Bundle includes
Lesson 1 - Introduction to surds
Lesson 2 - Simplifying surds
Lesson 3 - Rationalising the denominator
Lesson 4 -Binomial rationalising the denominator
Each Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Teacher Guide
Starter
Cognitive load friendly
Discussion task
Definitions and examples
AfL Diagnostic questions
Differentiated questions and solutions
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Exam style questions (GCSE- A level) and mark scheme run through.
Cross-topic exposure
Problem solvers -one topic based, one random.
Exit ticket
Plenary - Mathematical reasoning
FUSE
Reasonings
Paper-less lesson
Please review and follow
Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Teacher Guide
Starter
Discussion task
Definitions and examples
AfL Diagnostic questions
Differentiated questions and solutions
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Exam style questions (GCSE- A level) and mark scheme run through.
Cross-topic exposure
Plenary
FUSE
Reasonings
Please review and follow
For more resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/osmith25
Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Teacher Guide
Starter
Discussion task
Definitions and examples
AfL Diagnostic questions
Differentiated questions and solutions
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Exam style questions (GCSE- A level) and mark scheme run through.
Cross-topic exposure
Plenary
FUSE
Reasonings
Please review and follow
For more resources: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/osmith25